Women and War: The Lineage of Women Peacemakers

Speaker: Suzanne Belote Shanley, Peace Activist, Poet, and Educator. She completed her MA in English at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a post-Masters Degree (MPhil) in English at Simmons College in Boston, MA, where she taught in the late 70’s for three years. Suzanne has taught college courses at Worcester State and Anna Maria College in Paxton, as well as courses at the Paulist Center in Boston, workshops and seminars at colleges throughout New England. She is co-founder of the AGAPE Community in Central Massachusetts, a lay Catholic residential community committed to sustainability, prayer, non-violence and witness. Suzanne’s presentation is offered in college and university graduate and undergraduate programs, including Gender Studies, Women’s Issues Classes in Women’s Studies Programs, Peace and Conflict Studies courses, as well as in parishes. Her presentation includes perspectives on women and war--philosophical, spiritual, feminist and psychological. (For more info visit: www.agapecommunity. [This is a co-production with Saint Susanna Peace and Justice Committee.]

PLEASE NOTE: For those coming to Saint Susanna on Route 95/128 from the north, there is a road detour due to construction.  Please read the following directions:
From the North
Note: There is a detour in effect for 128 Southbound traffic.
Take Route 128 (I 95) South to exit 17, Route 135, Needham.
At the end of the ramp, turn right on to 135 East and go underneath the highway.
Take a left on to the Route 128 (I 95) North ramp.
Take Route 128 (I 95) North to exit 18, Great Plain Avenue / West Roxbury.
Take a left onto Great Plain Avenue, which becomes Needham Street.
Travel one mile and Saint Susanna Church is on the right.