Pax Christi Pennsylvania
an unarmed and disarming peace
Pax Christi PA is the state coalition of local Pennsylvania chapters of Pax Christi USA, a section of Pax Christi International, the official Catholic peace movement. Pax Christi is Latin for “the peace of Christ.”
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- Good Friday April 3rd 2026
Join members of Pax Christi PA across the state in prayer and action on Good Friday, April 3rd, 2026. Members in local chapters are supporting the following actions: Philadelphia Harrisburg Pax Christi Harrisburg’s annual Good Friday Walking Way of the Cross will occur on April 3 at 10AM. The walk begins at Front & Market Sts. (Dauphin County… Read more: Good Friday April 3rd 2026 - #SolidaritySaturday: Pax Christi PA Weekly Round-Up (March 21st 2026)
Hello friends, Here are a few items from the news this past week for our collective prayer, study, and action this #SolidaritySaturday from Pax Christi PA: War with Iran Immigration Gun Violence Prevention Pax Christi PA #SolidaritySaturday 3.21.2026 - Blessed Rutilio Grande: ¡Presente! Pray for us!
Today we remember the life, work, and martyrdom of Blessed Rutilio Grande, SJ of El Salvador. By his beatification, we are reminded that a life of faith includes working for justice. Blessed Rutilio’s work of community faith-based organizing becomes for all of us a model of holiness and action. Read his famous “Apopa Sermon” where… Read more: Blessed Rutilio Grande: ¡Presente! Pray for us! - Thursday Theology of Gospel Nonviolence (6)
“Every work of mercy suffers from the same pitiless reversal as soon as war is declared. Human beings are made to suffer the agonies of thirst, hunger, nakedness, homelessness, untreated disease, and captivity, when they are not killed outright. The same evils are inflicted on civilian noncombatants as on combatants.” – Eileen Egan, co-founder of… Read more: Thursday Theology of Gospel Nonviolence (6) - Thursday Theology of Gospel Nonviolence (5)
“Members of Pax Christi, mindful of the stockpiles of horrendous weapons assembled from their taxes, are also mindful of the need to show repentance for their complicity in the evils of the time.” – Eileen Egan, co-founder of Pax Christi USA, in Peace Be With You (Orbis Books, 1999), 246. - #SolidaritySaturday: Pax Christi PA Weekly Round-Up (Feb. 28th 2026)Hello friends, Here are a few items from the news this past week for our collective prayer, study, and action this #SolidaritySaturday from Pax Christi PA: