Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007
International Peacemaker Ms. Karla Patricia Ramos-Amaya will visit Westminster College Oct. 4-7 to discuss peace and justice issues from the perspective of the Casa Semilla Integrated Ministries in El Salvador.
She will speak at a Peacemaking Coffeehouse in Berlin Lounge in the McKelvey Campus Center Thursday, Oct. 4, at 4:15 p.m.; at Wallace Memorial Chapel service Friday, Oct. 5, at 11:40 a.m.; and at Vespers Sunday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
Ms. Ramos-Amaya is the academic coordinator of a theological program for pastors and other leaders. In addition, she works at a radio station that broadcasts messages about peace and other values to youth, and she works with rural communities helping teach youth about nonviolence and peacemaking.
Arranged through the denominational offices of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Louisville, Kentucky, the International Peacemakers Program has been in existence since 1988. International Peacemakers are leaders who are engaged in peacemaking in their own areas of the world. They are invited by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to visit with Presbyterians in the United States and to help us understand the peace and justice concerns of others around the world. This sharing translates into a better understanding of the peace and justice issues in our own communities.
Contact the Rev. James Mohr, Westminster College chaplain, at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu for additional information. For additional information about the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, please call 1-888-728-7228, extension 5784, or visit www.pcusa.org/peacemaking.
