ploughsharethe journal of Christian CND

February 2013 Christians working and praying for a nuclear weapons-free world

In this issue:Lent & Easter Events

Against Arms Dealers at Church House

Recent eventsPlus news, events and prayer diary

2013 - a Year of Campaigning

Trip to ValducEmbassies Walk

NPT PrepCom

Burial and resurrection of the Alleluia

Shrove Tuesday & Easter Monday

Ash Wednesday

A Happy New Year to you all!

We have much planned for 2013 to take our campaign forward and hope

to meet many of you at the events highlighted in this issue of

“Ploughshare”. The Churches’ year has already started and the Advent

Vigils at Aldermaston were particularly successful. Keeping to the liturgi-

cal theme, you will find details about “Burying the Alleluia” on Shrove

Tuesday, and the long-standing Ash Wednesday Witness at the MOD. (If

any members want to do something similar in their own area and would

like liturgy suggestions, just contact the office.) The ‘Alleluia’ will be res-

urrected on Easter Monday, All Fools Day, during a big demonstration at

Aldermaston to emphasise the foolishness of nuclear weapons.

Looking towards the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) Meeting

in Geneva at the end of April, our annual Embassies Walk takes place on

Thursday, March 21st when we visit the London Embassies of the

Nuclear Weapons States and other countries that have a particular inter-

est in nuclear weapons, to ask what progress has been made during the

last year. We will begin with a short service in St Martin’s-in-the-Fields in

Trafalgar Square at 10am. Do come if you can. You don’t have to walk

all the way! A small group of us will be going to Geneva at the end of

April. More details of how we will contribute, later.

The last “Ploughshare” explained the links between Aldermaston and

Valduc in France, as a result of the Teutates Treaty, and CCND is work-

ing on combined events with our French friends. One of these will be a

trip to Valduc which will be linked with a Hiroshima to Nagasaki Day’s

Fast in Paris.

AND for those of you who feel nothing is happening in your own area,

have a look at the itinerary for Bruce’s “Scrap Trident” walk in the spring

(see page 7) and the Iona Walk for Peace (see page 8). Let us know where

you would like an event linked with these.

During this cold part of the year, please keep on with making squares for

the Peace Quilt, (we still need quite a lot more.) and/or, for the knitters -

look at page 9.

Thank you for your support and prayers during the last year and may

2013 be full of blessings for our work and ourselves.

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Contents of this issue

Page 2 Editorial

Page 3 Opposing Arms

Dealers

Page 4 Advent Vigils 2012

Page 5 Holy Innocents 2012

Page 6 & 7 Lent & Easter Events

Page 8 Peace Pilgrimage

Page 9 Wool against Weapons

Page 10 As I see it

Page 11 Prayer Diary & News

Page 12 Diary

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Christian CND Executive:

Co-chairs: Michael Pulham and Chris

Gidden.

Treasurer: Neil Berry

Executive Council Members:

Kelvin Gascoyne, Caroline Gilbert,

Angela Rayner, Sue Bruno and Patricia

Pulham.

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Office worker: Claire Poyner

Editorial

Page 3News

Campaigners in Wrexham, North Wales

Photos by Anne Malins

Morning Prayer at Church House Westminster during the

Arms Dealers Conference

On 1st November 2012, several members of Christian

CND attended Morning Prayer and a vigil at Church

House. We issued a press release and were present at

the vigil because Church House Conference Centre was

used to host the Air Power Conference which was

sponsored by companies that sell weapons to question-

able regimes, and which included BAE. Given BAE’s

role in developing the next generation of Trident, the

Christian CND Exec considered that there was a strong

connection between our aim to promote nuclear disar-

mament and rejecting the use of the Conference

Centre for the event.

It was very positive to meet with a mixed group of

people from Campaign Against the Arms Trade,

Christianity Uncut, Pax Christi, CCND, SCM and

parish churches. Through CAAT, many Christians also

submitted a petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury,

but as yet, have had no response from Lambeth Palace.

