| "On my knees I
beg you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the ways
of peace."
Pope John Paul II
"We must now squarely face the fact that war is no
longer tolerable for a Christian."
Bishop Carroll Dozier
"Christians, instead of arming themselves with
swords, extend their hands in prayer."
St. Athanasius
"Murder, considered a crime when people commit it
singly, is transformed into a virtue when they do it en masse."
St. Cyprian (200-258)
"Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every
soldier."
Tertullian
"During times of war, hatred becomes quite
respectable, even though it has to masquerade under the guise of
patriotism."
Howard Thurman
Spiritual advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We have grasped the mystery of the atom and
rejected the Sermon on the Mount."
General Omar Bradley
Pacem in terris
World Day of Peace Message 2007
The Harvest
of Justice is Sown in Peace
Ten years after The Challenge of Peace,
the US Conference of Catholic Bishops renews the call to peacemaking in a
dramatically different world. The "challenge of peace" today is different,
but no less urgent. Although the nuclear threat is not as imminent,
international injustice, bloody regional wars and a lethal conventional
arms trade are continuing signs that the world is still marked by
pervasive violence and conflict. Among the major challenges peacemakers
face in this new era are the human toll of violence and the illusion and
moral danger of isolationism. This new era calls for structures of
solidarity, peacemaking institutions, and vocations of peacemaking.
Pax Christi USA strives to
create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring,
articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This
work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and
action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war,
preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It
advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect
for creation.
Catholic Peace
Fellowship
CPF supports Catholic conscientious objectors through
education, counseling, and advocacy. Guided by a personalist philosophy,
the CPF seeks to resist war by helping those who choose not to participate
in it, one person at a time.
 
SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks
to close the US Army School of the Americas, under whatever name it is
called, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest,
as well as media and legislative work.
The
Peacemakers Speak
The
statements of the18 of the living Nobel Peace Prize winner on issues of
war and peace reveal that these Nobel Peace Prize Laureates ask themselves
the same questions we ask ourselves. The conversations with these men and
women, aptly described as "our most precious of human resources," bring a
range of wisdom and experience to the discussion of these issues that is
not available elsewhere.
1,000 Years of Peace Project
sdrose@bellsouth.net
7-5-2007
|
