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In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture Is Never Justified Participant Packet In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified Participant Packet Scott Wright, Pax Christi USA representative JustFaith Ministries to The National Religious Campaign Against P.O. Box 221348 Torture (NRCAT) and Torture Abolition and Louisville, KY 40252 Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC) www.justfaith.org [email protected] This document is intended as a resource for leaders planning a JustMatters module. Please read this document in its entirety. All materials are copyrighted and JustFaith is trademarked, however, this document may be copied and forwarded in its entirety without permission. JustFaith Ministries works in cooperation with the partner organizations listed on this page and receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates. September 2010 National Religious Campaign Against Torture Copyrighted material 1 JustFaith Ministries · www.justfaith.org · (502) 429-0865 JustFaith Ministries receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates and works in partnership with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Pax Christi USA. In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified Contents and Reading Assignments Topic ______ ___ ______ Page Note From JustFaith Ministries 5 Message from the Author 6-9 General Overview 10-11 Session One: Acknowledging our Guilt: The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib 12 Reading 1 – “What is Human Dignity?” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 16 Reading 2 – Excerpts from “After September 11” from Pastoral Letter, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 18 Reading 3 – “What is at Stake in Guantanamo” by C. William Michaels, Pax Christi Baltimore 20 Reading 4 – “Ending Lapse into Lawlessness” by Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch testimonies online (http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/08/06/ending-lapse-lawlessness) 22 Session Two: Returning to the Catacombs: Torture in Latin America 26 Reading 1 – “Building a Culture of Life” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 30 Reading 2 – Cry of the People, pp. 3-6, by Penny Lernoux (New York: Penguin Books, 1982) 32 Reading 3 – “Argentine Mothers of the Disappeared” by Patrick Rice, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition 35 Reading 4 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Preface & Chapters 1-6 Session Three: Listening to the Survivors: The Intrinsic Evil of Torture 39 Meditation – “Stations of the Cross” in the Jesuit Chapel at the University of Central America, San Salvador. Photos by Don Doll, SJ 43 Reading 1 – “The Debate Takes Shape” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 46 Reading 2 – “What is Torture?” from Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition 48 Copyrighted material 2 JustFaith Ministries · www.justfaith.org · (502) 429-0865 JustFaith Ministries receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates and works in partnership with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Pax Christi USA. Reading 3 – “Human Rights Watch Country Testimonies” from Human Rights Watch. Read one of the four accounts. 53 Reading 4 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Chapters 7-10 Session Four: Following Jesus, our Tortured Brother: The Blindfold’s Eyes 63 Reading 1 – “Accounting for Torture” by Maryann Cusimano Love, America Magazine (March 30 – April 6), permission granted by author and America Magazine 65 Reading 2 – “Way of Torture, Way of the Cross” from Churches’ Center for Theology and Public Policy 67 Reading 3 – “Injecting Hope into the Conversation” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 68 Reading 4 – “Testimonies from Human Rights Defenders, Maria Julia Hernandez and Bishop Gerardi” from Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition. Read one of two accounts. 70 Reading 5 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Chapters 11-13 Session Five: Coming to Terms With Our Own History 77 Reading 1 – “Love Interrupts the Spiral of Hatred” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 82 Reading 2 – Book Review, Truth, Torture and the American Way (Jennifer Harbury, Beacon Press, 2005) by Rev. Philip E. Wheaton, 84 Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition Reading 3 – “We Mourn for Our Country” from Washington Religious Campaign Against Torture, October 2006 87 Reading 4 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Chapters 14-16 Session Six: Walking the Path to Conversion: The Road Ahead 89 Reading 1 – “Becoming a People of the Beatitudes” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 93 Reading 2 – “Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today” by Rev. George Hunsinger, National Religious Coalition Against Torture 95 Reading 3 – “Guantanamo Prison Put on Trial” from Witness Against Torture, May 2008 99 Reading 4 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Chapters 17-19 Session Seven: Taking Decisive Moral Action: Torture is a Moral Issue 102 Reading 1 – “Torture Should Never Be Official U.S. Policy” by © Fr. Louie Vitale, OFM, in San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2006 106 Reading 2 – “We Need a Truth Commission to Uncover Wrongdoing” by © James Cavallaro, Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2009 109 Reading 3 – “Letter to President Obama” by Sister Dianna Ortiz and Catherine Grosso, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition 111 Reading 4 – “A Model Resolution; and Five Goals to End Torture” from National Religious Campaign Against Torture, 2009 113 Reading 5 – The Blindfold’s Eyes, Chapters 20-22 Copyrighted material 3 JustFaith Ministries · www.justfaith.org · (502) 429-0865 JustFaith Ministries receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates and works in partnership with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Pax Christi USA. Session Eight: Bearing Witness to the Gospel: A Prophetic Church in the U.S. 116 Reading 1 – “Letter of the US Catholic Bishops to the Congress”, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, December 2007 120 Reading 2 – “Ten Things We Can Do to Respond to Torture” from Torture is a Moral Issue, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 122 Reading 3 – “A Christian Call to Stop Torture” from National Catholic Reporter and Roll Call, Pax Christi, USA. April 2006 134 Appendix – Additional Resources 136 National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), New Video and Discussion project 138 Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) Truth Speakers Network 139 TASSC Mission Statement 131 Other Resources 140 JustFaith Ministries – A Multilayered Ministry of Formation 141 Link to Online evaluation http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e37fbcrvghp3oy0d/start We are grateful for the permission to include photographs throughout this module by Linda Panetta. Linda is a photojournalist whose work focuses on cultural, environmental and human rights, with a particular emphasis on conflict. Linda is the founder of Optical Realities Photography and coordinator of the Jean Donovan Community Peace Center, which hosts the Mariposa Outreach Project, a mentoring program which supports survivors of torture and their families. She can be contacted at [email protected] Copyrighted material 4 JustFaith Ministries · www.justfaith.org · (502) 429-0865 JustFaith Ministries receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates and works in partnership with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Pax Christi USA. In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified A NOTE FROM JUSTFAITH MINISTRIES “Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side.’” John 20:26-27 Thank you for your willingness to undertake this difficult journey that investigates the brutality of torture and its implications for people of faith. As Followers of the Way of the Cross, we walk in the footsteps of the tortured founder of our faith. Despite the fact that our Christian teachings are unequivocal in denouncing this desecration of God’s children, the practice of torture abounds in our all too often violent world. The silence of so many Christian people concerning the practice of torture by governments and insurgent groups around the world implicates us all. This module seeks to uncover the practice and effects of the cruel abuse of our brothers and sisters. It exposes participants to the realities and effects of torture, and in so doing, informs and challenges each person to raise his/her voice against this inhumanity and to reach out in support of its many victims. Please note that this module is not for the faint-hearted! The subject matter is difficult and will require reverence, patience and perseverance on the part of everyone. Just as Jesus invited Thomas to reach in and physically touch the wounds of torture, the Gospel message compels us to open our eyes and let ourselves be touched by the wounded that we might cry out with them for the healing that brings an end to this abhorrent practice. The Staff at JustFaith Ministries Copyrighted material 5 JustFaith Ministries · www.justfaith.org · (502) 429-0865 JustFaith Ministries receives over half of its funding in the form of charitable contributions from program graduates and works in partnership with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Pax Christi USA. In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR In the Footsteps of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified aims to address a critical issue of our day − torture − to encourage Christians and people of good will to offer a critical response based on human dignity and the teachings of our Judeo-Christian traditions.
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