The Autobiography of John Dear
“A PERSISTENT PEACE”
(with a foreword by Martin Sheen, Loyola Press, 440 pages)
Available August 1, 2008
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A New DVD about John Dear,
“The Narrow Path”
featuring music by
Joan Baez &
Jackson Browne
To order, go to
www.sandamiano
foundation.org
Or call 1-818-563-1947.
To view the trailer,
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Rev, John Dear
S.J. is a Jesuit Priest, Peace Activist, Organizer, Lecturer, Retreat
leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including
Living Peace, published by Doubleday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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John’s weekly column for
“The National Catholic Reporter”
Visit Loyola Press’s new website about
John Dear’s autobiography
Archbishop Tutu's Nomination of John Dear
for the Nobel Peace Prize (Jan., 2008)
"My Statement Before the Judge,"Jan 24, 2008
Dr. King's Last Words
April, 2008
"Peace Activist Vows to Defy Court,"
Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 25, 2008
"Priest Sentenced in Domenici Protest"
Albuquerque Journal, Jan. 25, 2008
Blessed Franz Jagerstatter
(Nov. 2007)
John Dear featured in new SOA protest film,
with Martin Sheen & Susan Sarandon
"The Passion, Death, & Resurrection of the
Nonviolent Jesus:"
A Retreat with John Dear,"
Feb. 22-24, 2008
"Guilty!"
(September, 2007)
Sermon for Los Alamos Witness, Mass for Peace (Aug. 3, 2007)
Offer No Violent Resistance (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 3)
What's So Unusual About That? (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 2)
Love Your Enemies (Sermon on the Mount, Part 1)
New DVD on Hiroshima, Los Alamos, & Nuclear Disarmament
Resurrection (April, 2007)
The Vow of Nonviolence Revisited (New Year's Day, 2007)
The Trials, and Blessings, of Peacework (Jan. 2007)
Christmas Editorial for "The Santa Fe New Mexican," (12/24/06)
John Dear's book, "The Sound of Listening" republished!
Ohio Diocese Interviews John Dear, Dec. 2006
Order video/audiotape of John Dear's Talk on the Beatitudes ar Call to Action
"Jesus' Last Words to the Church"
"A Weekend with Nobel Peace Laureates"
Joan Baez, Still Singing For Peace (Oct. 2006)
Photos from the Merton-Gandhi Peace Walk
Hiroshima Day Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 5, 2006)
St. Francis and the Way of Nonviolence (May, 2006)
John Dear & Arun Gandhi on Peace Talks Radio
Report From Colombia
(April, 2006)
Colombia Diary (March, 2006)
St. Therese of Lisieux and the Little Way of Nonviolence (1873-1897)
Confessions of Crimes Against the State (Feb. 2006)
Archbishop Tutu's Foreword to John Dear's Forthcoming Doubleday book, "Transfiguration"
Henri Nouwen, Peacemaker
Thomas Merton and the Wisdom of Nonviolence
On Moral Leadership
(Oct. 2005)
Hiroshima Day Speech, Los Alamos, NM, Aug. 6, 2005
Concluding Prayer After the Hiroshima Day Sackcloth and Ashes Action, Aug. 6, 2005
How To Stop Terrorism (July 2005)
Join the "One" Campaign, "Make Poverty History" (June 2005)
A "Prayer of Nonviolence" (June, 2005)
A Prayer for Our Persecutors (May, 2005)
The Church After John Paul II
"US Catholic" magazine interviews John Dear
"America" magazine interviews John Dear (Feb. 2005)
Oscar Romero, 25 Years Later
"Remembering Hiroshima at Los Alamos"
Pilgrimage to Gandhi's India
Dec.2004-Jan.2005
John Dear's Foreword to a new Henri Nouwen Book
"Getting Into Trouble for Peace & Justice"
Call to Action Talk, Nov. 2004,
Order tapes/cds here
The Vision of Peace (Nov. 2004)
John Dear's Plowshares Sentencing Statement
Before the Judge, July, 1994
"Remember the Martyrs, Close the SOA"
Talk at the SOA Protest, Nov. 21, 2004
Excerpts from the forthcoming book,
"The Questions of Jesus"
Pax Christi Goes to Los Alamos
Order a CD or Audiotape of John Dear's talk "Gandhi and the Way of Nonviolence"
John Dear's Foreword to Daniel Berrigan's
new book, TESTIMONY
In the Name of Peace: Speech
at anti-war rally, State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico March 20,
2004
Dr. King's Gauntlet: Nonviolence or Nonexistence
Fr. Bill O'Donnell: Good Friend,
Major Prophet
The Soldiers At My Front Door
(December, 2003) Close Los Alamos Now!
Pilgrimage Through a Burning World
Revolutionary Nonviolence
(June, 2003)
If Today You Understood the Things
that Make for Peace
Human Rights and Nonviolence:
The Christian Theology and Movement for Peace
Speech at the National March Against
the War, January 18, 2003. Washington, D.C.
Sheath Your Sword
The Common Ground of Interfaith Nonviolence
War With Iraq Is Not the Answer
"Love Your Neighbors, Love Your Enemies, "Speech
to Call to Action, November 2, 2002
Remembering Richard McSorley, S.J.
The Road to Emmaus, The Road
to Hope
Action for Peace, (March, 2002)
Confessions
of a September 11th Chaplain, Feb. 2002
"On the Front Line, Pursuing
the God of Peace" New York Times Profile, Thursday October 4,
2001
An Open Letter to President
Bush, Feb. 2002.
