I want to make a special call to the military. And more concretely to the military bases and to the military headquarters….You are from our same people. You kill your own brothers and sisters. The law of God that says “Do not kill” is higher than the order of your commander to kill. …The Church, [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2010’
Back at Union
We have arrived safely back at Union. Thank you all for your support in following the blog, car care packages, crosses, phone calls and more. The four of us each intend to write and post a follow up to our experiences in the next few days after some more prolonged reflection. Thank you again for [...]
Come Along with Us: Video “Presente”
We have felt so supported by our communities of support that we wanted you to be able to experience yesterday’s Vigil honoring the victims and calling for the close of the School of the Americas along with us. Please click on this YouTube link to watch a short video of clips that we made so that [...]
“We go with you”
“Jesus called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.” -Mark 8: 34 As the Union community commissioned us on our journey we all took up crosses together in James Chapel to bear witness to the [...]
Living as the Body of Christ
God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every [...]
“Do not weep for me…”
As they led Jesus away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But [...]
Transgressing Spaces
The gates of Ft. Benning demarcate a striking contradiction of spaces. They embody how the military claims its space in contrast to how activists outside create their own space in a hostile environment. The military defines its space in terms of exclusion and the fence is the central symbol of this orientation. With overwhelming police [...]
We made it!
We arrived today at Fort Benning, Georgia after 995 miles of travel from NY, NY! We got an early start after a pancake breakfast at Nancy and Dale’s. Interstate-85, a traffic-free roll through Atlanta, a pitstop, then Interstate-75. At about 1:30 we rolled into Columbus, Georgia. Interesting conversations, car games, learning the history of the [...]
“Unionistas” Arrive in Ft. Benning
It has been seventeen hours from New York, New York to Columbus, Georgia in the faithful “chariot.” For two days we have been in almost constant motion, stopping for gas, food, and sleep. We arrived on Ft. Benning Rd. in Columbus early this afternoon, a space claimed by the SOA Watch organizers earlier in the [...]
This is My Body
There is a three-headed hydra imposing its insatiable appetite on Mexico, Honduras and Columbia. He wanders through the pueblos of these countries, viciously lifting arbitrary inhabitants into its jaws. Their family members scream in protest as they watch the bodies of their sisters, fathers, children, brothers, and mothers disappear into the belly of the beast. Broken [...]
