Join the San Antonio peaceCENTER, Northwest Vista College and NOWCastSA for the 17th annual Blessing of the Peacemakers at 3 p.m. on Jan. 30, 2022.
Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Jan 22 2020 - 6:44pm
Replay video of the 14th annual Blessing of the Peacemakers on Jan. 26, 2020 at the Whitley Center on the campus of Oblate School of Theology.
The 2020 Peace Laureates are: Lionel Sosa, Gurvinder Pal "G.P." Singh and Cappy Lawton. The peaceCENTER appointed the Peace Laureates, local voices of wisdom and experience to speak for peace and justice in San Antonio.
Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Jan 25 2019 - 10:21am
Replay the NOWCastSA webcast of the Blessing of the Peacemakers, when the peaceCENTER appointed San Antonio Peace Laureates on Jan. 27, 2019.
The Peace Laureate is a local voice of wisdom and experience to speak for peace and justice in San Antonio.
Written by SUIVES on Jan 22 2018 - 1:12pm
Replay NOWCastSA's video from the peaceCENTER's Blessing of the Peacemakers, on Sunday, Jan. 28 at the Whitley Center on the campus of Oblate School of Theology.
Written by Daniel Serna on Apr 13 2017 - 12:22pm
About 300 people community and faith leaders gathered at The Oblate School of Theology on April 3, 2017 for a conversation about San Antonio’s new Faith-Based Community Initiative, designed to strengthen the relationships between the city, area faith-based communities and nonprofits.
Written by SUIVES on Jan 13 2017 - 4:01pm
Replay the webcast of the 11th Annual San Antonio Blessing of the Peacemakers on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Whitley Center of the Oblate School of Theology.
Written by Amanda Evrard on Sep 21 2015 - 12:09pm
Replay video from the live webcast of the Peace Laureate Wisdom Conversation on Race on Sept. 21, 2015 at the Whitley Theological Center at Oblate School of Theology.
The free, public event is the San Antonio peaceCENTER’s second Living Room Conversation with the San Antonio Peace Laureates. Participants include:
Imam Omar Shakir, convener
Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl
Sr. Martha Ann Kirk
Rod Radle
Rosalyn Collier
Rev. Phil Ruge-Jones
Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Mar 16 2015 - 2:19pm
The San Antonio peaceCENTER hosted a conversation about Prejudice in Our World Today, featuring Peace Laureates Rosie Castro, Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl, Sr. Teresa Maya and Imam Omar Shakir.
The conversation on Feb. 26, 2015 was held at the Whitley Center at Oblate School of Theology and was free and open to the public. The Peace Laureates were asked to give their wisdom in conversation about ways to talk about prejudice while being honest and compassionate.
Written by Heather DiMasi on Mar 4 2010 - 2:38pm
Every year, San Antonio's peaceCENTER celebrates the people of the city who, according to Ann Helmke, director, "are working for peace every day."The 2010 Blessing of the Peacemakers event coincided, as it has for the past five years, with the National Season of Nonviolence. The season begins Jan. 30, the anniversary of Mahatma Ghandi's assassination, and ends 64 days later on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, April 4.During the campaign, groups from around the world raise awareness of the power of nonviolence.