In the name of Dorothy Day and Franz Jagerstatter
MILWAUKEE, WI--Several Catholic Workers in the Milwaukee area have held witness at Marquette University, September 22-23, to resist military training on that and other Catholic University campuses. Before the Inaugural Mass for Father Pilarz S.J. new President of Marquette University. The time and place of each witness was: 3pm-3:30pm in front of Gesu church,1145 W. Wisconsin, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011; and before the Inauguration of Father Pilarz S.J., 23rd President of Marquette University, 9:30am-10:00am in front of the Al McGuire Center 770 N. 12th St.Friday, Sept. 23, 2011
The message of the witness is simple and direct: “Be faithful to the gospel and no longer host Departments of Military Science.”
The inherent evil of these training programs is insidious and even worse than standard ROTC programs. (See: http://www.nonviolentworm.org/TeachWarNoMore/NotYourFathersOrMothersMilitary)
More information about the Marquette witness specifically, including a Petition to Marquette is at:
General information about military training and military science on campuses may be read at:
They have also been leafleting the campus with a brochure against Military Training and Military Science of Catholic campuses.
Dorothy Day addressed the military on campus as well and insisted that these programs were far more of a threat to humanity than was the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
From Joe Radoszewski and Bob Graf for
Breaking the Silence
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