Carol Gilbert

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  USA: Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty Now

  January 25, 2023

  January 22, 2023 was the 2nd anniversary of the enforceable Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). I joined witness and advocacy actions this week as we called upon the United States to sign this treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Sixty eight (68) countries have now ratified it and another 24 countries are actively […]

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  Peacemakers Joined Nonviolent Witness at Pentagon

  January 18, 2023

  Commemorating Massacre of the Holy Innocents Past and Present Early morning on December 28, 2022, fourteen peacemakers from the DMV area and beyond held a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon, the center of warmaking on the planet, to commemorate the feast of the Massacre of the Holy Innocents–-past and present. We carried with us the […]

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  What is Carol Gilbert Reading Today, A Week after TPNW Made Nuclear Weapons Illegal?

  January 27, 2021

  We all can’t follow and read the extensive resources she devours each day, but we asked Sr. Carol where she would point the curious among us to see what she is reading. She shared a few of the sources she follows. She also mentioned one of the most common questions she hears: “But will corporations […]

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  Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Endorse Interfaith Statement Against Nuclear Weapons

  January 22, 2021

  “The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, in 2007, passed a Corporate Stance for the abolition of nuclear weapons. At the time when the United Nations was considering the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, letters were sent to Ambassador Haley, President Trump, and Representative Rand Paul urging them to endorse the treaty. On July […]

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  We Celebrate Peace… and Commit to the Work Yet to Come

  January 22, 2021

  How inspired and inspiring were the messages of unity coming from the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. this week! Did you know that the 59th Inaugural National Prayer Service on Thursday featured two vowed women religious? Sr. Carol Keehan helped get the Affordable Care Act passed under the Obama Administration; and […]

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  Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Celebrate Jan. 22 2021 Nuclear Ban

  January 19, 2021

  “We are one step closer to the elimination of nuclear weapons as the TPNW is entered into force on January 22, 2021. We always knew nuclear weapons were immoral and now they are illegal under international law,” says Carol Gilbert OP, who worked tirelessly with Ardeth Platte OP, to raise awareness about the devastating human […]

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  Banning Nuclear Weapons, A Historic Moment in Our Lives

  January 19, 2021

  Friday, January 22, 2021, the International Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force and becomes International Law. This day will be “the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons” according to ICAN, The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. ICAN is a coalition of over 600 partner non-governmental organizations in 100 […]

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  Pax Christi West Michigan Supports Spirit of Nonviolence

  January 18, 2021

  A Reflection from Pax Christi West Michigan As I prepared for my Sabbath time, it came to my mind that one year ago, Jan. 19, 2020, our first Pax Christi West Michigan (PCWM) meeting of the year, to be held at Dominican Center, was cancelled because of a snow storm. Our speaker that day was […]

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  Ardeth Platte, OP, Will Be Remembered as a Prophet of Peace

  September 30, 2020

  For Immediate Release GRAND RAPIDS, MI – September 30, 2020 – Ardeth Platte, OP: justice preacher, peace seeker, teacher, compassionate neighbor and friend stood with people on the margins—God’s people—and helped to lift up their cries again and again, each and every day. As the sun rose this morning, we discovered that God called home […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Resist Hunger. Resist Illness. Resist Hate. Sow Care and Community.

  June 26, 2020

  This urban garden is on the east side of our home, the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington DC. I asked to do the gardening three years ago when we moved here, but this is the first year that I’ve been here every day. (As you know we have been speaking about the Treaty […]