“It was the task of the citizens’ peace movement to pick up the pieces and continue and steer the peace process.” As I worked with Asian-Pacific leaders to plan a conference on conflict resolution, Filipino members of our planning team insisted that we call on “Ging,” the popular nickname for Teresita Quintos-Deles. We invited her… Read more »
Category: Christianity
GASTON GRANDJEAN DAYANAND
Gaston Grandjean is one of the most humble heroes imaginable. He work has been so inspiring that the main character in Dominique Lapierre’s novel City of Joy was based on him, but Grandjean did not want to be visible. But the success of City of Joy and the subsequent movie by that name have brought… Read more »
DOROTHY DAY (1897-1980)
“We will not be drilled into fear. We do not have faith in God if we depend upon the Atom Bomb.” Dorothy Day was once a Communist who became a leading voice for radical nonviolent Christianity in the United States. She lived a life of voluntary poverty, cared for the homeless, and published The Catholic… Read more »
CHARLES FREER ANDREWS (1871-1940)
Christ’s Faithful Apostle: That was the name given to this Christian priest by the Hindu Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, playing off the initials of Charles Freer Andrews. Andrews was one of Gandhi’s closest associates and friends. Together they struggled for justice and freedom over many years and in many settings. Andrews grew up in… Read more »
TITUS BRANDSMA (1881-1942)
Titus Brandsma, born in 1881 and named Anno Sjoerd, was a Dutch Carmelite priest who also worked as a university professor and a journalist. When he joined the Carmelites in 1898 he took a new name according to Carmelite tradition, Titus, his father’s name and the name of the author of a New Testament epistle…. Read more »