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MinistrySocial Justice
IPA Justice IssuesCPS Justice Contacts Meet in Dubuque IPA Connections May 2010
NonviolencePraying for End to Nuclear Weapons Minutes of Estherville, Iowa, Pax Christi
AdvocacyExamine Lifestyle During Lent Bread for the World Workshop
Pax Christi Information:In 1945 a samll group of Catholics in France began to meet regularly to pray for peace. They were troubled by the fact that the French and German Catholics, who professed the same faith and celebrated the same Eucharist, had killed on another by the thousands during World War II. A French woman, Marie-MartheDortel Claudot, planted the seeds of Pax Christi. She invited a French bishop, Pierre Marie Theas, to be the first Bishop President. While in a German war prison camp, Bishop Theas had already begun to pray and work for reconciliation. Under their leadership, the movement spread throughout France and Germany and by the 1050's began to take root in other European countries. Today Pax Christi is active in over 50 countries. Pax Christi USA was founded in 1972 and commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority. In cooperation with other groups, Pax Christis members work toward a more peaceful, just and sustainable world through prayer, study and action. Learn more at www.paxchristiusa.org. Pax Christi Chapter Information:Pax Christi Aberdeen Pax Christi Brookings Pax Christi Southeastern South Dakota Pax Christi West River South Dakota Pax Christi Yankton, South Dakota Pax Christi Estherville, Iowa Pax Christi 2010 Meeting Dates Aberdeen, S.D.: Meeting ContactsAberdeen: Southeastern SD: West River: Marcia O'Leary at 605-964-3418 or marcia.oleary@mbiri.com Yankton, SD: Sister Eileen O'Connor, OSB at 605-668-6017 or eoconnor@mtmc.edu Estherville, Iowa: Sister Patrick Leonard Murphy at 712-209-1271 or Patrick.Murphy@avera-holyfamily.org Peacemaking Email Interest Group: To receive the weekly Rapid Response updates from Pax Christi USA and selected other peacemaking updates contact Sister Kay O'Neil sistersmandk@mchsi.com.
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Consistent Ethic of LifeThe Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen, South Dakota, have taken a stand on promoting a Consistent Ethic of Life. We stand for the dignity of life and the rights of each human person and so we oppose any policy or course of action which diminishes life including: We realize the complexity of these issues and that each calls for its own specific moral analysis. However, we submit that choices in one area can affect our decisions in other areas and urge others to consider the consequences when making choices that affect this consistent ethic. “The Christian faith is an integral unity, and thus it is incoherent to isolate some particular element to the detriment of the whole of Catholic doctrine” (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, November 24, 2002). A consistent ethic of life requires that we respect and revere the sanctity of all life in our daily actions, reactions and interactions. It is our belief that our nonviolent actions that reflect a respect for life can lead to a more peaceful, just society. Ads placed in Sioux Falls Diocese Bishop's BulletinFebruary 2007
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