The nuns, the priests, and the bombs
If you are interested in hosting a screening this film, please contact us. This film from Helen Young highlights the work of her friend, the late Father William Bix Bichsel, and confirms the need to eliminate nuclear weapons. Please help spread the word by sharing this page with your networks. A portion of all donations made will be contributed to the defense fund for the plowshares group arrested in Georgia after they penetrated America’s so-called “Fort Knox of Uranium.” To that end, we have started a fundraising page on Crowdrise (a non-profit fundraising website) and we are reaching out for your help to kick off this project. We believe this film can play a role in educating our communities on this pressing national and global issue and pray it can serve as a catalyst for action. Megan Rice, who are willing to endure long prison sentences, and even risk death, because of their deeply held conviction that nuclear weapons are immoral and illegal. The film follows a community of nuclear disarmament activists (plowshares), including Sr. Recently the Franciscan Action Network has partnered with producer Helen Young to fundraise for her film, “ The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs.” It's a matter of life and death.A request from Patrick Carolan of the Franciscan Action Network: My suggestion-watch the film and then find a way to encourage other people to see it. I congratulate Geneseo Peace Action for making the film available. The Nuns, The Priests, and The Bombs' is a feature length documentary that tells the story of nuclear disarmament activists waging a campaign to raise.
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THE NUNS, THE PRIESTS, AND THE BOMBS MOVIE
We saw this movie courtesy of Geneseo Peace Action, the student peace group on the SUNY Geneseo campus. cember 8, 1941, was interrupted with the alarming news of the bombing of.
That's why we need to see a documentary like this to remind us that nuclear weapons threaten human existence on our planet. However, there are so many bad things happening-both within and outside the U.S.-that opposition to nuclear weapons moves down the list of priorities. Many peace activists-like myself-are worried about nuclear weapons. They concentrate on nuclear weapons facilities, because they realize the enormous, terrible, destruction that a nuclear war would bring about. Nuclear disarmament activists, including Catholic nuns and priests, challenge the security of Americas nuclear weapons when they break into two top-s. It's true that some Plowshares people are nuns and priests, but Plowshares welcomes dedicated lay people as well. Many of them spend years in jail for their peaceful, nonviolent protests. Sometimes they enter "secure" nuclear facilities and spray-paint messages of peace on or near the nuclear weapons. Helen Youngs film, The Nuns, The Priests, and The Bombs, highlights the work of KABFs beloved friend, the late Father William Bix Bichsel, and confirms. They spend most of their lives and their energy working to bring an end to the nuclear arms race. The Plowshares movement takes literally the Biblical imperative to turn swords into plowshares. Nuclear disarmament activists, including Catholic nuns and priests, challenge the security of America's nuclear weapons when they break into two top-secret facilities, including the 'Fort Knox' of uranium. It's a documentary depicting the brave women and men of the Plowshares movement. Nuclear disarmament activists, including Catholic nuns and priests, challenge the security of Americas nuclear weapons when they break into two top-secret facilities, including the 'Fort Knox' of uranium. The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs (2018) was written and directed by The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs: Directed by Helen Young.