Invitation to Join us For Peace Sake

What: A public prayer and action for peace
Where: STRATCOM (Strategic Command), Offut Air Force Base, Kinney
Gate, Bellevue NE - just south of Omaha NE
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm.

The date of the event is commemorative of the 25th anniversary on Oct. 4th of the Ecumenical Peace Gathering in Assisi and the annual feast of the man of peace, Francis of Assisi. It also marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the US war with Afghanistan on October 6th.

Groups will converge in Omaha from several Iowa cities including Dubuque, Sioux City, Waterloo, Ames, and Des Moines, as well as other cities in and outside of Iowa.

This pubic prayer and action for peace is an initiative of the Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa, who invite the public to join in protesting American militarism; the warfare in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, and Libya; nuclear weapons, whose control center is at STRATCOM; and defense spending at the expense of persons who are poor.

Please join Franciscans and all friends of St. Francis in being a peaceful, prayerful presence at the military base where the controls for the entire US nuclear arsenal are located. Civil disobedience is encouraged with adequate non-violence preparation. More details to come regarding possible "line crossing", parking concerns and program at the gate.

See brochure: Francis For Peace

For more information contact:
Marian Klostermann, OSF: klostermannm@osfdbq.org
Nancy Miller, OSF: millern@osfdbq.org
or calll 563 583 9786 and ask for Sr Marian Klostermann

For developing details go to the following link:
http://www.osfdbq.org/Peace_NonViolence.php
or check out our website: www.osfdbq.org