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Pax Christi New Mexico to Commemorate Bombing of Hiroshima 65 Years Ago - July 30 and July 31
Pax Christi New Mexico will hold its annual Hiroshima Commemoration on Friday, July 30 in Santa Fe and Saturday, July 31 in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. As this is the 65th year since the bombing, Pax Christi is calling the event: "65 Years is Enough! Retire the Bomb!" www.paxchristinewmexico.org
The president of Pax Christi USA and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, Bishop Gabino Zavala, will speak on Friday, July 30 at El Museo Cultural, located at 1615 Paseo de Peralta, beginning at 7:30 pm.
Bishop Zavala is a native of Mexico and was made Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles in 1994. He has served as a parish priest and seminary professor in Southern California. In 2003, he became the president of Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement. Bishop Zavala has spoken around the country against war, nuclear weapons, and empire, and the way of peace and non-violence.
On Saturday, July 31 there will be training about nonviolence at the Santa Maria de la Paz Church, located at 11 College Avenue in Santa Fe, from 9 am to noon. At 2 pm at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos, the Annual Sackcloth and Ashes Peace Vigil will begin with prayer.
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