We will keep members informed of any further confer-

ences, sponsored by companies involved in the arms

trade, which are to be held at Church House or other

church venues.

Opposing Arms Dealers at Church House

Page 4 News

JJust looked up the Aldermaston Advent Vigil file

- we were certainly going in 2006! So that’s 6

years, does it go back any further? The

Aldermaston Advent Vigil was born as something

easy to do, just an hour, there and back in the day-

light. We did want it to be something that ordinary

church people from the locality could attend, not

just the very very committed, intend as usual, but

so far no success with that.

The Vigil was on Wednesdays in Advent, 1-2pm at

Tadley Gate, No to Trident Replacement; Yes to

Decommissioning; Yes to Peace. As usual the four

Wednesdays were parcelled out among local peace

groups, Oxford Pax Christi, Clergy against Nuclear

Arms, and Christian CND. That way no one would feel

they had to go along every single time. The first one on

the 28th November, was cancelled because of floods.

On the 5th December, Oxford CND was there in a

van, Kingston CND was there in a van, waving flags,

banners on the fence. The two Revd Davids, Partridge

and Patterson from CANA. The local press photogra-

pher was there. The Revd David Patterson led us in a

very good liturgy. Then we all went to the pub to get

warm.

John Prangley of Oxford Pax Christi did the liturgy for

the 12th, in fact transported most of

the Oxford contingent. It was when

the weather had got very cold, he had

rung us to say that he was the only

one going and he did wonder...but as

Angela Needham had come all the

way from Chester and was staying

with me, we were quite determined to

go, so we had a most beautiful drive

down, tree, hedges, field all brilliant

white with frost, most beautiful. And

we were in plenty of time for egg

and chips at Max’s transport cafe to

fortify ourselves for the Vigil. Alison

James from the Aldermaston Women

who lives nearby, and Kelvin

Gascoyne from Didcot came. As it

was so cold, and as we had Angela

Needham with us, we improvised a

‘striding about’ liturgy, calling on our

absent and departed friends. We are

among a so great cloud of witnesses

after all; and where better to remember friends, like

Helen Trask and Barbara Eggleston, and friends who

were a bit too far to come, like Barbara Sunderland, and

as we are outside Aldermaston, Jean Kaye and David

Platt. And then we went to the pub.

The 19th was a quieter, more valedictory affair.

Warmer, with rain; for the first time we were joined by

two nice young policemen. Francis Carline came from

Wallingford, and Alison, and Kelvin; we remembered

more friends, and then we went to the pub.

It is really quite a nice thing to do; it does use up time;

it’s probably worthwhile. This year Oxford CND gave it

terrific support. They had the Vigil on the front of

their newsletter. Kingston CND is new and unexpected

and very welcome; Martin Birdseye may have some-

thing to do with it; also hearing about it from the email

sent out from the office. So, we would be very happy to

hear any feedback, any ideas, improvements etc etc; and

also really well in advance of next Advent; What Day is

best for you? This year Wednesday just emerged; but it

could well be Thursday, so tell us, can you do

Wednesday? Can you do Thursday? And see you next

Advent. And thanks for coming.

Caroline Gilbert, maasgilbert@hotmail.com

Advent Vigils at Aldermaston, 2012

Vigil in the wet

News Page 5

AAcry from the heart for the children of Africa

and the Middle East. That was the theme of

the annual service to remember and pray for the

child victims of repression and military conflict

organised by the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship on

behalf of Network of Christian Peace

Organisations.

The service was held in St Martin-in-the-Fields,

Trafalgar Square, London, on Holy Innocents Day, 28th

December. The date in the Church calendar in memory

of the baby boys ordered to be killed by King Herod.

There were probably less people than in other years

because of floods. We said prayers asking for forgive-

ness for children suffering and killed, and asking God

to remember their names. The prayers included prayers

for children and young people killed and injured by

weapons made in the United Kingdom and for victims

of abuse. We listened to songs and poems and sang

hymns and carols, some from Zimbabwe and one by

Desmond Tutu. The address was by Sue Claydon, APF

Vice-chair, a message from South Sudan.

