PACEM IN TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDOM AWARDThe Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award wascreated in 1964 by the Davenport CatholicInterracial Council. Since 1979, the award hasbeen given by the Quad Cities Pacem in TerrisCoalition. The award commemorates Pope JohnXXIII's 1963 encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris(Peace on Earth), which called all people of goodwill to secure peace among nations. The Pacem inTerris Coalition is made up of the Quad Citychapters of Bread for the World and Pax Christi, inconjunction with the Social Action Department ofthe Catholic Diocese of Davenport.

Pax Christi is an international organization ofCatholics and others committed to making peace andnonviolence a central concern of the church and thecommunity. Pax Christi Quad Cities meets on thefirst Monday of each month. For informationcontact Bill Fisher, 1227 4th Street, Moline,Illinois 61265.

Bread for the World is a nationwide Christiancitizens movement which works to alleviate hungerby influencing public policy. The Quad Citieschapter meets on the fourth Monday of the month.For additional information contact Dick Guise755-6496 or Eileen Herrstrom 788-1692.

Social Action Department, Diocese of Davenportassists the Bishop, clergy and parishes of thediocese in identifying and responding to socialneeds and injustice through more than twentyprograms including Respect Life, the Campaign forHuman Development, Immigration, RefugeeResettlement, Rural Life, Peace and JusticeEducation, and a free newsletter, Footsteps.Write: 2706 Gaines St., Davenport, IA 52804 orcall 319/324-1911.

THE 1990 PACFJoIIN TERRISPEACE AND FREEDOM AWARD CELEBRATION

Our Lady of Victory Church. Davenport. Iowa USA

Saturday. October 6

Music

Welcome

Prayer

Award Presentation

Acceptance

Closing

PoteenQuad Cities American C'1'lticBand

Bill Fisher. PresidentPax Christi Quad Cities

Ann KeefePax Christi Quad Cities

Most Reverend Gerald F. O'KeefeBishop of Davenport

Mairead Corrigan Maguire

Bill Fisher

Mairead Corrigan Maguire is the 21st recipient of thePacem in Terris Award Peace and Freedom Award.

Previous award recipients:

1989 Eileen Egan1987 Archbishop Desmond Tutu1986 Bishop Maurice Dingman1985 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin1983 Helen M. Caldicott1982 George F. Kennan1980 Crystal Lee Sutton

Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler1979 Bishop Thomas Gumbleton1976 Mother Teresa1975 Dom Helder Camara

1974 Senator Harold Huges1972 Dorothy Day1969 Saul David Alinsky1968 Father James Groppi1967 A. Philip Randolph1966 R. Sargent Shriver1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.1964 John F. Kennedy (posthumously)

John Howard Griffin

THE PEACE PEOPLEOn August 10, 1976, the driver of an IRA getaway

car was shot dead by a pursuing British Army patrol.The crashing car killed three young children, andgravely injured their mother, who had just picked upthe eldest from school.

The sheer senseless horror of the incident cutthrough the apathy and mutual recrimination into whichNorthern Ireland had sunk after 7 years of violence andsuffering. In the succeeding days and weeks tens ofthousands of people took part in rallies in NorthernIreland and elsewhere to express their abhorrence atthe continuing violence. They were led by MaireadCorrigan, the aunt of the dead children, by BettyWilliams and Ciaran McKeown, and they became theCommunity of the Peace People. Their philosophy, setout in the Declaration of the Peace People written byCiaran McKeown, is summed up as a commitment to workfor the creation of a just and peaceful society bynonviolent means. Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williamswere awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December, 1977.

Mairead is the recipient of numerous honors andawards, including the Norwegian People's Prize, anhonorary doctorate from Yale University, and specialprizes from Trinity College (DC), St. Michael's College(VT), the College of NAW Rochp.l1e (NY), rtnd severalothers.

In September 1981, Mairead was married to JackieMaguire, widower of her sister Anne, who neverrecovered from the loss of her children and died in1979. In addition to the remaining three children fromthe earlier marriage --Mark, Joanne, and Mary Louise--Mairead and Jackie are the parents of John Francis,born in 1982, and Luke, born in 1984.

DECLARATIONof the Peace People

We have a simple message tor the world from thisMovement for Peace.

We want to live and love and build a just and peacefulsociety.

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, ourlives at horne, at work and at ~lay, to be lives ofjoy and peace.

We recognize that to build such a :~ifedemands of allof us, dedication, hard work and courage.

We recognize that there are many problems in oursociety which are a source of conflict andviolence.

We recognize that every bullet fired and everyexploding bomb makes that work more difficult.

We reject the use of the bomb and the bullet and allthe techniques of violence.

We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors,near and far, day in and day out, to building thatpeaceful society in which the tragedies we haveknown are a bad memory and continuing warning.

PEACE PEOPLE:work for the creation of a just and peaceful society inNorthern Ireland by nonviolent means, seeking to buildsuch a society through the efforts of ordinary people.

bring young people together through Youth for Peace,summer camps and a lively sports program.

provide advice and support for prisoners and theirfamilies, and operate a resettlement program throughwhich ex-prisoners and others can escape from thevicious circle of violence and fear.

promote dialogue among political groups, inform peopleabout political and social issues, and support peopleorganizing to solve local problems for themselves.

campaign for the creation in Northern Ireland of asystem of justice based on the highest standards ofjustice and respect for human rights and human dignity.

work through an open democratic structure, with localgroups and an annual assembly in which all members canvote.

publish a bi-weekly newspaper, Peace by Peace,reporting on work for peace in Northern Ireland andaround the world and promoting discussion of nonviolentalternatives.

prove every day that Northern Irish people can worktogether to solve their problems peacefully.

SPECIAL THANKS

The Pacem in Terris Award celebration this yearhonoring Mairead Corrigan Maguire has beenunderwritten by a very generous contribution fromthe St. Patrick Society of the Quad Cities. We aremost grateful for their contribution andparticipation in honoring this voice for peace inNorthern Ireland.

The Pacem in Terris Coalition extends a heartfeltthanks to all who have contributed to this year'scelebration, in particular, to:

Bishop Gerald O'Keefe for his continued support

Very Reverend William O. Meyer, the staff andparishioners of Our Lady of Victory Parish inDavenport for their generous hospitality

Tom Chouteau and Terry Strader for their beautifuldesign and calligraphy for the award itself

The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, for theirassistance on arrangements

Poteen, the Quad Cities Celtic American band,perfoming traditional Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes,and song

The Greatest Grains on Earth, for catering thedelicious meal

Frank Monahan and the other members of theCommunity of the Peace People's committee in theUnited States

Members of the planning committee: Charlie Bleuer,Dan Ebener, Bill Fisher, Dick Guise, Loris Johnson,Anne Keefe, Marilyn Logan, Kathleen White.