by Susan | Oct 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 29, 1969 The judge ordered that “Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale be gagged and chained to his chair during his trial. Seale and his seven fellow defendants had been charged with conspiracy to cross state lines with intent to cause a riot during the...
by Susan | Oct 28, 2015 | Good to Know!
Last Friday, Our Lady of the Lake University had a wonderful day-long forum about the activist, journalist and founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day, jointly hosted by the Worden School of Social Work and the university’s new MFA/social justice...
by Susan | Oct 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 28, 1965 50th Anniversary! In a bold statement of interfaith relations, Nostra aetate, the “Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions” of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI: “In our time,...
by Susan | Oct 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 27, 312 The eve of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius marked the beginning of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity. Eusebius of Caesarea recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision of...
by Susan | Oct 26, 2015 | Monuments
Standing outside the Gloucester County Courthouse, the bronze statue of an unarmed soldier holds aloft an American flag. Commissioned by the county’s veteran’s commission, it was sculpted by Deptford, NJ artist Frank A. Seder Jr., who said he hoped his...