In the afternoon on the same day there was a service of

witness at the Innocent Victim’s Memorial outside

Westminster Abbey. We stood in a circle around the

memorial stone. We said prayers and sang hymns and

carols.

Kelvin Gascoyne

Advent Vigil at Aldermaston - see opposite page

Holy Innocents Day, 28th December 2012.

Page 6 Lent and Easter Events

#GoodbyeAlleluia

Christian CND present:

Procession & Burial of Alleluia: February 12th

Meet in front of the Imperial War Museum at 6pm

Procession to

Ministry of Defence

(Embankment)

IIn the medieval ages, Christians would hold a

mock funeral procession to bury an Alleluia

plaque as a symbolic “goodbye” to their Alleluia

during Lent. Even today, many Christians will not

utter the word for forty days until it is re-intro-

duced once more at the beginning of Easter.

The Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has

revived this custom as a way to lament our citizenship

of a country that owns and maintains nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons are capable of destroying our neigh-

bours, with whom we are called to live in peace. Jesus

told us to love our neighbours, and also to love our

enemies. Christian CND thus believes that possessing

nuclear weapons, even as a supposed “deterrent”, is

utterly immoral. We will bury our Alleluia plaque in a

coffin outside the Ministry of Defence because we

refuse to be silent in the face of evil.

In so far as our taxes are used to support the nuclear

status quo, we are complicit in the government’s poli-

cies, and for this, we repent. We wear black as a sign of

our sorrow. But we will repeatedly sing “Alleluia” dur-

ing the procession because we recognise that another

world is possible.

Sometimes the peace which Christ promised seems so

far off and we can feel that we are exiled in a foreign

land. But even as we learn to say “no” to empire-build-

ing, and we enter into the fasting of Lent, we do not

despair because we know that, following Christ, our

“Alleluia” will rise again.

On Easter Monday, we will resurrect the Alleluia plaque

at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment where

we will plant flowers to demonstrate that life can flour-

ish in the face of inhospitality and in the most difficult

circumstances.

Christian CND welcomes anybody that would like to

accompany us for the procession and burial of our

Alleluia. We are entirely ecumenical.

Please join us at 6pm on Shrove Tuesday (Feb 12th)

outside the Imperial War Museum (nearest tube

Lambeth North).

Page 7Lent and Easter Events

Round the World for Peace

Embassies Walk Thursday 21st March

Join our annual visit to the London

Embassies of the Nuclear Weapons States

and the New Agenda Coalition to ask them

what moves have been made towards

nuclear disarmament in the past year.

We will have requested a meeting with a

representative either on that day, or another

and will hand in a letter detailing the ques-

tions we would like to ask.

Meet at the Dick Sheppard Chapel at St.

Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square for a

short service before we set off in three

groups for our “Walk”. (Only the most

intrepid walk all the way! Tube details will

be available.)

Stop Fooling with Nuclear Weapons1st April 12noon at AWE Aldermaston.

Easter Monday is “All Fools Day”, and we will be gath-

ering in our thousands at this CND organised event to

tell the government, ‘Stop fooling with nuclear

weapons.’

Each of the gates at Aldermaston will have a different

theme. Christian CND are coordinating the Faith

Gate, (Tadley Gate). We will be Resurrecting the

Alleluia that we symbolically buried on Shrove Tuesday.

Bruce Kent’s Scrap Trident Tour

This April Fool’s demonstration will see the launch of

the national “Scrap Trident Tour” through April and

beyond when Bruce will be touring the country, cam-

paigning to Scrap Trident, working with a range of dif-

ferent organisations to highlight the wasteful spending

on Trident when so much investment is needed to

eradicate poverty, boost people-friendly development

and make our world a safer and more peaceful place to

live.

For details of the route contact Anne at the national

CND office 020 7700 2393.

NPT PrepCom

CCND representatives will be going to Geneva for the

first week of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory

Committee Meeting (PrepCom) starting on 22nd April,

to lobby delegates and hear what the States Delegations

have to say. Our Embassies Walk is one of the things

we do to prepare for this.

