Pope Paul VI 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

1. paxchristiusa (2016-05-16). "TEACHER OF PEACE: Nominees announced for 2016 Teacher of Peace Award". PAX CHRISTI USA. Retrieved 2016-06-01.

External links

• Pax Christi USA