Pax Christi to celebrate International Women's Day

Sr Katrina Alton and Mary T Yelenick

Source: Pax Christi

Next Monday, 8 March, Pax Christi England and Wales will celebrate International Women's Day with an on-line event celebrating nonviolence and women peacemakers.

For many years Pax Christi has marked this day by acknowledging the role that women play in peacemaking around the world. More recently, Pax Christi has distributed postcards for members to send to women on 8 March, thanking them for their contribution to building peace and justice.

This year Pax Christi will host an on-line webinar on 8 March with two guest speakers, Mary T Yelenick, who works with Pax Christi International UN-NGO, in New York and Sr Katrina Alton, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace, a peace activist and member of Pax Christi. Mary will reflect on the role of advocacy as a tool and strategy of nonviolence and Katrina on the role of religious in making public their commitment to nonviolent peacemaking. There will also be time for discussion and prayer.

The gathering is at 7pm (GMT) on 8 March. Everyone is welcome and registration is via this link: https://bit.ly/36QWZeQ