Current Activities
Prayer for Peace (Sat 2026-02-14) – with the MSKv Project Group
“We pray for the participants of the Munich Security Conference, high-ranking decision-makers and opinion leaders from all over the world, that they may promote peace through dialogue. We ask for God’s assistance for the people who, through no fault of their own, must endure great suffering in the world’s crisis regions. Bless us, God, so that we ourselves may live in peace and become true partners for our neighbors.”
The individual prayer times are organized by religious orders, aid organizations, spiritual communities, churches of the ACK Munich, associations, and initiatives.
Date of “Prayer Chain”: Sat 2026-02-14, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Prayer Hour by MSKv & pax christi: Sat 2026-02-14, 4:00 PM
Location: Bürgersaal Unterkirche, Neuhauserstraße 14, Munich
Information and further offerings for “Living Peace – Prayer for the Munich Security Conference” can be found on the website of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, with an explicit reference to the event featuring our conference observers Dr. Inga Blum and Natalia Jagolski:Praying for Peace
International Munich Peace Conference 2026
This year’s Munich Peace Conference is themed “Against the Current of Violence”. Well-known participants are expected again, including Kristin Helberg, Deborah Feldman, Simon David Dressler, Dr. Shir Hever.
Last year’s most prominent speaker, Francesca Albanese, is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by three Belgian universities (Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp). An interesting development, considering that LMU had cancelled an event with Ms. Albanese at short notice in February 2025.
On Sunday, 2026-02-15, 11:00 AM, Fabian Scheidler will read from his book “Friedenstüchtig – Wie wir aufhören können, unsere Feinde selbst zu schaffen” (Peace-Capable – How We Can Stop Creating Our Own Enemies). Our current project newspaper features a book review by Christoph Steinbrink on page 15.
We invite you to once again give your attention to the Munich Peace Conference this year! MSKv will have an information stand.
Details on the program, venue, and online participation can be found here: friedenskonferenz.info
Our Call for a Peace Demonstration on the Occasion of the MSC
In 2026, we will once again be calling for the Anti-Siko Demo with our own appeal: “By participating in the demonstration, we want to focus on creative and non-violent protest. We promote civil conflict resolution and the reallocation of armaments expenditure to a sustainable, civil security policy, as currently described by the “Rethinking Security” campaign in its positive scenario 2025-2040 “Europe’s Role for Peace in the World.””
As in recent years, we see this demonstration on the occasion of the Security Conference as a “peace signal from civil society”.
The full call: Demo call MSKv
Opening rally:
Sat, 14.02.2026, 13:00, Karlsplatz/Stachus.
Afterwards, peace chain through the pedestrian zone and demo procession at the same time.
Final rally:
approx. 15:00, Marienplatz.
More information about the demo “Stop the arms madness!”: Anti-Siko Demo