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Benedictines for Peace

A peace and justice outreach of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie
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    Join us for the 45th Annual Good Friday Pilgrimage for Peace. These contemporary Stations of the Cross will take us on a walk through the City of Erie, praying a sites connected to the passion of Christ and the suffering of immigrants and refugees today. Come to St. Peter Cathedral on April 18 at 11 a.m. to join us. More here.

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    Benedictines for Peace has signed on to the Laudato Si' Action Platform, which the Vatican is encouraging all people of faith to support. Learn more about this important initiative to protect the earth, our common home, by clicking here.

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    On February 7, Benedictines for Peace was one of several religious organizations in Erie calling on our congressional representatives to stand up for immigrants and refugees. Click here to read and share the statement, and please contact your elected officials too.
Benedictines for Peace (BFP) carries the ancient quest for peace into contemporary times. As the peace and justice outreach of the Erie Benedictine community, BFP members advocate for nonviolence, social change, and justice by direct action, prayer, and bearing witness. Benedictines are the oldest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in late antiquity when marauding armies made all civilization vulnerable to violence, Benedictines adopted as their motto the Latin word "pax" (peace). The central teaching in the 1500-year-old Rule of Benedict is that everyone, including every stranger, is to be welcomed as a blessing and treated as Christ.

Our members include Benedictine Sisters and Oblates, as well as many others who share our commitment to peace and nonviolence.