about this retreat
Join us as we welcome Fr. John Dear to Bethany Retreat Center.
John Dear is an internationally known author, activist and teacher of peace and nonviolence. A weekend with John Dear will enlighten us all on the nonviolence of gospel.
$325 per person
retreat includes
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Lodging
Rev. John Dear
Rev. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the U.S. After September 11, 2001, he was a Red Cross coordinator of chaplains at the Family Assistance Center in New York, and counseled thousands of relatives and rescue workers. John has traveled the war zones of the world, been arrested some 80 times for peace, led Nobel Peace prize winners to Iraq, given thousands of lectures on peace across the U.S., and served as a pastor of several churches in New Mexico. He arranged on many occasions for Mother Teresa to speak to various governors to stop an impending execution, and helped draft Pope Francis’ Jan. 1, 2017 World Day of Peace message on nonviolence. He is a co-founder of Campaign Nonviolence and the Nonviolent Cities Project and founder and director of “The Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus,” www.beatitudescenter.org
He also host a free weekly podcast, “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” there and for The National Catholic Reporter, www.ncronline.org.
About the facilitator
His Books
His forty books include: The Beatitudes of Peace; They Will Inherit the Earth; The Nonviolent Life; Radical Prayers; Walking the Way; Thomas Merton Peacemaker; A Persistent Peace; Transfiguration; You Will Be My Witnesses; Living Peace; The Questions of Jesus; The God of Peace; Jesus the Rebel; Peace Behind Bars; Lazarus Come Forth!, Disarming the Heart, Praise Be Peace: The Psalms of Peace and Nonviolence in a time of War and Climate Change and most recently, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence. He has been nominated many times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He is a priest in residence in the Diocese of Monterey, CA. www.johndear.org
