Peace Resources

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Want to share the Pax Christi vision of a world without violence and war?
Our publications can help you to spread the word.
And you can help promote our work too!

 

New website on Catholic Social Teaching with contributions
on peace from Pax Christi

Read here:introduction by Bruce Kent, Vice President of Pax Christi

Listen here: podcast from Pat Gaffney General Secretary

Download Publications Order Form (PDF - you need Acrobat Reader - or RTF/Word format)


Nonviolence & Peace Spirituality Newsletter and Annual Reports
Lives of Peacemakers Peace Sunday
Peace Education Peace People
Exhibition Cards

 

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February 2012

 

Lent and Easter Resources - download order form here includes

Our World and You - Summary of Justice in the World  from the 1971  International Synod of Bishops. Its message about poverty, peace, education for justice, and the Church’s duty to practise what it preaches remains fresh and urgent.

Follow Me: The Way of the Cross, reflections on the writings of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter

Olives and Barbed Wire: Impressions of Palestine and Israel by Ecumenical Accompaniers, Sue Beardon, Patricia Cockrell and David MItchell.

Olive wood gifts from Palestine ( as shown)

Selection of cards

 

 

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October 2011

Pax Christi resources for Remembrance, Advent and Christmas

Resurrection
Flight Egypt

Download flyer here. Order materials now for Autumn or Advent Fairs.

Cards, as illustrated and a great selection of booklets and Palestinian goods.

Mother Card
Song Card

June 2011 - What Pax Christi members can do

What Pax Christi members can do to help spread the messge of peace.

A simple fold-out brochure with many ideas to encourage individuals and groups in their own peace work.

Download a copy here or contact the office for paper copies

What px members can do

May 2011 - Pax Christi UK Annual Report - download here

 

February 2011 - Pax Christi Lent resources and sale - download full order form here

Items include:

Show me your Face: Daily readings written by Gerard W Hughes sj. Full colour photographs. Price £1.50

Peace, War and the Christian Conscience by Joseph J Fahey. Handy guide includes the challenge to the Christian Conscience, witness to the Gospels, early Christianity, reshaping the Just-War Theory. Was £2.50 now £1.50

My Soul is Filled with Joy: Saying the Rosary for Peace. Was £1.50 now £1.00

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Show me your face

 

New promotional items

Peace Badges: single free set of 50 £5.00

Oyster/Bank card holders £1.50 each

email orders or telephone 020 8203 4884

 

 

International Women's Day card - Celebrating Women Peacemakers!

celebrating women peacemakers

click image to download or request cards from orders@paxchristi.org.uk
(Cards = free - Postage costs: 1 to 10 = free - 11 to 30 = £1.50 - 30 to 100 = £5.00)

 


Advent and Christmas resources offering solidarity to people in the Holy Land

Bethlehem Story Powerpoint - prepared for use with children. Looks at Bethlehem as a living place today. With prayer ideas too.
Download here

Advent Prayers around the crib for families. Download here

Leaflet with ideas for solidarity with the people of the Holy Land and template sheet for messages to Bethlehem

Gaza - Dignity Under Seige:
Voices from behind the blockade.
Booklet produced by CIDSE, European network of Development Agencies
(November 2009)

Bethlehem Story powerpoint download

 

 


 

Creating your own Peace Garden

A new 4 page brochure offering ideas and practical information on ways to make a peace garden in a school, parish or community.

  • A beautiful and simple way to celebrate peace and create space where reconciliation, remembrance and encounter may take place.
  • A project that engages the community in discovering what peace means to them - and reflecting on what it takes to build peace.

Contact the office for hard copies of the brochure which are available free
of charge. We would value feedback on ways in which this Peace Garden project is used or developed - send us your reports and photographs.

 

 

 

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Reconciliation: the heart of peace. A study-reflection guide based on the
Pax Christi "Icon of Peace"

Contents include:

  • full colour Icon poster and prayer card
  • information on the Icon and the people pictured
  • activities for children
  • bible drama on reconciliaiton
  • ready-to-use peace service and 5 meditation outlines
  • reconciliation stories for group discussion
  • quotes and questions about forgiveness and reconciliation

Price £6.00 plus 20% for postage

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Jacob & Esau reconciling
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Rainbow Peace Flag
Ideal for use in schools, parishes, vigils and demonstrations. Seen all over continental Europe - help us make it seen all over the UK!
Order now from the Pax Christi office in London.
Price £7.00 each

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Pax Christi Exhibition

One outcome of our Review Process has been the development of an exhibition on the work of Pax Christi. This is available for use in schools, parishes, local libraries and wherever else you may be able to arrange for an exhibition to be held. It is a 6 panel exhibition (A2 size 594mm x 420 mm) outlining our history, motivation and approaches to peacemaking produced in an attractive and contemporary format.

You can book the exhibition by contacting the London office.
We charge postage and packing at a rate of £10.00 per bookin
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Nonviolence & Peace Spirituality


check other online resources

Nonviolence Works!

60 Nonviolent Victories of the Past Century.

A5, 12 panel brochure telling 60 inspiring stories of nonviolence. Brochure free, charge for postage only.

Also available, a 10 panel A3 exhibition of the brochure which can be borrowed from the office for a handling/postage cost of £10.00

See below more Pax Christi resources on nonviolence and the spirituality of peacemaking

See here for our In the direction of nonviolence training opportunities

 

From Violence to Wholeness

A ten part programme in the spirituality ad practice of active nonviolence. Offers outlines for meetings, background reflections, prayers and readings. Developed by the Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service, USA, 170 pages.
Price £11.00

Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living

Extensive study programme for exploring nonviolence. Unlike the book above, this one is not written in religious language. (Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service USA)
Price £13.00

The Way of Peace: Exploring Nonviolence for the 21st Century

Useful resource packed with stories, questions, and quotes. (Pax Christi USA)
Price £10.00

Seventy Times Seven: Forgiveness and Peacemaking
by Doris Donnelly

Offers exercises, prayers and reflections on the themes. 83 pages.

