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peacemakingdialogueBeginning in September The Franciscan Place at St. Joseph Family Center will offer three-part series focusing on the Franciscan tradition of peacemaking through dialogue.

According to an announcement, “A rich story of peacemaking that will provide the foundation for the series is the historic, 1219 visit between St. Francis and the Egyptian Muslim leader, Sultan Al-Malik Al-Mamil. In this story the meeting between St. Francis and the Sultan prepares a pathway of peacemaking through dialogue that is applicable in today’s world.”

The series will be held Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m., Sept. 18-Oct. 2.

Each evening will include prayer, input, and discussion. The three sessions will be progressive in nature and include:

Session 1 – Peacemaking: Opening Minds and Hearts
Session 2 – Peacemaking: Meeting the Other
Session 3 – Peacemaking: Crossing a Threshold

Suggested donation for the series is $45 and fee assistance is available. For information call 483-6495. Register online.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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