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Article: A peace and justice crossroads.(Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh, PA celebrates 25 years)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 22, 1999
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Merton Center marks 25 years of raising hell
When the Thomas Merton Center opened on Pittsburgh's South Side in 1973, Molly Rush thought, "The [Vietnam] War will be over in a year or two. Surely I can do this job for a while." Twenty-five years later, Rush is still on board, and the center has become the heart of peace and justice ministries in Western Pennsylvania.
In a real sense, the Merton Center is a microcosm of the creativity and passion that can be unleashed when people bond together to do good. It is a living example of what "social justice ministry" -- deeply Catholic but just as deeply ecumenical -- is at its best.
The idea for a ...