Price £5.00

Peace in the Post-Christian Era

Thomas Merton's prophetic work on war and peace, suppressed soon after it was written in 1962. (Orbis)
Price £9.99

Making Peace in the Post-Christian Era: Thomas Merton's Challenge to the 'War on Terror'

Presentations by Fr Gerry McFlynn, Fr Anthony Maggs, Valerie Flessati on Thoomas Merton's book. With group reflection ideas.
Price £3.00

Pacem in Terris

Pope John XXIII's classic encyclical letter about peace on earth (Catholic Truth Society)
Price £2.50

Love Beyond Measure: A Spirituality of Nonviolence
by Mary Lou Kownacki
OSB
Five sessions for personal / group reflection. Questions and prayer suggestions are offered. Illustrated 59 pages. Pax Christi USA.
Price £5.00

 

Peacemaking Day by Day

Daily readings on peace and justice, drawing on different faith traditions and spiritualities. Illustrated. 160 pages.
Price £2.00

 

The Promise of Peace

Poems, prayers and readings for Advent and Christmas. Illustrated by Sr Sheila Gosney
Price £2.00

 

My Soul is Filled with Joy: Saying the Rosary for Peace

Offers a scheme of decades linked to issues of peace and justice. Illustrated by Maggie Organ. 20 pages.
Price £1.50

 

A Taste for Peace: Recipes and Reflections

Celebrates 50 years of peacemaking by Pax Christi. A recipe book with a difference: interspersed with reflections, quotes and prayers on the theme of food. 142 pages.
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Lives of Peacemakers

 

Peace People Who Changed the World

 

Written by Valerie Flessati & Pat Gaffney. Co-published by Kevin Mayhew and Pax Christi.

Price £14.99

A resource for Key Stage 4, PSHE
and Citizenship and for chaplaincy and retreat work. Download flyer

 

Resources on Franz Jägerstätter

Pax Christi now offers a range of materials on the life and witness of Franz Jägerstätter including:

  • Franz Jägerstätter - Christian and Martyr

A fully illustrated account of the life and influence of Blessed Franz. Co-published with the Diocese of Linz. Includes reflections from political and church leaders on what Franz Jägerstätter means today. (2010
Price £7.00

 

  • Franz Jägerstätter: a Different Kind of Hero

Resource pack. Contents include biography, reflections, prayers and songs and CD of photographs, activities for young people and lots more too.
Price £6.00

  • Franz Jägerstätter, Martyr: a Shining Example in Dark Times


A new 128 page biography by Erna Putz.
Price £10.00

  • Blessed Franz Jägerstätter prayer leaflets
    Set of 25: Price £3.50
Download order form

Gandhi the Peacemaker

A booklet outlining the life, work and philosophy of Gandhi. 17 pages.
Price £2.50

Martin Luther King Junior
by J Milburn Thompson

Exploring King's dream of a just community. 30 pages.
Price £2.50

Oscar Romero and the Nonviolent Struggle for Justice

Written by John Dear SJ, (Pax Christi USA)
Price £2.50

Thomas Merton's Struggle with Peacemaking
by James H Forest

Includes extracts from Merton's writings and reflections on his relationship with the peace movement. Illustrated. 44 pages.
Price £2.50

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Peace Education

Values for Nonviolence: Peacemaking with Children

Offers a range of ideas on the themes of co-operation, discipline, the media and war toys. Illustrated 32 pages.
Price £2.50

Winners All: Co-operatives Games for All Ages

Bestselling book suitable for building trust and co-operation . Illustrated by Ann Clark
Price £2.50

Year In Year Out: Twelve Stories about Peacemakers

A story for each month including stories on landmines, child soldiers, Martin Luther King and St Francis of Assisi. Illustrated 12 pages. Accompanied by full colour poster.
Price £3.00

Values and Visons

Easy to use handbook for spiritual development and global awareness for teachers and parents of primary age children. Offers lots of practical activities. Illustrated 220 pages.
Price £ 9.99

 

Roots of Conflict - Routes to Peace: A Teaching Resource for Key Stage 4 and A Level History

"An admirably lucid, fair-minded and well-informed classroom resource to guide pupils through the complex labyrinth of Northern Ireland" - Dr Jonathan Bardon, Northern Ireland Community Relations Council.

Produced by NPC. Illustrated 78 pages.
Price £9.99

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Cards

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Women Day

Around the world, women are working to build peace in all sorts of ways, in the family, the workplace, the community and through organisations.We need to acknowledge and celebrate this work.

Pax Christi invites you to use these postcards, with images of Pax Christi women from around the globe, to send messages of support and encouragement to women peacemakers on or around Women’s World Day of Prayer in March or 8th March, International Women’s Day.

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Christ our Reconciliation - ICON Prayer Card

To see the card and prayer click here ICON (PDF format - get Acrobat Reader)

Beautiful full-colour prayer card of the icon 'Christ our Reconciliation' made for Pax Christi International at the Monastery of St John in the Desert near Jerusalem.

Size 9 cm x 15 cm

Available in sets of 50  - price £2.50

Send cheque with note of your address to:
Pax Christi, St Joseph's, Watford Way, Hendon, London NW4 4TY, England.

For more information email: orders
or telephone: +44 (0)20 8203 4884

Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau

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To Order cards and other materials:

Send your request and cheque with note of your address to:
Pax Christi, St Joseph's, Watford Way, Hendon, London NW4 4TY, England
For more info email orders or telephone +44 (0)20 8203 4884

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Pax Christi Annual Reports

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