Pax Christi Toronto is a growing group of concerned Catholics striving to respond to the teaching of the Gospels and heed the call to Active Nonviolence as supported by Pope Francis. This guides all of our activities and our advocacy for human rights, disarmament, and ecological justice.
Peacebuilding
2023-08-29 05:30
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
2022 is a critical year for Canada and the world, facing the existential threat of nuclear weapons. Three key international meetings were planned and have been postponed: the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, the Nato Summit, and a meeting of the Signatories to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Pax Christi is directly involved in advocating for such leadership.
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2023-11-15 08:43
No to NATO
Members of Pax Christi met at a rally at the U.S. Consulate July 9th for a public forum to oppose the NATO Summit in Vilnius and later picketed at the Nato Association of Canada offices.
Excerpt from Greg Gillis, Pax Christi member: Pope Francis has talked about building a culture of peace…. The time has never been more urgent as we spiral closer and closer to an ever dangerous escalation of the Ukraine war to possible nuclear war. We must do this because every life is precious whether it be Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish, Palestinian, African etc. all the peoples of the earth, their lives matter and are equal to our own. Thank you and Peace to All!”
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2023-08-29 05:31
Peace Knot Bombs
Kathrin Winklin, from N.S. Voice of Women for Peace displays the Peace Knot Bombs banner at a recent Pax Christi Meeting. Names of 38 Yemeni schoolchildren killed by a Lockheed Martin bomb in 2018 are embroidered on the wings of mother and child peace doves, bearing witness to the suffering caused by militarizing the world, and in the hopes and yearning for diplomacy and disarmament.
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2023-08-29 05:30
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
2022 is a critical year for Canada and the world, facing the existential threat of nuclear weapons. Three key international meetings were planned and have been postponed: the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, the Nato Summit, and a meeting of the Signatories to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Pax Christi is directly involved in advocating for such leadership.
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2023-11-15 08:43
No to NATO
Members of Pax Christi met at a rally at the U.S. Consulate July 9th for a public forum to oppose the NATO Summit in Vilnius and later picketed at the Nato Association of Canada offices.
Excerpt from Greg Gillis, Pax Christi member: Pope Francis has talked about building a culture of peace…. The time has never been more urgent as we spiral closer and closer to an ever dangerous escalation of the Ukraine war to possible nuclear war. We must do this because every life is precious whether it be Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish, Palestinian, African etc. all the peoples of the earth, their lives matter and are equal to our own. Thank you and Peace to All!”
(full text of speech to be inserted here):
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2023-08-29 05:31
Peace Knot Bombs
Kathrin Winklin, from N.S. Voice of Women for Peace displays the Peace Knot Bombs banner at a recent Pax Christi Meeting. Names of 38 Yemeni schoolchildren killed by a Lockheed Martin bomb in 2018 are embroidered on the wings of mother and child peace doves, bearing witness to the suffering caused by militarizing the world, and in the hopes and yearning for diplomacy and disarmament.
See more...Advocacy
2023-08-01 07:26
CANADA IS BURNING! National Day of Action
On June 28, 2023, there was a National Day of Action, using the moment of increasing wildfires across Canada and the smoke filling the air of places many kilometres away, including the United States, to highlight the Climate Crisis. In Toronto, Pax Christi Toronto members were present at two rallies which took place at the offices of Julie Dabrusin MP and Chrystia Freeland MP.
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2023-04-02 05:53
Environment
With recent alarming reports on the state of the Environment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, recently identified at COP 26 (See report here…) we are at a pivotal time to decide our future priorities with respect to caring for Creation, in order to avoid contributing to serious environmental problems in the future.
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2023-05-09 07:54
Militarism and Carbon Emissions
Pax Christi Toronto is greatly concerned about all sources which increase the amount of carbon emission in the atmosphere. Very grave sources of carbon emissions are the Canadian Department of National Defense and all military activity. However, military pollution is not considered in deliberations to decrease Greenhouse Gases despite the Canadian government’s statement that everything will be looked at through the lens of Climate.
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2023-08-01 07:26
CANADA IS BURNING! National Day of Action
On June 28, 2023, there was a National Day of Action, using the moment of increasing wildfires across Canada and the smoke filling the air of places many kilometres away, including the United States, to highlight the Climate Crisis. In Toronto, Pax Christi Toronto members were present at two rallies which took place at the offices of Julie Dabrusin MP and Chrystia Freeland MP.
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2023-04-02 05:53
Environment
With recent alarming reports on the state of the Environment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, recently identified at COP 26 (See report here…) we are at a pivotal time to decide our future priorities with respect to caring for Creation, in order to avoid contributing to serious environmental problems in the future.
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2023-05-09 07:54
Militarism and Carbon Emissions
Pax Christi Toronto is greatly concerned about all sources which increase the amount of carbon emission in the atmosphere. Very grave sources of carbon emissions are the Canadian Department of National Defense and all military activity. However, military pollution is not considered in deliberations to decrease Greenhouse Gases despite the Canadian government’s statement that everything will be looked at through the lens of Climate.
See more...Our Events
2023-08-01 08:53
Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition Commemoration
Each August we join the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition at the Toronto Peace Garden in Nathan Phillips Square to commemorate those lost to the nuclear bombings, and to work with ICAN for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
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2023-08-17 12:24
National Day of Action
On June 28, 2023, there was a National Day of Action, using the moment of increasing wildfires across Canada and the smoke filling the air of places many kilometres away, including the United States, to highlight the Climate Crisis. In Toronto, Pax Christ
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2023-09-08 01:19
Season of Creation – World Day of Prayer
Members of Pax Christi gathered to pray and share ideas about how to confront the environmental challenges facing us today, and the need for an ecological conversion, acknowledgement of our ecological debt and commitment to help restore environmental inte
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2023-08-01 08:53
Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition Commemoration
Each August we join the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition at the Toronto Peace Garden in Nathan Phillips Square to commemorate those lost to the nuclear bombings, and to work with ICAN for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
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2023-08-17 12:24
National Day of Action
On June 28, 2023, there was a National Day of Action, using the moment of increasing wildfires across Canada and the smoke filling the air of places many kilometres away, including the United States, to highlight the Climate Crisis. In Toronto, Pax Christ
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2023-09-08 01:19
Season of Creation – World Day of Prayer
Members of Pax Christi gathered to pray and share ideas about how to confront the environmental challenges facing us today, and the need for an ecological conversion, acknowledgement of our ecological debt and commitment to help restore environmental inte
See more...Land Acknowledgement (Toronto)
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