Remember 9/11 By Speaking Out Against War
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July 30
Congregation Chapter of
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace,
Monmouth Univ., Long Branch, New Jersey,
Contact: 202-884-9768
www.csjp.org
August 1
Mass and Hiroshima Peace Lecture,
With Sr. Helen Prejean,
Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Contact: www.paxchristinewmexico.org
August 2
Sackcloth & Ashes Peace Vigil,
Nat. Nuclear Weapons Lab,
Los Alamos, New Mexico,
Contact:www.paxchristinewmexico.org
August 22
"Blessed are the Peacemakers,"
Evening Lecture, St. Joseph's Parish,
Ottawa, Canada,
Contact:www.galileecentre.com
August 23-24
"Following the Nonviolent Jesus,"
Weekend Retreat, Galilee Centre,
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada,
Contact:www.galileecentre.com
"A Persistent Peace" National BookTour. www.persistentpeace.com
August 25th
Network for Spiritual Progressives,
(With Rabbi Lerner), 10-12 noon.
Denver, CO
www.spiritualprogressives.org
September 24.
"Bookworks," 7 p.m.,
Albuquerque, NM
events@bkwrks.com
September 25.
"Collected Works"
Santa Fe, NM
(with Natalie Goldberg)
events@bkwrks.com
September 26,
Orange, Cal.
Center for Spiritual Development
jmussche@csjorange.org
September 27
Boise, Idaho
St. Mark's Church
idahopeacecoalition@msn.com
October 1
Dayton, Ohio
Afternoon signing, "Books and Company,"
Evening public lecture.
devols@who.rr.com
October 2
Dayton, Ohio.
Univ. of Dayton, Kennedy Union, 7 p.m.,
devols@who.rr.com
October 4
Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin
"Our Lifetime Call," one day retreat,
Marywood Center,
www.marywoodsc.com
October 6
Missoula, Montana
dfaber@christthekingccm.org
October 7
Portland, Oregon
Powell's Bookstore
westay62@comcast.net
October 8-9
St. Joseph's Church, Berkeley, Cal.; and
St. Catherine's church, Burlingame, Cal.
ken@globalexchange.org
October 10
Capitola Book Café,
Santa Cruz, CA.
Contact: kenncruz@pacbell.net
October 12
Los Angeles, Cal.
St. Mary Magdalen Church, Camarillo
927canative@roadrunner.com
October 13
St. Thomas More Parish,, Glendale, AZ
dandifies@diocesephoenix.org
October 14
Phoenix, AZ
Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley.
sandy@casabookstore.com
October 16
Holy Family Parish,
Sherwood, IL
October 17
Andersons Bookstore,
Naperville, IL
October 18.
"And God Said It Was Good conference.
Evening book signing, 7 p.m., Schwartz Bookshop,
Milwaukee, WI.
elizabethmartorell@ameritech.net
October 19
Nashville, Tenn.
Border's
geoff.little@vanderbilt.edu
October 20
St. Louis, Missouria
Left Bank Books
cbuschnema@yahoo.com
October 21
Memphis, Tenn.
bartart@bellsouth.net
October 22
Houston, Texas
croeger@domhou.org
October 23
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hardesty Regional Library
johnkennington@cox.net
October 24
Ames, Iowa.
Ames Public Library
bjwhite@iastate.edu
October 31
Harvard University,
Student Center,
Boston, Mass.
(with Dr. Paul Farmer)
patferrone@rcn.com
November 1
Boston, Mass.
Pax Christi Massachusetts Retreat
ulan@comcast.net
November 7-8
Milwaukee, WI.
Call to Action Conference.
www.cta-usa.org
November 9
Minneapolis, MINN.
St. Stephen's Church
Cheying@ststephensmpls.org
November 10
Pittsburgh, PA
JosephBeth Booksellers
mimidarragh@aol.com
November 11
Rochester, NY
Spiritus Christi Church,
585-755-0206
November 12
Johnson City, NY
St. James' church
pmverdon@stny.rr.com
November 13.
New York, NY,
Union Theological Seminary
rightrelationship@gmail.com
November 14
New York, NY
6:30 p.m, Border's Bookstore,
461 Park Ave.
contact: 212-980-6785
November 15
Bronx, New York
Manhattan College
jmarthbx@gmail.com
November 16
St. Francis Xavier Church, West 14th St, New York City
11:30 a.m. Mass, followed by booksigning,
lmdiaz@sfxavier.org
November 17
Easton, PA,
Lafayette College
rhubarbdoom@hotmail.com
November 18
Williamsport, PA
Annunciation Church.
Margyjimforan601@cs.com
November 19
Atlanta, GA
Carter Center Library Museum,
c.crosby@mac.com
November 20
Athens, GA
contact: robino@linck.net
November 21-23
Columbus, Georgia
"School of the Americas" Protest Vigil,
www.soaw.org
November 24.
Sarasota, Florida
First Presbyterian Church
agsweeting@yahoo.com
November 29.
Arlington, VA.
Our Lady of Peace Church
Sat. evening Mass, followed by book signing.
Olqp.
fcain@ourladyqueenofpeace.org
December 2
St. Ignatius Church,
Baltimore, Maryland
410-727-3848
December 3--5,
Washington, DC,
MD. TBA
Dec. 10.
Santa Fe, NM
Upaya Zen Center,
www.upaya.com
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A New DVD film
“THE NARROW PATH: Walking Toward Peace and Nonviolence with John Dear, S.J.”
featuring music by Joan Baez and Jackson Browne, with cameos by Daniel Berrigan, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Sheen, Kathy Kelly and Ron Kovic
To Order, go to “The San Damiano Foundation”
Or call 1-818-563-1947. For multiple copies at a discount, write to "Email" above.
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