"A Persistent Peace: One's Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World;" Lecture and Booksigning with Author JOHN DEAR, SJ

Author, priest and activist John Dear, SJ will speak from his experience and his recently published autobiography, A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World.

This special event is open to all visitors to the Peace Mural Exhibition who will have the opportunity to hear and meet John Dear as he reflects upon his decades-long journey as a peace activist, including his bold, decisive, often unpopular actions before government officials, military higher-ups, and even hostile representatives of the Church. With heroes such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela, John’s activism has taken him to many places—including war zones—all over the world.

Dear’s incredible story will touch anyone who believes in the power of peace. Perhaps most important of all, participants in this evening's program will come to understand through John that the most important disarmament of all is the one that happens inside each heart—when we finally let go of our own self-righteousness, resentment, and anger.

The book will be available for purchase and booksigning.