We will hold an early morning Interfaith Prayer Vigil

each day for progress towards ridding the world of

nuclear weapons.

As well as this, we have been fortunate in booking a

slot for a side event fringe meeting to publicise the

Teutates Treaty, which will have speakers from UK and

France.

2013 UK Justice and Peace PilgrimagePage 8

Itinerary

MAY

Sun 19: IONA-Oban

Mon 20: Oban-Taynuit

Tue 21: Taynuit-Cladich

Wed 22: Cladich-Inveraray

Thu 23: Inveraray-Cairndow

Fri 24: Cairndow-Arrochar

Sat 25: Arrochar-Faslane

Sun 26: FASLANE EVENT- Dumbarton

Mon27: Dumbarton-Milngavie

Tues 28: Milngavie-Glasgow

Wed 29: GLASGOW EVENT

Thu 30: Glasgow-Airdrie

Fri 31: Airdrie-Bathgate

JUNE

Sat 1st: Bathgate-Edinburgh

Sun 2: EDINBURGH EVENT

Mon 3: Edinburgh-Gorebridge

Tue 4: Gorebridge-Stow

Wed 5: Stow-Melrose

Thu 6: MELROSE-REST-DAY

Fri 7: Melrose-Harestanes

Sat 8: Harestanes-Yetholm

Sun 9: Yetholm-Wooler

Mon 10: Wooler-Holy Island

Tue 11: HOLY ISLAND-Budle Bay

Wed 12: Budle Bay-Craster

Thu 13: Craster-Alnwick

Fri 14: Alnwick-Rothbury

Sat 15: Rothbury-Kirkwhelp’ton

Sun 16: Kirkwhelp’ton-Hexham

Mon 17: HEXHAM-REST / EVENT

Tue 18: Hexham-Stocksfield

Wed 19: Stocksfield-Newcastle

Thu 20: Newcastle-Durham

Fri 21: DURHAM-Sedgefield

Sat 22: Sedgefield-Darlington

Sun 23: Darlington-Northallerton

Mon 24: Northallerton-Ripon

Tue 25: Ripon-Harrogate

Wed 26: Harrogate-Kirk Hamm

Thu 27: Kirk Hamm-York

Fri 28: YORK REST / EVENT

Sat 29: York-Selby

Sun 30: Selby-Pontefract

JULY

Mon 1st: Pontefract-Doncaster

Tue 2: Doncaster-Bawtry

Wed 3: Bawtry-Gainsboro’

Thu 4: Gainsboro’-Lincoln

Fri 5: LINCOLN REST / EVENT

Sat 6: Lincoln-Sleaford

Sun 7: Sleaford-Bourne

Mon 8: Bourne-Peterborough

Tue 9: Peterborough-Little Gidding

Wed 10: Little Gidding-Huntingdon

Thu 11: Huntingdon-Cambridge

Fri 12: CAMBRIDGE REST / EVENT

Sat 13: Cambridge-Saffron Walden

Sun 14: Saffron Walden-Buntingford

Mon 15: Buntingford-Hertford

Tue 16: Hertford-St Albans

Wed 17: St Albans-Barnet

Thu 18: Barnet-LONDON!

Fri 19: WESTMINSTER EVENT (?)

SAT 20: LONDON EVENT

The aim of the 2013 Pilgrimage is to focus public

attention on the Government’s proposal to spend £100

billion pounds renewing the Trident nuclear weapons

system, while continuing to slash NHS, education and

social welfare budgets.

The Pilgrimage will be organised in stages, and people

will be invited to join in walking as many or few stages

as they can manage.

As the Pilgrimage makes its way southwards, there will

be numerous opportunities for local churches, Quaker

Meetings and other groups along the route to promote

discussion on Trident and wider issues of social and

economic justice.

Will you join with us in walking some of the way

between Iona and London next year? And if you can,

in helping to arrange hospitality for participants in the

Pilgrimage as it passes through your home area...

