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Every year the Pax Christi NM sponsors a peace vigil commemorating the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year, the vigil began on August 1st with Liturgy celebrated by Fr.John Dear. Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ spoke on the escalation of death when we disrespect the dignity of life. Death of folks on death row, war, violence of every kind is able to be “justified” when we loose our moral fiber as a nation, as a people. She kept asking “How did we get to this point?”

On August 2nd, the Peace Vigil took place at Los Alamos, the site of the construction of the A-Bomb. With sack cloths and ashes we proceed down the street and at the appointed time, we sat on the side-walk with our sack cloths and spread the ashes in front of us. We sat in silence for 30 minutes. Then went back to Ashley Park to bring closure to the event. It was a powerful display of prayer and sense of repentence.

Participating in a Non-Violence Training left to right: Rosabel Flax, S. Jean Befort, and S. Janet Lander	Mass
Janie Stein (Salina) carrying Pax Christi - Salina banner designed by S. Janet Lander	People blessing the sack cloth and ashes
Sack Cloth Praying	Beginning Vigil March (walking about 1/2 mile)
S. Eileen Farley and S. Janet Lander preparing for distribution of Peace Cranes	S. Jean Befort distributing a Peace Crane
Sack Cloth praying. (Note ashes in front of the people praying)

LOS ALAMOS