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Interested in Pax Christi here at Duquesne?
Contact Matt walsh at x5093 or walshmj@duq.edu
The Way of Peace: Exploring Nonviolence for the 21st Century
What it is
Take one hour each week for the next ten weeks to explore how the practice of non-violence can be used to make significant changes in our selves, in society and in the world. The ten sessions will draw on the developing tradition of nonviolence in recent decades as practiced by Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez and countless women and men in widely scattered parts of the world. The discussion group will begin Wednesday, Sept. 3rd from 4:30- 5:50 pm in the Spiritan Campus Ministry Center and continue for the next ten weeks. All are welcome to attend
The U.S. Catholic bishops, in their 1983 peace pastoral, The Challenge of Peace, wrote, “Peacemaking is not an optional commitment. It is a requirement of our faith. We are called to be peacemakers, not by some movement of the moment, but by our Lord Jesus. The content and context of our peacemaking is not set by some political agenda or ideological program, but by the teachings of his Church.”
For Catholics or Christians, as people of faith, we must always ask what it means to be disciples of Jesus. How are we proactive peacemakers in this world? To more fully live this vocation of peacemaker you are invited to explore the practice of nonviolence with us.
If you have questions or were thinking of participating please contact Matt Walsh at 1628 or email walshmj@duq.edu
Mission Statement
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.
Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
Pax Christi is a section of Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement.
Pax Christi USA Priority Areas:
Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking:
Pax Christi USA promotes Christian nonviolence on the personal, communal, national and international levels. Believing in the gospel call to conversion as found in the Beatitudes, Pax Christi USA denounces and resists the evils of violence while striving to reflect the Peace of Christ.
Disarmament, Demilitarization and Reconciliation with Justice:
Pax Christi USA members promote nuclear, conventional and domestic disarmament, an end to the international arms trade, economic conversion to a non-military economy, conscientious objection, and nonviolent alternatives to war. Pax Christi USA promotes the just reconciliation of enemies through the United Nations and other channels.
Economic and Interracial Justice in the United States:
Pax Christi USA joins the struggle against economic injustice, militarism, and environmental destruction which are particularly harmful to those who are poor, minorities, children, and women. Pax Christi USA works toward eliminating racist structures in the Catholic Church and the country, working toward equality of all people.
Human Rights and Global Restoration:
Pax Christi USA promotes universal human rights, both at home and abroad, through solidarity with oppressed and marginalized people struggling for dignity. Pax Christi USA rejects every form of political and economic domination over others and fosters a reverence for all creation.
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