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MAY 30, 2008
79 Religious Groups Oppose Nuclear Bomb Plant; Call for Nuclear Disarmament . . .

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Seventy-nine Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim groups have joined together to reject administration plans to reactivate the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure and build new nuclear bomb plant facilities, Faithful Security announced today. In a formal letter to the Energy Department, religious organizations from across the country called instead for the United States to end new nuclear weapons production and commit to multilateral disarmament. >>

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63rd Anniversary
August 6 and August 9, 2008

In response to the email we sent on August 6, people across the country responded with ways they have been remembering this anniversary:

  • Blog entry by Katherine Murray in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • "Nuclear Arms Are No Longer 'Necessary Evils'" Interview with Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International (a Buddhist organization)
  • The weekly prayer and reflections page on the website of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province, featured a prayer on "Transfiguration" by Lillia Langreck, from her book Sparks from the Sacred Fire.
  • The Martha's Vineyard Peace Council, co-chaired by Rev. Alden Besse, held a Hiroshima memorial. The group stands high on the clay cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean as each person introduces themselves and says something about what the day means to them and their vision for a more peaceful world. Read a news article (7th on the page).

In your congregation or community this August, we invite you to remember the devastating atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please find below links to various prayers, materials for study, and calendars of vigils and remembrances in communities across the country.

Nuclear weapons are a prominent feature in current news stories as negotiations with Iran and North Korea continue. This year, the Bush administration once again tried for funding to develop new “reliable replacement warheads” - but again Congress zereod out the request. This August, remember the only times that nuclear weapons have been used in war and say “never again.”

Prayers and other Resources for Worship or Prayer Service
From several different traditions
Prayers for Peace from different religious traditions in “Breaking Faith with Nuclear Weapons” (p. 16) by Faithful Security.

Christian Resources – Note: Some of these are "dated" 2007 or earlier, but they are still good resources.

 

Resources for Group or Individual Study

  

In your congregation or community this August, we invite you to remember the devastating atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please find on this page links to various prayers, materials for study, and calendars of vigils and remembrances in communities across the country.

  

Hands-on Activities

Flyers

  • Flyer with message including: "Urge all candidates running for Congress to agree to work to cut the size of the nuclear arsenal by 50 percent." From the Friends Committee on National Legislation

Prayer Vigils and Remembrances Around the Country

  
 
   
   
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