FESTIVAL OF HOPE

[Kali]

Please note new information below...
*Martin Sheen will join the Festival of Hope -
*Trial postponed - Frs. Vitale and Kelly to appear in court June 6
for a pretrial motions hearing
*Gather beforehand at 8 am at courthouse

FESTIVAL OF HOPE

Tuesday, June 5
6 p.m. - potluck meal
7 p.m. - program
St. Mark's Presbyterian Church,
3809 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ (west of Alvernon)

On the eve of a significant pretrial hearing
for their November, 2006 nonviolent witness at Ft. Huachuca
against military training that fosters torture,
please join
Fr. Louie Vitale, OFM
Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ
with
Bill Quigley (human rights lawyer)
Orlando Tizon (Torture Abolition & Survivors Support Coalition)
Col. Ann Wright (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Francisco Herrera (musician)
Ted Warmbrand (musician)
Martin Sheen (social justice activist and actor)

and more....


in a celebration of hope
for a future free of the terror and injustice of torture and war


*Talks
*Testimony of survivors of torture
*Music
*Food
*Fellowship


Tuesday, June 5
6 p.m. - potluck meal
7 p.m. - program


at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church,
3809 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ (west of Alvernon)
Potluck meal in Geneva Hall (please bring a dish to share -
drinks and desserts will be provided)
followed by program in the sanctuary
Free, but donations gratefully accepted.


TRIAL (now a pretrial hearing)


The June 6 trial has been postponed.
Instead, Fr. Louis Vitale and Fr. Stephen Kelly have been ordered
to appear at 9 a.m. that same day in U.S. Magistrate Hector Estrada's court
for a hearing on pretrial motions.


Supporters of the priests will join them at 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 6, for a brief morning support rally
in the courtyard in front of the U.S. District Court, 405 W. Congress St.


It is anticipated that military prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone may reintroduce a motion
to have the priests jailed pending trial, for which a new date will be set at the June 6 hearing.

For more information and updates, email [e-mail]
or call 520-323-8697 - and visit http://tortureontrial.org/index.html