Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes

Blessed are the peacemakers: Fr John Dear on the Beatitudes

Thursday 31st March 2016, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church , 7:00pm

Ekklesia, in collaboration with the London Catholic Worker,  is very proud to be hosting a talk from internationally renowned preacher and activist, Fr. John Dear. 

John Dear is an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence. A long time activist, popular lecturer, and movement organizer, John is the author of 30 books and hundreds of articles, including “Living Peace,” “Jesus the Rebel,” and “The Nonviolent Life.” He was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 

"Our task, in these dark times, is simple: to speak the truth, resist war and injustice, practice nonviolence, walk with the poor, love everyone, say our prayers, and uphold the vision of a new world without war, poverty or nuclear weapons. We are called to follow the nonviolent Jesus on the road to peace. If we can be faithful to the God of peace and the Way of nonviolence, we will be greatly blessed."

John Dear

"John Dear has walked where holy words lead: to a high mountain of instruction, into the desert of forty days, into the garden of anguish. He has poured his blood on nuclear weaponry and has paid up in kangaroo courts and unspeakable jails. He has trekked about the world bearing the gospel in hand and heart, a wing-shod messenger of peace. He has lived in solidarity with the wretched of the earth--whose plight, as he well knows, is the mean feat of abominable economics and killer instincts on rampage. In this century, in this land, cleft in fragments of gigantic disorder, what a witness!"

Daniel Berrigan

You can read more about John Dear, his books and activism here

Tickets free: book your place here

Donations will go towards Fr. John Dear's travel expenses , Ekklesia and the London Catholic Worker

Venue: Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP