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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.

PeaceCasts

Watch presentations from our Distinguished Peacemakers on the 2010-11 events page.

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.

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Events

You're Invited to the Spring Social

May 9 l 5:00-7:00 p.m. l Best Place-901 W. Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee

You're invited to the Spring Social on Thursday, May 9.

The Center for Peacemaking continues to be a wellspring of work for peace and nonviolence at Marquette. We've sent students across the globe to work with organizations striving to build peace. We've supported faculty research and teaching on on nonviolence. We've established a major in Peace Studies and supported our alumni as they work to transform communities.

Gather with friends, alums, and faculty for festivities and libations. Learn about the recent work of the Center for Peacemkaing and the continuation of past projects.

The Center operates entirely on gifts given by private donors. We can only continue to do what we do - and so much more - with support from our friends old and new. By attending you are advancing the work of the Center.

Please contact the Center for Peacemaking to order your tickets via email or by calling 414.288.8444.

We hope to see you on May 9!

News

Father Simon Harak, S.J. Returs 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!