Events

Can we find hope in times of conflict – personal, communal, international? EXPLORING CREATIVE APPROACHES TO PEACEMAKING Keynote Speaker - Pádraig Ó Tuama, Leader of the Corrymeela Community Rev. Simon Taylor, Baptist Chaplain, will chair. GROUP DISCUSSIONS JO BERRY, founder of charity Building Bridges for Peace, whose father died in the Brighton bombing; her dialogue with […]

Public Meeting Tour: Stop Bombing Yemen, Stop Arming Saudi November 2018 - January 2019 across the UK The Saudi regime is one of the most brutal and authoritarian anywhere in the world. Its ruler Mohammed Bin Salman is implicated in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey and has rounded up and tortured opponents […]

Reflecting on Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan. Pax Christi are hosting this event with Jim Forest.  A writer, activist, co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship in the United Stated, Jim knew, worked with and has written on Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan. Hosted by Pax Christi with the Thomas Merton Society of […]

A tribute to the Anglo-Welsh Artist and Poet David Jones by Jonathan Hutchins celebrating Jones’ life and work. Jonathan Hutchins will be exhibiting his painting based on David Jones’ Epic War Poem ‘In Parenthesis ‘which describes the attack on Mametz Wood by the Welsh Fusiliers during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. free. […]

Peace is not a fairy-tale – we have to work to make it happen.* ‘Let us do what leads to peace and builds our common life’ (Romans 14:19) During this day of reflection and discussion, which Church and Peace is organising in collaboration with Fellowship of Reconciliation UK, we will think about some of the […]

"The world needs to find another way… obviously nuclear disarmament cannot be left just to nuclear states. The most hopeful sign is what is happening at the UN with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons." Bishop Stephen Cottrell, 2018. In cities across the UK Christians will be marching in demonstration against nuclear weapons. Glasgow: 2.45, South Gate, Faslane. Transport available […]

Pathways to Peace 2019 Join us as we hold our annual conference, 8th – 10th March 2019 at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. With a focus on challenging the military mindset and finding alternative pathways to peace, we will be welcoming Rev Dan Woodhouse, anti-arms campaigner, and Fabian Hamilton, Shadow Minister for Disarmament and Peace on […]

The Move the Nuclear Weapons Money: Investing in a sustainable future, is an international conference on divestment and other actions by cities, universities, parliaments and religious institutions to reverse the nuclear arms race and protect the climate. The conference will be held on April 12-13, the opening days of the 2019 Global Days of Action on Military […]

On 23-24 April, eight people who blocked entrances to AWE Burghfield in October will appear at Reading Magistrates Court charged with obstruction of the highway. At 6:30am on 24 October 2018, Trident Ploughshares activists blocked all three entrances to AWE Burghfield, the Berkshire site where the Trident warheads were manufactured and undergo regular heavy maintenance. […]

COMMEMORATION, CONFLICT and CONSCIENCE is a year-long project, which culminates in a national festival in Bristol, 27-28 April 2019. The project looks at ‘hidden’ or lesser known stories of the First World War, legacy, peace-building & alienation from commemoration. We are: uniting existing community groups and researchers, focusing on their work to date & generating […]