Mother Agnes on Sunday, Nov. 3

Please join religious leaders to pray for peace

Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 at 5:30 PM

St. Thomas More Church

1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood and Thomas More Ways (click for map)

San Francisco

Featured speaker: Mother Agnes-Mariam from Syria

About Mother Agnes:

In May 2013, Gunmen attacked the vehicle of Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross, the Mother Superior at the Monastery and Convent of St. James the Mutilated in Qara, Syria.

The story that Mother Agnes tells about the events in Syria is very different from what we hear and read in the North American press.  She has spoken in Ireland and Australia, and she organized an international delegation led by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire to come to Syria to see for themselves.  And she is one of the main organizers of Mussalaha ("Reconciliation"), a popular movement in Syria that mediates disputes and organizes ceasefires between opposing forces.  

Mother Agnes Mariam  is a voice for Syria that we rarely if ever hear. She speaks neither for the government nor the rebels. Although she is a passionate Christian cleric, she speaks for moderates of many faiths that do not support the rebels but are also critical of the mistakes of the Assad regime. She speaks for Syrians who advocate reform but not necessarily abolishment of the existing system. She also speaks for Syrians who are concerned for the fate of the many minorities and nonreligious members of Syrian society that fear a takeover by religious extremists.