For further information and if you have any queries,

see http://www.justpeacepilgrimage.com/

Contact: Andrew Greaves, Garden Cottage, Ingoe,

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE20 0SP. Tel: 01661 855111

07425931511

Page 9Campaigning

As you will have read in the last edition of

Ploughshare, Christian CND has joined Action

Aldermaston Weapons Eradication (AAWE). We’re

excited that it has put us into contact with others who

are enthusiastically working for nuclear disarmament.

Creativity and imagination are crucial in resisting the

attempts of successive governments to legitimise

weapons of mass destruction, and Jaine from Wool

Against Weapons has sent CCND the following mes-

sage to encourage us to get knitting, and to

spread the word.

Wool Against Weapons, founded by Stroud

resident Jaine Rose, is a project to knit a 7

mile long pink peace scarf that will be

stretched between atomic weapons facto-

ries at Aldermaston and Burghfield in

Berkshire in the summer of 2014. This is

part of a series of non-violent direct action campaigns,

in conjunction with Action AWE to make people aware

of the production of these weapons and put pressure

on the Government to rethink its current plan to

spend over £80 billion pounds on renewing the Trident

Nuclear Weapons programme in 2016.

Jaine Rose said: “I am very excited to be linking up

thousands of knitters, crocheters and weavers in a fun

and accessible protest to send a clear message to our

Government and the larger world - that we want to

challenge current global militarism and redirect our

resources in to health care, education, environment and

positive change. We need about 11,000 metre long

pieces of scarf - so it’s all hands to the deck! It will

look fantastic when we unroll it on 16th August 2014

between these two sites - knitting for peace, what a

hugely empowering and inspiring thing we can all be a

part of!”

Why pink? “I was quite taken with the idea of pink

after seeing an image of a Danish Army tank that had

been covered with a beautiful pink peace blanket - like

a big tea cosy. It is such a powerful anti-war image. I

also have been excited about CodePink - a women-ini-

tiated grassroots and social justice movement in

America that works to end US funded wars and occu-

pations and bring awareness to global military power.

Pink is feminine, beautiful and strong, an anti-war

colour indeed!”

Why knitted? “We have a fantastic history in the U.K

where knitting is concerned. During the first World

War, the Red Cross distributed 250,000 leaflets encour-

aging people to ‘knit your bit’ - which started a knitted

marathon and produced over 30 million knitted gar-

ments including socks and jumpers for soldiers and

refugees. The main focus today is resolutely anti-war,

but the sentiment remains - dust down your needles,

join in, have a voice, fight for what is right!”

Jaine needs thousands of scarf pieces knit-

ted - every bit counts! Pieces can be knit-

ted with any type of wool or acrylic wool -

any shade of pink. They need to measure

60cm x 100cm and be in any stitch. Be

creative! There is a pattern for a CND

logo for experienced knitters. More details

can be found at

www.woolagainstweapons.co.uk or Jaine Rose can be

contacted on 01453 751604 - she’s very friendly! If you

want to take part, please send any completed knitted

squares to: Christian CND, Mordechai Vanunu House,

162 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DQ. We will collect

them and arrange for their delivery to Jaine. If you

feel you cannot take part, but would like to publicise

the campaign further (perhaps at your place of worship

or in one of your windows at home), see enclosed an

A5 leaflet.

(We are aware that we only recently asked you to sub-

mit squares for the peace quilt, of which there will be

more news later in the year, but our members respond-

ed so enthusiastically to the quilt that the Exec felt

there would be considerable interest in this knitting

project.)

Wool against Weapons

We still need more squares too!

Page 10

WWhen the awfulness of nuclear weapons is

contemplated, the depth of the matter is

great. There are so many bad consequences: not

only if used, but even from their possession.

Persons of faith see blasphemy; the wonderful

work of a good creator abused and so much suffer-

ing too.

