Anti-Torture News

Dear Clinton Franciscans and Friends,

We are happy and honored to announce that Rev. Louis Vitale OFM, one of the founders of Pace e Bene, will be returning to Clinton to speak at The Canticle, home of the Clinton Franciscans, 841-13th Avenue North, on Friday, September 12, about the campaign to end the practice of teaching and using torture techniques in the U.S and abroad.

Father Louie is touring the United States to talk about his recent 5 month prison term served for crossing the line and praying at Fort Huachuca (the military installation in Arizona where we train our American Intelligence Officers in “Enhanced Interrogation” tactics such as the much publicized water boarding, among other torture methods).

Please plan to join us. The time of his presentation will be announced within a week - it depends on his travel schedule. It will be on Friday evening, 9/12. There will be no advance registration nor admission fee.

In the meantime,
By going to the Pace e Bene website - www.paceebene.org - and selecting the JOIN THE CIRCLE OF PEACE - SIGN THE DECLARATION FOR A WORLD WITHOUT TORTURE box in the upper right hand corner of the home page, YOU can join Father Vitale in the campaign to end torture.
Go to www.paceebene.org NOW; sign the Declaration against torture; and stay tuned for details on Father Vitale's appearance in Clinton.
Peace and all good!
The Clinton Franciscan Center for Active Nonviolence and Peacemaking

Sisters of St. Francis588 No. Bluff BoulevardClinton, Iowa 52732-3953563-242-7611; fax 563-243-0007sisters@clintonfranciscans.comwww.clintonfranciscans.com"Our corporate mission is active nonviolence and peacemaking, the heart of the Franciscan charism."