John Cavanaugh-O'Keefe

John Cavanaugh-O'Keefe has been a peace and pro-life activist for many years. Time magazine (and Joan Andrews) have called him the "father of the rescue movement." He has written extensively about nonviolence (for), and eugenics (against). He is currently working to build bridges between the left and the right wings of the Church; birds fly better with two wings. His publications include pamphlets and booklets that laid the foundation for pro-life nonviolence, especially "Peaceful Presence" ...See more

John Cavanaugh-O'Keefe has been a peace and pro-life activist for many years. Time magazine (and Joan Andrews) have called him the "father of the rescue movement." He has written extensively about nonviolence (for), and eugenics (against). He is currently working to build bridges between the left and the right wings of the Church; birds fly better with two wings. His publications include pamphlets and booklets that laid the foundation for pro-life nonviolence, especially "Peaceful Presence" (1978) and No Cheap Solutions (1984). He also wrote Emmanuel, Solidarity: God's Act and Our Response (2000) and Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics (2001). He wrote about immigration in two previous books: Sign of the Crossing (2012), about immigration and Scripture; and Welcome! Date TBD (2012), 20 brief arguments for the Maryland Dream Act. He has published in numerous pro-life publications, and in America, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, and the Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Stories about him have appeared in NY Times Magazine, Time, New Yorker. NY Times reporter Jim Risen and Kansas City Star reporter Judie Thomas, in their book Wrath of Angels, devoted a chapter to him: "Father of Rescue: John O'Keefe." See less