Peace Train Canada to the United Nations: A Reflection by Katherine Murray

By Katherine Murray "Peace Train Canada is a resurrection of the peace movement.” Walter Dorn, advisor to Peace Train Canada On my coffee table is a copy of the Beatitudes from Jesus ’s sermon on the mount and a copy of the Hebrew prophet Isaiah’s oracle of the wolf and lamb, the calf and lion lying down together, eating together. Both are visions of life rooted in peace, justice, and transformed relationships intended by the Divine. I keep them in view to remind me of these alternative ways of living and being and to do the necessary work within myself that will lead to the work of creating a peaceful and just world. As part of that work, I travelled with Peace Train Canada to the United Nations (February 28-March 8) to attend the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. What an amazing experience! I was deeply moved and grateful to gather with people from all around the world—government leaders a...