Global Campaign for Peace Education

Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace 2022 awarded to Marie Dennis

August 15, 2022 August 14, 2022 / News & Highlights

Marie Dennis received the Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace 2022 award. Watch and read Marie’s acceptance remarks delivered on August 7, 2022, at the Pax Christi USA 50th anniversary national conference.

Homage to Bishop Desmond Tutu

January 10, 2022 January 10, 2022 / News & Highlights

What could be a more telling indicator of the values that infuse the Global Campaign for Peace Education than Bishop Tutu having joined the co-founders, Magnus Haavelsrud and Betty Reardon on its inaugural panel at The Hague Conference in 1999? Desmond Tutu was the embodiment of the staunch commitment to just peace that peace educators aspire to cultivate.

Pax Christi USA recognizes Rev. Bryan N. Massingale with the 2021 Teacher of Peace Award

July 31, 2021 July 31, 2021 / News & Highlights

In her nomination of Rev. Massingale for the 2021 Teacher of Peace Award, Pearlette Springer, coordinator of the Pax Christi Anti-Racism Team, wrote: “Fr. Bryan has been a ‘teacher of peace’ most of his life, going above and beyond the norm to sustain efforts to address social injustices within the Catholic Church. … He continues to push the envelope in service to BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.”

Pope Francis calls for a global education pact with humanity at its center

November 4, 2020 November 2, 2020 / News & Highlights

Pope Francis has called for the creation of a global education system with humanity, not God, at its center. He introduced his plan in a video released at the delayed “Global Compact on Education” event at the Pontifical Lateran University.

Clearing Meditation for Holy Week

April 8, 2020 April 8, 2020 / News & Highlights

The COVID-19 virus has certainly brought in unsettling anxiety inside our mind, body, and spirit. Grace Brillantes-Evangelista, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, leads us into a guided meditation that focuses on checking inwards to clear the space for a meaningful Holy Week encounter.

‘Export love’ – Imam at centre of Christchurch terrorist attack continues to spread message of peace

December 31, 2019 March 24, 2020 / News & Highlights

The imam whose mosque was at the center of the Christchurch terrorist attack makes a call for peace education and spreading a message of love, understanding, and tolerance around the world.

‘Respect for the other’ lies at the heart of peace education, say panelists at UN debate

December 14, 2018 March 27, 2020 / News & Highlights

Respect for the other lies at the heart of peace education and was a key thread through a debate entitled “Education for Peace in a multi-religious world”. It was held on the 2018 World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

The Importance of Peace Education in Bridging Spiritual Differences

April 27, 2018 April 10, 2020 / News & Highlights

A lot of animosity and divergence stems from disparities between people of different races and spiritual beliefs. In order for global peace and harmony to prevail, even if only to an extent, we need to learn to respect people of all colors and creeds, uniting through our mutual desire for peace and harmony.

Why Peace Education is the Future for All Religions

March 21, 2018 April 10, 2020 / News & Highlights

84% of the world’s population are religious, thus religious considerations must be taken into account when introducing peace education. Here is the basic teaching on peace from three of the world’s religions, all of which are linked by the concept of reciprocity: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Cardinal in India calls for Catholic education to help counter violence

February 9, 2018 April 10, 2020 / News & Highlights

One of India’s leading bishops has called on education in the country to help bring about “a moral revolution with a renewed ethic of justice, responsibility and community.”

Prophetic, Practical Peacemaking in Syria and Iraq

January 29, 2017 January 28, 2017 / News & Highlights

The Church of England’s only Syrian-born clergyman, Dr Nadim Nassar, is also Director of the London-based Awareness Foundation, a charity that provides peace-making education in Syria and Iraq and builds understanding between faiths in the UK. The scars left by war and brutality are deep but the education programmes run by the Awareness Foundation are transformative.

Addressing Religious & Ethnic Violence Through Peace Education in Myanmar

September 20, 2016 August 13, 2020 / Activity Reports

This report, by Mary Pham, a fellow with the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, details her applied research examining best practices of civil society strengthening that can drive positive social change and increase justice, rights, peace and development in Burma.

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