Today I attended a one day workshop at Center for Peacemaking at Marquette University. One speaker was John J Carmody of the Center for Christian Nonviolence and the other was Father Charles McCarthy of the same center.
Father McCarthy, a fiery Melkite married Catholic priest was someone I was familiar with. He rightly is known as one of the best teachers of Christian nonviolence of the Gospel and lived up to his billing today.
I have recently being studying the operation of the brain and to my delight John Carmody, spoke about the Neuroscience of Nonviolence. It was a fascinating presentation taking the scientific knowledge of how the brain operates and showing how humans are wired to be people of peace and how violence can upset our nature. John said he shares his presentation on the net but I have not found it yet. But I did find this four part series on YouTube called The Neuroscience of Peace and Nonviolence. Father McCarthy interviews John about his work in this area which was born out of his experience as a Vietnam Veteran and sparked by his encounter of the teachings on Theology of Nonviolence of Father McCarthy.
Father McCarthy made it clear to all present that Marquette University and Notre Dame, the only two Catholic universities in the country to host all three departments of military training were clearly acting against the Gospel and Christian moral values by Teaching War on campus.
After the workshop my wife picked me up and we made our St. Vincent De Paul home visits, visiting people in need and offering them a vouchers for living essentials. After eating out, too much food for me, I got home with body, mind and soul very full. Sorry for this summary without much substance but it takes my body some time to digest what I heard, learned and ate today.
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