The Christian, brought up sharp by the incredible sacri-

fice of Christ and therefore aware of the amazing love

of the Father, prays. Some, realising nuclear horror is

not God’s will, also consider what they might prayerful-

ly do. Not that they themselves may be completely suc-

cessful (ultimate achievement is for God) but because

they have been asked to act in the world. This was how

Christian campaigning against nuclear weapons began.

The basic argument is simple: nuclear weapons are

immoral, even if they are held ‘only to deter’, because

intention to use them must be beyond doubt.

Otherwise there is no deterrence. This means that

those who countenance them (though most do not

realise this) have murder in their hearts. Unrecognised

maybe, but still murder, since these weapons are so

indiscriminate.

This hidden, internal cancer could be

pervading whole societies. As Richard T.

McSorley, SJ, said in “Peacemaking Day

by Day” (Pax Christi, USA) :

“The taproot of violence in our society

is our intent to use nuclear weapons.

Once we have agreed to that, all other

evil is minor by comparison. Until we

squarely face the question of our con-

sent to use nuclear weapons, any hope of

large scale improvement of public

morality is doomed to failure.”

As well as not realising what lies in one’s

heart, I guess it is also possible to choose

to ignore or to adopt denial almost sub-

consciously. After all, this can be a diffi-

cult matter to face up to because the

desire for ‘protection’ strongly beckons.

(You’ll notice I’ve placed the word ‘pro-

tection’ in inverted commas to distinguish

it from our real protection.) Whatever the reason, those

who campaign against nuclear weapons can easily find

themselves swimming against an ignoring tide of

refusal. They can experience some cold-shouldering and

avoidance of relevant discussion. Even if they are

church members, they may feel they are held rather at

arms-length and have to ‘go it alone’.

Other sections of ‘Justice and Peace’, such as giving to

charity to alleviate suffering, attract approval much

more easily. Contrastingly, the person who takes a step

further and works to try to right the things that can

cause suffering, runs the risk of being labeled ‘political’.

Of course, there is a spiritual remedy. Those who find

themselves distanced and unapproved can, in humility,

place their isolation alongside the separation that Christ

himself felt. He can give them the strength to speak

and act in the right way.

Michael Pulham 24/9/2012

[The above article represents the thoughts of one per-

son. Members may like to comment, offer their views,

or respond from their own experience.]

As I See It(Awfulness and Humility)

Chris Gidden minds our stall at CND Conference, October 2012

FEBRUARY Lent starts on 12th February. Pray for

the success of our Lenten events on Shrove Tuesday

and Ash Wednesday and that we are filled with energy

and purpose in our work for peace.

14th February - St Valentine’s Day. May all our cam-

paigning be done in a spirit of love, remembering that

we will only be successful if we ourselves show that

love in the way we work.

MARCH

21st March: Remember the “Embassies Walk”. Pray

especially for the nations whose representatives we visit.

31st March Easter Sunday , Alleluia!

APRIL Pray for Bruce Kent’s “Scrap

Trident” walk and all who take part.

1st April: April Fools Day: Pray that we are

able to show how foolish nuclear weapons

are and that the demonstration at

Aldermaston helps to spread that message.

22nd April: The start of the PrepCom in Geneva.

Pray for a renewed spirit of cooperation among the

nations and some real movement towards nuclear disar-

mament.

19th May: For the Iona Walk for Peace that the mes-

sage of peace and love is spread in all the places it

passes through.

Page 11News and Prayer Diary

Prayer Diary

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CCND member.

Excellent New Church Leaflet!

A splendid new A4 guide called “Better Off Without

Trident” has been produced by the Baptist, Methodist

and United Reformed Churches.

Do ask your Minister for a copy. Failing that, you can

get copies from their Joint Public Issues Team

(Churches working together for peace and justice) at

either www.jointpublicissues.org.uk or from: Joint

Public Issues Team, c/o Methodist Church House, 28

Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR

Bring it to the attention of your church meetings and

put it on your church notice board.

Nuclear Weapons -What Can Christians Do?

This pack for the churches has seen three editions and

work is now under way for a fourth. This will be in the

form of a booklet. Not only will it be updated but,

because of its A4 size, the ‘action and guidance’ pages

will still be able to be easily photocopied.

