Christian Peace Witness for Iraq

Sets Plan for The Next Year

Twenty-six Christian Peace Witness for Iraq organizers from eleven denominations and a number of other organizations – including Pace e Bene — met June 13-14 at Montreat Conference Center outside Asheville, North Carolina to assess its recent work and to plan for the next year. 

The assembly set in motion a range of projects designed to strengthen the faith community’s call for an end to the US war in Iraq during this election year; to foster a comprehensive theology of peace; to support reconstruction and reparations; to continue its collaboration with the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership; and to spark a movement for naming and accounting for the violence that the US government has wreaked on Iraq.

Finally, it decided to organize Christian Peace Witness for Iraq’s third national gathering for prayer and action in Washington, DC in mid-2009.

Pace e Bene has been involved in the work of CPWI since its inception.  It helped organize the CPWI events that were held March 2007 and March 2008 in Washington, DC and in communities across the US. 

As its next stage begins, we invite members of the Pace e Bene community to join in this initiative.  On July 23, a general conference call will be held for all interested in helping to organize this next phase.  Please consider joining in! 

To RSVP for this conference call, please contact Ken Butigan at kenbutigan [at] paceebene [dot] org.