(Preliminary Program Description)
Please join the 14th Annual Catholic Peacemakers Retreat.
Be Not Afraid:
Friday Oct. 28 and Saturday Oct. 29, 2011
St. Mary of the Lake Church, S. 4737 Lake Shore Road (Rt. 5), Hamburg, NY
With Guest Speaker
Tom Cordaro
Author, Be Not Afraid: An
Alternative to the War on Terror
Tom Cordaro Justice/Outreach Minister at St. Margaret Mary Parish,
Naperville, Ill., has served in campus ministry and parish peace and justice
work in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Florida since 1976 and is a former
national staff member and former National Council Chairperson of Pax
Christi USA and is a Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace. We
recommend Tom’s book, “Be Not Afraid”.
How can we change our life to become an instrument of Christ’s peace? Tom Cordaro helps us to
understand that we need to overcome fear and provides us with a new way of thinking. Come join us
as we explore how we can find Inner Peace and make our world a better place to live.
Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, Registration: 6:30. Program 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Tom Cordaro: “Be Not
Afraid” followed by Q&A and small group discussion. Closing Prayer and social gathering.
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, 8:30 AM Registration– 4:00 p.m. Mass with St. Mary of the Lake Parish
at 4:30 PM We will spend the whole day together with presentations by Tom Cordaro (Living
Unafraid: A Spiritual Path to Freedom” and “Community: Resisting the Dominant Narrative
While Embodying an Alternative”). We will share meals, watch a documentary from the Afghani
Youth Peace Volunteers have some quiet time for prayer, spend time in small group discussion, work
on strategies for peacemaking, laughing and socializing.
Retreat Cost: $55 per person/$25 for religious. Pre-registration by Oct. 20: $45 per person/$25 for
religious. Friday evening only registrants: $20. (Scholarships available). Mail Pre-registration
checks payable to Pax Christi WNY, c/o Robert Ciesielski, 2511 Harlem Rd, Cheektowaga, NY
14225. Linda or Sara: (716) 895-3367.
The retreat is being co-sponsored by Pax Christi WNY, Buffalo Catholic Worker, Public
Policy Office of Catholic Charities of WNY, Alternatives to Violence Project, SSJ Sr. Karen
Ctr. for Nonviolence, St. Mary of the Lake Church, Nativity of the BVM Church. (Others to
be added.)
For accommodations at Red Roof Inn: 5370 Camp Road Hamburg, NY 14075 (716) 648-7222
For more information contact: William Privett, (H) 585-599-3366 or © 315-866-6925.