The Nuns, The Priests and The Bombs
“The Nuns, The Priests and The Bombs” Screening Saturday, February 8, 2020, Potluck at 6:00
PM, film at 7:00 PM, in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old
Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House.
Since 1980 activists in lay and religious life have undertaken dramatic Plowshares protests,
derived from the biblical injunction, “They shall beat their swords into Plowshares,” risking long
prison sentences in an ongoing campaign to move the world away from the nuclear brink. This
film follows two cases: the July 2012 break-in at the site known as America’s “Fort Knox of
Uranium” where the intruders were an 82-year old Catholic nun and two fellow peace activists
and the 2009 Plowshares action at a US naval base near Seattle, WA. It follows the activists’
legal efforts to justify their actions under international law and highlights the power of their
moral conviction.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
PM, film at 7:00 PM, in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old
Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House.
Since 1980 activists in lay and religious life have undertaken dramatic Plowshares protests,
derived from the biblical injunction, “They shall beat their swords into Plowshares,” risking long
prison sentences in an ongoing campaign to move the world away from the nuclear brink. This
film follows two cases: the July 2012 break-in at the site known as America’s “Fort Knox of
Uranium” where the intruders were an 82-year old Catholic nun and two fellow peace activists
and the 2009 Plowshares action at a US naval base near Seattle, WA. It follows the activists’
legal efforts to justify their actions under international law and highlights the power of their
moral conviction.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org