Peace Day at University of Incarnate Word on October 29

“Atomic Coverup,” a Film Screening, a part of Banned Books Week at University of Incarnate Word (UIW).

Oct. 8 – Film Screening and Discussion (2:45 – 5:15 pm, UIW Library Auditorium)

Atomic Coverup: Censorship and Disinformation since Hiroshima. Discussion afterwards led by Dr. Paul Lewis and his Philosophy class on the Atomic Bomb. Contact: pmlewis@uiwtx.edu

 

Women Connecting Globally—young and old!

Women Connecting Globally is a growing community of students, educators, and friends who encourage each other in creativity, leadership, sustainability, and friendship.  They work in circular structures listening to each other, compassionately building solidarity, and promoting human flourishing. They are inspired by emerging communities promoting nonviolence, compassion, and peace.

Young women 14 to 24 are invited to online gatherings frequently. We encourage you in your country or city to be together as we join old friends and make new ones. While the gatherings will be predominantly in English, people can read the translation in all main languages. Local communities are encouraged to do service projects together connecting them to global goals. Read an article in Global Sisters Report, “A Little Child Shall Lead Them Building Bridges of Art and Hope.”  See the exhibit books of Artistic Bridges with young people in Guatemala, Mexico, Palestine, Uganda, Ukraine, and the U.S. participating.

The next gathering, considering how we develop our gifts and share our gifts will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 to 10 am US Central time. Please register here then come to the University of the Incarnate Word Gorman Building 115 or join online. 

Persons who remember Women’s Global Connection, 2001-2019, will bring encouragement.  Register to join us but also register if you would like news of the growing movement.  

 

Create Peace on Earth by 2030. 

Join the Peace Games series staring Oct. 15.  Come to Wednesday sessions with people in different parts of the world, 11 am to 1 pm, or make plans to have another time with a team from the University of the Incarnate Word or others in San Antonio from colleges and universities or the city community. The Peace Center at Northwest Vista College is a partner in this. Get more information about the global movement and register here to be a part of local teams.

 

Gather For Good: Guatemalan “Little Angels of Mary” Fun and Fundraising

Oct. 25, 6 – 8 pm, CHRISTUS Heritage Hall, the Village of the Incarnate Word (with online option) $25 donation

Join us for an evening of community, culture, and compassion in support of Little Angels of Mary, a nonprofit serving children and families in rural Guatemala. Enjoy delicious appetizers and refreshments, hear inspiring stories of hope and resilience, shop beautiful handmade crafts by Guatemalan artisans, support life-changing education and nutrition programs. Every moment we share helps build brighter futures for children in Guatemala.

In an area where 69% of the children have been malnourished, Edwin Mendoza and Darlene Jasso, past UIW students, are saving and transforming lives with their literacy and nutrition programs so that children will grow normally and not be stunted. Learn about the Little Angels of Mary community. If you can help plan and host or would like to buy tickets, please send your name and email to Darlene Jasso djasso@littleangelsofmary.org

 

The Atomic Bomb, a Philosophy Class

Oct. 27, 3 – 4:15 pm. 

Join Dr. Paul Lewis and his Philosophy Class which has been grappling with issues of the Atomic Bomb. Contact: pmlewis@uiwtx.edu

 

Global Youth Conference: Compassionate Leadership for Action and Impact

Oct. 28, 29, 30.  Join our Charter for Compassion colleagues to learn and to share. Go to as much or little as you like. Try to be together in your country or city for the Global Youth Conference. Register here. In May 2025 UIW and St. Anthony Catholic High School students and teachers with their friends at Holy Cross Lakeview in Uganda and Palestine presented in the Compassionate Action conference on “Creating Artistic Bridges”.  See their international presentation and get ready for other fine presentations at the Global Youth Conference.

 

Peace Day 2025, Incarnate Word’s 39^th year of Learning about Justice Which Builds Peace

Oct. 29, 9 to 4:30 pm, UIW Student Engagement Center  2051-2052 and on Microsoft Teams Need help?  Join the meeting now  Meeting ID: 211 816 708 454 4 Passcode: dP9sU9Xt

Details and times are coming, but look forward to 

Pax Christi and the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative

Learn from those who have been involved internationally, nationally, and locally in Pax Christi the organization that started when French and German Catholics realized that they had been in three wars in 70 years killing each other. Why was this and what could be done in the future to prevent violence?  The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative is a global movement dedicated to promoting active nonviolence as a core principle of the Gospel. It aims to integrate nonviolence into all aspects of Church life and empower Catholics to embrace this path of love and truth. The initiative is guided by Pope Francis' vision and supported by a network of over 100 organizations worldwide. 

“UIW Ended Global Starvation”

Watch UIW TV Newscast, March 25, 2045, with Dr. Trey Guinn and Sr. Martha Ann Kirk and learn how the Cardinals accomplished their ambitious goal of ending global starvation. More and more of them joined the movement Peace on Earth by 2030 led by internationally acclaimed David Gershon. Their lives started to be transformed, and they were transforming the world around them. What is needed to build peace on earth is abundant. What is needed to end global starvation is only 3% of the US military budget.  Be a part of this.

12 noon – 1 pm. Lunch  The Student Dietetic Association sponsored by Dr. Heather Frazier will both nourish us and educate us on food that is healthy for us and healthy for the planet.

3 pm – 4:15 pm  Jim Harrington: Writing for Peace and Justice in Texas and in Turkey.

  Dr. Jim Harrington will share on his two new books The Texas Civil Rights Project, How We Built a Social Justice Movement  and Erdogan's Civil Death Project: Persecution of the Hizmet Movement in Türkiye 

Texas civil rights icon Jim Harrington recounts his lifelong fight for equality, winning major reforms for farmworkers and disabled Texans and helping build a movement for social justice. Over the following fifty years, he built one of Texas’s key civil rights organizations and played an essential role in many of its greatest victories.

Toward the end of the last century, the Hizmet Movement emerged in Turkish society as a major proponent of civil society. “Hizmet,” also known as the Gülen Movement after its spiritual teacher Fethullah Gülen, achieved prominent recognition for its educational and multicultural work in Türkiye and elsewhere in the world.

His care about social justice in his own country has led him to the Hizmet (Service) Movement and writing with Coskun Yorulmaz  Erdogan's Civil Death Project: Persecution of the Hizmet Movement in Türkiye. 

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Stop by the exhibits in the Student Engagement Center Concourse:

Sign the petition  “Anti-nuclear weapons, Mayors for Peace Campaign initiated by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Learn of how we are Creating a Camino of Peace and Compassion and help do that.

Tired of one shooting after another in our country?  Learn from MOMS DEMAND SAVE GUN LAWS.

And more . . .

We are grateful to all of the contributors and exhibitors for these programs, especially Darrin Dunbar and his staff in the SEC, the UIW Office of Communication and Marketing, and Lorena Cestou, GRA for Service Learning.