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 Riverdale, NY - John Dear, a Jesuit priest and former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, will speak at Manhattan College and sign copies of his autobiography on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the Alumni Room of O’Malley Library.
The event, sponsored by the College’s peace studies program, is free and open to the public.
A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World was released this past August, and copies will be available for sale during the event. The book follows Dear’s decades-long journey and spiritual growth, including his unpopular actions before government officials, military personnel and even hostile representatives of the Church.
Dear, well-known and loved in the Catholic peace and justice community, has worked with the homeless in Washington, D.C., New York City, Richmond, Va., and El Salvador, and at a human rights center in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He taught theology at Fordham University and has edited books about Henri Nouwen, Daniel Berrigan and Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan.
From 1998 through December 2000, Dear served at the helm of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the United States. From 2002-2004, he was a pastor of several parishes in northeastern New Mexico. Currently, he coordinates Pax Christi New Mexico and lectures to tens of thousands of people each year in churches and schools across the country.
Dear earned two master’s degrees in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in California. In 2008, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Members of the media who would like to cover the event should call Scott Silversten at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail
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. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway line 1.
Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.
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