Feast of the Holy Innocents 2008

Feast of the Holy Innocents Retreat 2008

Feast of the Holy Innocents Retreat, Witness and Line Crossing Begins December 26.

The Des Moines and Omaha Catholic Worker communities invite you to deepen your Christmas observance and join us as we examine an often-ignored element of the season. Taking cues from the Gospel of Matthew's infant narrative, we will study the parallels between King Herod's first-century killing of the innocent children in Bethlehem and the murderous acts committed by twenty-first-century Herods in the U.S. The Herods of Jesus's day carried out

their deeds through their command of legionary Roman

armies. Modern-day Herods employ the U.S. Global Military

presence and Offutt's Nuclear and Space Commands.

This year's retreat takes place in the basement of St. John's

Church on Creighton University campus at 2500 California

Plaza, Omaha. The Retreat begins at 7:00 pm Friday,

December 26, 2008, and concludes Sunday, December 28

with a 10 a.m. Mass at Lower St. John's Chapel followed by

the Witness and Line Crossing at Offutt Air Force Base.

For more information contact:

Frank Cordaro, The Phil Berrigan Catholic Worker House

713 Indiana St., Des Moines IA 50314