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INDIANAPOLIS — The Rev. Harold Good, an internationally renowned peacemaker, will be at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on Sept. 10 to speak about Indianapolis and the road to peace in Northern Ireland.
Once president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Good played a key role in Northern Ireland’s peacemaking process.
The lecture, at 1 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium of University Library, is free and open to the public.
“Rev. Good is in a unique position to speak about issues of peace, justice and reconciliation,” said Robert White, chair of the Department of Sociology in the IU School of Liberal Arts. “Along with the late Father Alec Reid, Rev. Good was one of two members of the clergy trusted enough by paramilitaries that he was asked to witness the final decommissioning of weapons of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 2005.”
A native of Ireland, Good spent several years in Indianapolis as a student and pastor before returning to Ireland in the 1970s.
Good has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to peace, justice and reconciliation. During his time as Methodist Church leader, Good joined Northern Ireland’s other main church leaders to press for peace and engage in talks with U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. Known for his ministry on the streets of Northern Ireland, Good displayed both physical and spiritual courage in working to reconcile the Protestant and Catholic communities, and urging the end to violent action and reaction.
The lecture is sponsored by the IUPUI Common Theme on Civil Discourse, Office of International Affairs, Sociology Department of the IU School of Liberal Arts, Honors College, Methodist Church of Indiana and Christian Theological Seminary.