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OUR MISSION

The Marquette University Center for Peacemaking empowers the university and the wider community to explore together the necessary skills to become informed, spiritually-centered, nonviolent peacemakers. Rooted in the Ignatian charism, the center fosters an awakening to the holistic relationship of scholarship, spirituality, nonviolent living, and the active struggle for peace and justice.

Center for Peacemaking Overview

We are proud to share an overview of the Center for Peacemaking with you that highlights our first three years and outlines our goals for the future. Download.

Nonviolence Study Group

Come to the Undergraduate Nonviolence Study Group meetings held Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Learn more about the meetings.

Events

Dirty Wars

Friday, June 21 l Boswell Books-2559 N. Downer Avenue l 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee native Jeremy Scahill recently released a new book and film, Dirty Wars. Come out to Boswell Books for a brief discussion with Peace Action Wisconsin.

In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White house to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies.

See the movie at the Downer Theatre following this presentation (exact showtime of film to be announced). For advance tickets, call Peace Action Wisconsin at 414.964.5158.

News

Prints of Peace-Spring 2013 Newsletter

 

Join a Nonviolence Study Group

 

Undergraduate students meet to explore the power of nonviolence. Contact Chris Jeske if you are interested in joining the group that will begin again in September.

Father Simon Harak, S.J. Returns to New England Province

 

As the founding director of the Center seven years ago, Fr. Simon worked to build a community of peacemakers on the Marquette Camupus. His mark on the community was huge and here are some of the things he accomplished:

  • Engaged students by studying major books of the nonviolence movements.
  • Brought community members active in the peace movement to meet with students.
  • Set up the summer fellowships for students to train in nonviolent action.
  • Sponsored trips to peace and justice events.
  • Began a study group of students who examined the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, focusing on groups that work for nonviolent coexistence between these two great peoples.
  • Set up research fellowships for faculty to further research in the theory of nonviolence.
  • Brought internationaly-known activists to serve as Peacemaker in Residence. These activists met with faculty and students and gave public and classroom presentations.
  • Invited many peacemakers as guest speakers on topics from torture to reconciliation.
  • Worked with the Law School, the College of Education and MPS, to implement a program to teach elementary and high school students how to have conflict constructively.
  • Hosted spring and fall retreats to enrich the University's faith-centered character. Whether practical or programmatic, the Center emphasizes the need for peacemaking to be rooted in spirituality.

The staff thanks Simon and wishes him well!