Tag: Peace

Why Is My Enemy Suffering?

Why Is My Enemy Suffering? by Brayton Shanley Recently, I was speaking to a good friend who challenged me with a question: How is this situation in Israel-Palestine to be

February 12, 2024

God’s Peace Heals All Divisions: An Election Year Vigil – by Jim Robinson

Throughout the fall, we at Agape have been reading Pope Francis’s recently released encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, as part of our noonday prayer. Before eating lunch together, we gather in the

January 1, 2021

Beautiful Summer and Peace Walk in Boston

This summer, Agape was invited to a peace rally titled: “Boston Remembers”, organized by the Massachusetts Peace Action group (www.masspeaceaction.org). In Boston, hundreds of social justice seekers gathered to remember

August 10, 2016

LAMENTATION AND CALL TO PROPHECY IN A TIME OF WAR

Being Bartimaeus in the Midst of Endless War: Nonviolence as the Gift of Sight (When asked for his response to the Paris bombings, Pope Francis replied: “World War III. …piecemeal.”)

November 19, 2015

A Vital Conversation: Integrating Ecology, Justice and Peace On Agape’s 32nd Anniversary – by Suzanne Belote Shanley

At first we thought only of disaster for our annual St. Francis Day event as forecast after forecast of steady rain, forced us to set up three huge tents for

January 26, 2015