Father John Dear, S.J.

On October 22, St. Mark's welcomes activist/author and Jesuit priest Father John Dear, S.J.

John Dear is an internationally known voice for peace and non-violence.  He is the author of 25 books, including his autobiography, A Persistent Peace. In 2008, John was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has serves as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the United States. He co-founded Pax Christi New Mexico, and works on a non-violent campaign to disarm Los Alamos. Father John's peace work has taken him to El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, the Middle East, Columbia, Northern Ireland, and the Philippines. He has been arrested over seventy-five times in acts of non-violent civil disobedience for peace, and has organized hundreds of demonstrations against war and nuclear weapons at military bases around the country, as well as worked with Mother Theresa and others to stop the death penalty. http://www.fatherjohndear.org/