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ACAT Toronto
Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
c/o Emily GIlbert
Loretto College
70 St. Mary St.
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 1J3
Museum Station
Map
Phone: 647-259-2959 ext. 5002
Email: torontocoordinator@acatcanada.org
Web: http://acatcanada.org
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Upcoming Events:
Marcellus Lecture 2013 "Entertaining Torture: Zero Dark Thirty and the Hollywood Embrace of Torture"
The Third Annual Marcellus
Lecture
"Entertaining Torture:
Zero Dark Thirty and the Hollywood Embrace of Torture"
Featuring a panel of:
- Mary-Jo Leddy, founder of the Romero
House
- Stephen Sharper, professor at the University
of Toronto
- Marina Nemat, bestselling author
- Charles Foran, president of PEN Canada
Will be given on Monday, March 25, 2013 from 7:30PM to 9:30PM at the:
Windmere United Church
356 Windwere Ave,
Toronto (ON)
M6S 3L3
Located south of: Runnymede Station Jane Station Map
For inquiries, please contact: Emily Gilbert emilygilbert51@gmail.com.
Walking with Victims of Torture and Their Families
A lecture with Canadian author Marina Nemat
and Dr. Donald Payne:
"Walking
With Victims of Torture and their Families"
will be given on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at:
St. Mike’s College
Fr. Madden Hall
University of Toronto,
81, St-Mary Street
Toronto (ON)
Museum
Station Map
For more information contact Katherine Elizabeth Ward: torontocoordinator@acatcanada.org
647-259-2959 ext. 5002
Marcellus Lecture 2011
ACAT Toronto organizes annual lectures named after the Roman centurion who became Christian and later was made a saint (St. Marcellus).
The Second Annual Marcellus Lecture: "The
Banality of Torture" will be given
by Mary Jo
Leddy, professor at the Regis College
Jesuit School of Theology at the University of Toronto
on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the:
St.Regis College
100 Wellesley St. W,
Toronto (ON) M5S 2Z5
Museum
Station, Northbound Platform Map
For more information contact Katherine Elizabeth Ward: torontocoordinator@acatcanada.org
647-259-2959 ext. 5002
The Toronto Night Vigil
During the night of June 25, 2011, pray
individually or join
us from Saturday, 7PM
to Sunday, 7AM at the:
Charbonnel Lounge, Elmsley Hall,
University of Toronto,
81, St-Mary Street
Toronto (ON)
Museum
Station Map
For more information contact Harleen Panesar: torontocoordinator@acatcanada.org
647-259-2959 ext. 5002
Prayer Vigil
Prayer Vigil for Saeed Malekpour who is facing the death penalty
in Iran (bring your candle)
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 7PM at:
Massey College,
4 Devonshire Pl,
Toronto (ON)
Museum
Station Map
See report in Toronto
Star.
Standing
in Solidarity with Hamid Ghassimi-Shall and Saeed Malekpour
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 7PM at:
The Centre (Romero
House),
1558 Bloor Street West
Toronto
Dundas
West Station Map
For more information: ldrainie@acatcanada.org
647-259-2959 ext. 5002 or 416 593 0906
Solidarity Vigil
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 6PM
Solidarity Vigil for victims of torture and those persecuted by graduates
of the
School of Americas (SOA)
Gather Across the street from the US Consulate in Toronto on University
avenue
Please bring a candle if you can.
St-Patrick
Station Map
For more information: lauren.drainie@utoronto.ca
416 593 0906
Marcellus Lecture 2010
ACAT Toronto organizes annual lectures named
after the Roman centurion later to be made a saint (St. Marcellus).
Next lecture on October 16, 2010:
The First Annual Marcellus Lecture "Torture:
A Spiritual Challenge"
Lecture by William T. Cavanaugh, Research Professor at the Center for
World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology and Professor of Catholic
Studies at DePaul University in
Chicago
and author of "Torture
and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ"
The event will be held on October 16th, 2010 at 7:30PM at the Romero
House:
Romero House Centre
1558 Bloor Street West
Toronto (ON)
M6P 1A4
Dundas
West Station Map
