Teacher of Peace Award
The Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award is given out annually by the organization Pax Christi USA, a Catholic peace organization, to an individual who has exemplified Pope Paul VI's World Day for Peace message: "To reach peace, teach peace."
Recipients of the Award
- 1978 - Dorothy Day
- 1980 - Msgr. Paul Hanly Furfey
- 1982 - Sr. Mary Evelyn Jegen, SND
- 1983 - Eileen Egan and Gordon Zahn
- 1984 - Four U.S. missionaries murdered in El Salvador in 1980: Sr. Maura Clarke, Sr. Ita Ford, Sr. Dorothy Kazel and Sr. Jean Donovan
- 1986 - Jean Goss and Hildegard Goss-Mayr
- 1987 - Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen
- 1988 - Fr. Lawrence Jenco
- 1989 - Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ
- 1990 - Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
- 1991 - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
- 1992 - Dom Hélder Câmara
- 1993 - Colman McCarthy
- 1994 - James and Shelley Douglass
- 1995 - Jim and Kathy McGinnis
- 1996 - Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
- 1997 - Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M.
- 1998 - Kathy Kelly
- 1999 - Martin Sheen
- 2000 - Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU
- 2001 - Fr. Louis Vitale, Elizabeth McAlister, and Philip Berrigan
- 2002 - Fr. Peter Dougherty
- 2003 - William P. Quigley
- 2005 - Msgr. Ray East
- 2006 - Sr. Mary Lou Kownacki
- 2007 - Fr. John S. Rausch, GLMY
- 2008 - MJ Park and Jerry Park
- 2009 - Bishop Leroy Matthiesen
- 2010 - Jim Albertini
- 2011 - Colleen Kelly
- 2012 - Ruben Garcia
- 2013 - Mary Meg McCarthy
2016 nominees
In 2016, the following persons were nominated for the award:[1]
- David Atwood
- Rose Marie Berger
- Fr. John Dear
- Sr. Jean Fallon
- Fr. Seamus Finn
- Martha Hennessy
- Patrick Kennelly
- Art Laffin
- Bishop Robert McElroy
- Matthew Marshall
- Jane Morrissey
- Sr. Kay O’Neill
- Sr. Jamie Phelps
- Deacon Jim Rauner
- Sr. Megan Rice
- Fr. Richard Rohr
- Bishop Peter Rosazza
- Timothy Stiven
References
- ^ paxchristiusa (2016-05-16). "TEACHER OF PEACE: Nominees announced for 2016 Teacher of Peace Award". PAX CHRISTI USA. Retrieved 2016-06-01.