Forest, James H.

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Forest, James H.

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    • Forest, James H., 1941-2022

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    • Jim Forest
    • James Forest
    • Forest, Jim
    • James H. Forest
    • Forest, James H.
    • James Hendrickson Forest

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    1941-2022

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    A life-long activist for peace, Forest first came into contact with Merton through Dorothy Day while Forest was at the Catholic Worker in New York. He was active in the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF), an affiliate program of FOR, to assist those trying to obtain Conscientious Objector status in 1964. In 1977, Forest assumed the duty of General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) based in the Netherlands.

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