Our A4 ‘Church Statements’ poster is still available for

you to place on your church notice board. Just contact

our office for free copies.

Page 12

13 February: Ash Wednesday. An annual liturgy and witness

of Repentance and Resistance to nuclear war preparations

will take place at the Ministry of Defence, London and other

military sites. Gather at Victoria Embankment Gardens at

3.00pm. Organised by Pax Christi with Christian CND,

London Catholic Worker, Catholic Peace Action. Info: Pax

Christi, St Joseph’s, Watford Way, London, NW4 4TY 0208

203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk

20 February: Nuclear Energy Generation and Its Relation

to Nuclear Weapons. Talk by Paul Flynn MP. Organised by

Cardiff UNA. 7pm at Temple of Peace, Cathays Park.

http://cardiffuna.btck.co.uk/ cardiffuna@aol.com

27 February: Action AWE Campaign Launch! Action AWE

is excited to announce its public launch will be held in: The

Conference Room, Reading International Solidarity Centre

(RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS. 7.30pm.

Info: 0845 4588 362 info@actionawe.org

20 March: NJPN Open Networking Day. Speaker: Bishop

William Kenney CP, President of Justice & Peace Europe,

on The Future of Europe. 10.30 at St Paul’s Comprehensive

School, Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes MK6

5EN. Info: NJPN 39 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1BX

020 7901 4864 admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk

www.justice-and-peace.org.uk

April: Bruce Kent’s ‘Scrap Trident Tour’ begins. See page 7.

13 - 15 April: Scrap Trident Weekend. Glasgow

Demonstration Saturday 13th April. NVDA Training &

Workshops Sunday 14th April. BIG BLOCKADE to SHUT

DOWN FASLANE Monday 15th April.

http://notonatoscotland.org.uk

19 May - 20 July: Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic

Justice. Beginning at Iona at Pentecost (Sunday May 19th)

2013, finishing at the Palace of Westminster in London: an

act of witness and communal celebration, drawing strength

and inspiration from historic centres of prayer along the

way. See http://www.justpeacepilgrimage.com/ for details

and dates or ring Andrew Greaves, 01661 855111

07425931511.

6 - 9 August: Paris & Burghfield 4 day Fast. A 4 day fast in

sorrow at the destruction caused by the US nuclear bombing

of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that caused the deaths of hun-

dreds of thousands of civilians and destroyed these 2 cities

in 1945.Preliminary programme in Burghfield: Tuesday 6th

August - Fast begins at main gate of AWE Burghfield - with

Hiroshima shadow painting. Wednesday 7th August - Peace

Crane Walk from AWE Burghfield to AWE Aldermaston

and back. Thursday 8th August - Slow Walking Meditation

around AWE Burghfield.. Friday 9th August - Nagasaki

Lament at AWE Burghfield. http://actionawe.org/paris-

burghfield-4-day-fast-6th-9th-august-2013/

6 August: Hiroshima Day. Commemorations around the

country. Send us details of your events and your photos for

inclusion in Ploughshare!

9 August: Nagasaki Day. As above. Let us know about your

events and send us your photos!

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1 April: (April Fool’s Day and also Easter Monday).

CND gathers round Aldermaston to tell the govern-

ment to stop fooling with nuclear weapons. Christian

CND will be at the Tadley Gate to resurrect the

Aleluia (see page 6) and hold an Easter service.

21 March: Embassies Walk. in London. More details

later. All welcome.

12 February: Christian CND will hold a liturgy in

which we bury an Alleluia plaque in a coffin at the

MOD Headquarters in London. PLEASE WEAR

BLACK! We’ll meet at the Imperial War Museum at

6pm and carry the “Alleluia” plaque via St. Thomas’s

Hospital and the Houses of Parliament to the MOD

Headquarters. We will sing hymns and pray along the

way.

The consumption of pancakes will take place after-

wards (details to be confirmed nearer the time).

All welcome.