The above photo shows Fr. Sean McManus welcoming  the late, Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) to the 1988 picket at the British Embassy, Washington, D.C, for Irish justice and peace. To Fr. McManus' immediate left is the late famed Labor leader Cesar Chavez.

OVER 14, 400 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE ONE-IRELAND PETITION…

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?... IF YOU ARE, HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE YOU RECRUITED TO SIGN?

IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED, LET THE EXAMPLE OF JOHN LEWIS, GOD REST HIM, INSPIRE YOU. IF JOHN LEWIS COULD TAKE A STAND  WITH ME AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TROUBLES, SURELY ALL SUPPORTERS OF JUSTICE AND PEACE CAN SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION?  SURELY, THEY  CAN MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO RECRUIT OTHERS? … ISN’T  THE LEAST WE  ALL CAN DO FOR SUCH A SPLENDID AND NOBLE CAUSE?

BE PART OF THE GROWING WOLDWIDE MOVEMENT.

Stand with me and over 14,400 dedicated Signers, who are proud to “nail their colors to the mast.”

Sign our splendid internet Irish Petition—  https://www.change.org/IrelandOneNation

Reaching the 10,000 -mark of total signers on June 22 was a significant milestone. Now we must get another 10,000 . And with your help, I know it can be done.

Have you proudly put your name on this Petition? How many Signers have you recruited?

Please accept as your personal mission—as I have accepted—to recruit as many signers as possible. Surely, it’s the least we can do for such a splendid and noble cause.

Our Petition—although inspired by, and based on, the famous American Pledge of Allegiance—is universal in its appeal and intention, evoking what is best in the human heart regarding the fundamental issue of justice and peace. This Petition is consistent with the Good Friday Agreement.
(However, the only thing one is supporting by signing this Petition is the actual text of the Petition: “Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” ) Furthermore, national self-determination is a fundamental principle and is the right of every Nation.

The Petition is, also, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s teaching on The Beloved Community and by Saint Pope John Paul II’s teaching that “peace is the fruit of solidarity.”

And the Petition is ecumenical, inclusive, all-embracing—for Protestants, Catholics and Dissenters; for people of all religions and of no religion. That is the meaning of The Beloved Community.

Let’s make this Petition a grand and glorious world-wide mission.
What authentic Irish person — or non-Irish person who is dedicated to justice and peace— could refuse to sign this Petition?

Please stand with me and recruit more and more Signers

"Let justice pour down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream” (Amos 5:24) —as Martin Luther King, Jr. loved to quote. And let’s build up The Beloved Community in Ireland—solidarity, unity, equality, freedom, justice, and peace.

God save Ireland.
Fr. Sean Mc Manus