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"Recognizing the escalation of violence in our world, and especially its impact on women and children, we choose to act with diligence in the pursuit of peace and non-violence."
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CHECK OUT THE LATEST!
"Educating Young People for Justice and Peace" - Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2012
Nobel Peace Prize Could Not Have Come at a Better Time for Liberia
Violence Vanquished - Stephen Pinker
All the Countries the U.S. is At War With After 9/11 - Common Dreams
"Out of Many, One" 9/11 Commemoration Prayer Service Leader's Guide
The Issue
We belong to one human family. Our well-being is intimately connected to the well-being of all people and the vitality of the entire web of life. Rich nations have responsibilities toward poor nations. Conflicts should always be resolved in the most peaceful ways possible, building on mutual respect and solidarity.
For true global solidarity and peace to be achieved, nations must recognize and work on behalf of the global community. Pope John Paul II wrote that "states must consider this peace as a clear moral and political obligation which calls for prudence and determination." Our current economic and value structures emphasize fundamentalism, individualism and imperialism over respect and value for the diversity of ways of living. The focus must move from international competition, militarization and war to a family of nations with a shared global vision of working together to create a just and peaceful world.
IHMs in Action
Trouble on the Border: Reflections on Juarez - by Joan, Mumaw IHM
A Citizen Fast and Reflection: Stop the War...No More Blood! A Journey to Justice - by Julie Slowik, IHM
IHM Peacemaker Lends Her Perspective to Local Draft Board - By Barb Beesley, IHM
"My First Jail Experience" by Alice Baker, IHM
"...A Culture of Peace" by Margaret Brennan, IHM
Economic Arguments Against the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by Amata Miller, IHM
Some Thoughts on Liberating Mission and Peace on Earth by Elizabeth Walters, IHM
Prayer and Reflection Materials
"Litany for Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
The 30th Anniversary of the Four U.S. Churchwomen Martyrs of El Salvador - A Prayer Service and Study Guide by SHARE
Prayer for 9/11 (PDF) - Education for Justice
Prayers for Peace (PDF 78 KB)
"Fortunate Are the Peacemakers" by Sue Rakoczy, IHM
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Resources
Learn More about Peace and Global Solidarity - (PDF 76 KB)
If We Don't End Nuclear Weapons, They Will End Us - National Catholic Reporter
March 2011 Afghanistan "Did You Know" - The Indiana/Michigan Justice Promoters
A New Way Forward: Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan - The Afghan Study Group
LCWR and CMSM Statement on the Tragedy in Tucson
Tunisia's Spark and Egypt's Flame: The Middle East is Rising - by Phyllis Bennis
Change and More Change: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and North Africa - Jonathan Evans, FCNL
Egypt: Another Lesson in the Failures of U.S. Policy - Jim Cason, FCNL
Action You Can Take
Endorse Sojourners' "Peace and Civility Pledge"
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