The Autobiography of John Dear

“A PERSISTENT PEACE”

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Father John Dear, SJ
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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Writings of John Dear

John’s weekly column for
“The National Catholic Reporter”

Visit Loyola Press’s new website about John Dear’s autobiography

The Father John Dear Haiti Fund (Jan. 2010)

Join John Dear at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
for a week on Gandhi, King, Day & Merton,
(Aug. 2-7, 2010)

"Obama and the Works of Death" (Feb. 2010)

Prayer Service for the International Day of Nonviolence (Oct. 2) by John Dear, commissioned by the Vatican (July, 2009)

"Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador" (Nov. 2009)

"Sermon at the Mass in Honor of Dr. Paul Farmer," (Oct. 2009)

"St. Therese's Little Way of Nonviolence," (Sept. 2009)

"Anthony de Mello's Jesuit Spirituality" (Nov. 2009)

"The Car and the Pine Cone," (Oct. 2009)

"My Night in the Las Vegas Jail" (April, 2009)

Archbishop Tutu's Nomination of John Dear for the Nobel Peace Prize (Jan., 2008)

"A Letter to Obama," Tikkun, Jan., 2009

Podcast Interview with John Dear, Sept. 2008

"America" magazine podcast interview with John Dear (Nov. 2008)

"New Dimensions" Radio Interview with John Dear (Oct. 2008)

"Interfaith Voices" Radio Interview with John Dear (Dec. 2008)

ABC News Interviews John Dear and Martin Sheen (Dec. 2008) Part I

Santa Cruz Radio Interviews John Dear (Dec. 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

Blessed Franz Jagerstatter
(Nov. 2007)

"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)

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)

"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,
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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

The Soldiers At My Front Door
(December, 2003)

Close Los Alamos Now!

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

The Road to Emmaus, The Road to Hope

Action for Peace, (March, 2002)

"On the Front Line, Pursuing the God of Peace" New York Times Profile, Thursday October 4, 2001

Remember 9/11 By Speaking Out Against War



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"A Persistent Peace"

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Living Peace LivingPeace:
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Transfiguration Transfiguration

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Mohandas Gandhi, Essential Writings Mohandas Gandhi, Apostle of Nonviolence

Introduction

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Jesus the Rebel Jesus the Rebel
Bearer of God's Peace and Justice
Peace Behind Bars Peace Behind Bars:
A Peacemaking Priest's Journal From Jail
Mary of Nazereth

Mary of Nazareth, Prophet of Peace

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The Questions of Jesus

The Questions of Jesus

Foreword by Richard Rohr

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Review by Shelley Douglass

Testimony TESTIMONY
By Daniel Berrigan, Edited with a foreword by John Dear

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Testimony Oscar Romero and the Nonviolent Struggle for Justice, by John Dear

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The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence, by John Dear

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Jean Donovan and the Call to Discipleship Jean Donovan and the Call to Discipleship, by John Dear

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"You Will Be My Witnesses"

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St. Francis and the Way of Nonviolence (May, 2006)
"The Sound of Listening"

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The Advent of the God of Peace

"The Advent of the God of Peace"

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"Seeds of Nonviolence"

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"Put Down Your Sword"

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Upcoming Events

2010

July 30.
“65 Years After Hiroshima: No More Nukes,”
With Bishop Gabino Zavela, Pax Christi New Mexico,
Santa Fe, NM
Contact:bud@siochainworld.org

Aug. 1.
“Sackcloth and Ashes Ceremony of Prayer, Repentance,
and Protest,”
Pax Christi New Mexico,
Los Alamos, NM.
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Aug. 2-7.
“Gandhi, King, Day & Merton:
Lessons from the Peacemakers,”
A week of classes at Ghost Ranch
Conference center,
Abiqui, New Mexico.
Contact: www.ghostranch.org
505-982-8539.

Sept. 14th
On Trial for Protesting the US Drones
at Creech AFB.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Sept. 23.
Evening Lecture on Nonviolence,
Bethany Center,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada,
Contact: 902-863-4726.

Sept. 24-26.
Weekend Retreat on Peace and Nonviolence,
Bethany Center,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada,
Contact: 902-863-4726.

Sept. 27.
Henri Nouwen Lecture
Drew University
Madison, New Jersey

Oct. 2.
"Carry the Vision" Conference,
San Jose, California,
contact: cyndie@carrythevision.org

Oct. 4.
“Francis, the Beatitudes & the Way of Gospel Nonviolence,”
River’s Edge,
Cleveland, Ohio.
www.riversedgecleveland.com

Oct. 7. "William Sloane Coffin Award,"
Peace Action New York,
New York City.
Contact: cherylatpanys@gmail.com

Oct. 9.
Weber Center,
Adrian, Michigan
Contact:poflynn@adriandominicans.org

Oct. 21.
Annual Peace Lecture,
Salem, Oregon

Oct. 22
St. Mark's United Methodist Church,
Sacramento, Cal.
contact: zhwa2k@gmail.com

Oct. 31.
"Pacem in Terris" Award,
Davenport, Iowa,
contact: ferris@davenportdiocese.org

Nov. 5.
Staff Retreat Day,
“Food for the Poor,”
Miami, Florida.


 

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