Good Friday @ the Lab, 2004
Continuing a Tradition of Resistance, walking the journey with Father Bill O'Donnell (1930 - 2003) Good Friday Worship & Witness
April 9, 2004, 6:45 a.m.
Vasco & Patterson Pass Rd., LivermoreGathering at 6:45 a.m.
Opening Music 6:45 a.m.
Worship 7:00 a.m. followed by
Procession to the gate & Acts of WitnessCommunity Gathering 5720 East Ave.
10 a.m. - Noon
Light refreshments providedSponsored by Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC and Livermore Conversion Project.
Call (510) 548-4141 for further information.
Mary O'Donnell, Father Bill's sister, will give the homily at the service. At the close of the service we will process to the gates of the Livermore Labs, led by people carrying pictures of Father Bill and other leaders in the work for justice and peace whose work we strive to continue. You are invited to bring pictures of those whose lives inspired you in your work to carry in the procession. Fr. Bill's Website.
Our flyer is downloadable, in Full Size or Half Size.
For more than twenty years, people of faith and others concerned about nuclear weapons have gathered on Good Friday for prayer and witness outside the Livermore Weapons Laboratory. Since their inception, nuclear weapons have been the trump card in the U.S. military deck and their threatened use has played a part in numerous conflicts. In recent years the Livermore Labs have expanded their work to include the design of biological weapons.Please join us this Good Friday, April 9, at the corner of Vasco Road and Patterson Pass Road. We will gather at 6:45 a.m. for a service at 7:00, followed by a procession to the gates and the opportunity for nonviolent civil disobedience.
Following the action there will be a community gathering from 10 a.m. to noon at 5720 East Avenue, Livermore. Here we will share information on a variety of issues and network with each other. Light refreshments will be provided.
DIRECTIONS: take highway 580 to Livermore. Exit on Vasco Road, south. From the Bay Area this means you turn right at the foot of the offramp. Continue on Vasco until you get to Patterson Pass Road. (This is before East Ave.) There is a signal. Turn left and you will see us. MAP
YOUR FINANCIAL HELP IS WELCOME. In fact it is needed. Inter alia, we have to rent a stage, a portapotty, a generator for the sound system. We have to print out flyers and the order of worship. Postage for mailed outreach is expensive.
Please send a check made out to Ecumenical Peace Institute and mail it to us at Ecumenical Peace Institute, PO Box 9334, Berkeley, CA 94709. Whatever we have left over is used by EPI and Livermore Conversion Project for our ongoing work for peace and justice. Thank you for your support.
