Speakers for the 2021 Sacred Heart Gathering for Peace and Justice, held on Zoom Feb. 20, included author Kathy Kelly (top row), and Nancy Forest-Flier (bottom row), who read the speech her husband, Jim Forest, had prepared. (NCR screenshots/YouTube/Coalition for Peace Action)
Amid a global pandemic, ongoing wars and environmental disaster, peace activists urged attendees at an annual gathering on Feb. 20 to hold onto hope and persevere in the face of despair.
During the annual Sacred Heart Gathering for Peace and Justice, held on Zoom this year, translator and peace activist Nancy Forest-Flier read the speech her husband, Jim Forest, had prepared on the duty of hope, and peace activist and author Kathy Kelly spoke about the biblical mandate to cooperate against injustice. Forest was hospitalized for an illness prior to the gathering, and was unable to attend.