Marie Dennis

Senior Director, Pax Christi International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative

Marie Dennis will speak as part of the April 25 Opening Plenary at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2023 virtual event

Marie is Senior Director of Pax Christi International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative. She was co-president of Pax Christi International from 2007 to 2019 and is a Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace. Marie worked for the Maryknoll Missioners for 23 years, including 15 years as director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. She is author or co-author of seven books, editor of Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church Returns to Gospel Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2017) and co-editor of Advancing Nonviolence in the Church and the World (Pax Christi International 2020).