US Spiritual Leaders On Jeju Island

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http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2013/10/us-spiritual-leaders-on-jeju-island.html

US SPIRITUAL LEADERS ON JEJU ISLAND
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Nipponzan Myohoji buddhist monk Gilberto Perez (left) and Jesuit Father Bix (right) join the dance at the front gate of Jeju Island Navy base construction site. Both men are from Washington state in the US


Catholic nuns and priests join the protest at Jeju

A big event was held in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea by the Catholic community during this past weekend. It was a celebration of two years of active Catholic resistance at the base.

Jeju Island Bishop Kang has been a tremendous supporter of the Navy base resistance effort and said about the weekend protest: "Nation exists to serve peace... [we] cannot achieve peace through war."

Two spiritual leaders from the US have recently gone to Jeju to stand in solidarity with the villagers and their supporters. Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist monk Gilberto Perez and Jesuit Father Bix are from Washington state and made the journey together to Jeju.

In recent days 88 year-old Father Bix wrote:

You would see and feel the holiness of this island ...

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Gilberto Perez also wrote:

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Fr. Bix becomes like a young teenager when he is resisting the empire and very funny and happy with all...A baby Buddha.

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1. Bix and Gilberto on Jeju Island!

http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/bix-and-gilberto-on-jeju-island/

Bix and Gilberto on Jeju Island!

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Subversive Peacemaker

Dear Friends,

In March 2012, at our yearly gathering of the Pacific Life Community, Dennis Apel of the Guadalupe Catholic Worker first introduced to PLC that US naval ships/subs were soon to be stationed on Jeju Island.

True to form of all actions and involvements the US is into and doesn’t want the American people to know about, don’t look for too much information about JeJu in the US press. These next two web sites can provide a lot of information most folks have no clue about.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-threatens-eastern-china-jeju-island-key-strategic-naval-base-for-americas-asia-pivot/5335532

You can see the photo’s Dennis took of his trip to Jeju on http://vpan.org/resources/Jeju-Island-of-Peace

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On September 23rd Bix, and Gilberto Perez flew from Seattle to Seoul Korea. They spent one day in Seoul and then directly onto Jeju. They have joined in with the resistance community on Jeju and the following reports give a lively report of his and Gilberto’s activities.

They are due back here in Seattle on the 8th of October. In the meantime the following are some thoughts from Bix and Gilberto.

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