Kateri Peace Conference

The 28th annual Kateri Peace Conference will be on August 15 at the St. Kateri Shrine in Fonda. The theme is “Weaving A Tapestry of Renewal, Resilience and Transformation.”

According to the organizers:

    We are living through a time in our collective history when great and overwhelming confusion and debilitating fear often result in the temptation to withdraw, surrendering hope and our ability to act. 

     The list of reasons for this paralysis are numerous and can be terrifying, heartbreaking, enraging. The pain we are all experiencing is extensive and the suffering in our world and planetary family can be felt at every turn.  What then are our alternatives?

 

     This year’s Kateri Peace Conference offers a day of community and healing, coming together to share grief, anger and confusion yet also our strength, joy and cohesion realizing our communal connections, ability to transform and grow . . . 

For more information contact John Amidon at jajaja1234@aol.com or Maureen Aumand at aumandmaureen@gmail.com

 

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