New York: Pax Christi Metro commemoration for Hiroshima & Nagasaki

On Sunday, 4 August, 2013, Pax Christi Metro New York, a regional chapter of the international Catholic peace movement, will commemorate the 68th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a memorial prayer, discussion, and silent procession led by Maryknoll Sisters Jean Fallon and Kathleen Reiley. Having spent years of service in Japan, the focus of their presentation will be: 'From Hiroshima to Fukushima - The Nuclear Threat Continues'.

Sr Jean Fallon, MM, was a missioner to Japan for decades, working with the National Catholic Council for Justice and Peace and the National Council of Churches, Japan, on the Nuclear Issues Committee; leading numerous groups to Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and, more recently, visiting Fukushima as an observer and advocate.

Sr Kathleen Reiley, MM, is a Volunteer Counselor at National Cancer Research Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, in the Children’s Ward and has also been a regular volunteer at Tohoku, Japan, since the tsunami and nuclear reactor accident.

Their talk will take place starting at 2.30pm in Casserly Hall below St. Joseph’s Greenwich Village Church on Washington Place just off Sixth Avenue, one block north of West 4th Street. It will be followed by questions and answers. The subsequent silent procession will take us to Fr Demo Square where there will be a brief solemn vigil. The memorial will end at 4.30pm at the Square.

Because of the prayerful nature of the procession, we ask participants not to bring any signs or banners. There will be an opportunity for a free-will offering. All are welcome.

For more information see: www.nypaxchristi.org/