SPECIAL THANKS
Muchtsimas gracias to all who have contributed to the 1991 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award celebration:
Bishop Gerald O'Keefe for his continued support
Sacred Heart Cathedral and St. Ambrose University for their generoushpspitality and warm welcome
Tom Chouteau for his beautiful design and calligraphy for the award
The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, for their help with travel arrangements
Members of the planning committee: .Charlie Bleuer, Dan Clark, Fr. William Dawson, Nora Dejohn, Dan Ebener, Sr. Kathleen Eberdt, Bill Fisher, Dick and Joan Guise, Loris Johnson, Diane Kyser, Ann L. Keefe, Marilyn Logan, Sr. Judy McKenna, Patrick Miner, Charlie Ortman, Chuck Quilty, Sr. Alice Rohn, Sr. Charlotte Seubert, Linda Schmidt, Henry Vargas, Kathleen White. Karia Julia Hernandez is the 22nd recipient of the Pacem in Terris-Peace and Freedom Award.
Previous award recipients:
1990 Mairead Corrigan Maguire 1989 Eileen Egan 1987 Archbishop Desmond Tutu 1986 Bishop Maurice Dingman 1985 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin 1983 Helen M. Caldicott 1982 George F. Kennan 1980 Crystal Lee Sutton nishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler 1979 Bishop Thomas Gumbleton 1976 Mother Teresa 1975 Dom Helder Camara 1974 Senator Harold Hughes 1972 Dorothy Day 1969 Saul David Alinsky 1968 Father James Groppi 1967 A. Philip Randolph 1966 R. Sargent Shriver 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964 John F. Kennedy (posthumously) John Howard Griffin THE 1991 PACEM IN TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDOM AWARD CELEBRATION
St. Ambrose University Christ the King Chapel Davenport, Iowa USA
Friday, February 22, 1991
Introductions Charlotte Seubert, FSPA and translation Davenport Diocese, Hispanic Center
Music SL Joseph I s Choir, Rock Island Chila Diaz
Opening Prayer Reverend Jose Luis Celestino, Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Muscatine
Welcome Reverend Drake R. Shafer Vice President for University Ministry St. Ambrose University
Dramatic Presentation Heather McCarty and Jeanne Casey
"Faces of EI Salvador" by John A. Donaghy, Ames
Award Presentation Most Reverend Gerald F. O'Keefe Bishop of Davenport
Acceptance Speech Maria Julia Hernandez, Director Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado Comision Arquidiocesana de Justicia y Paz San Salvador. EI Salvador, C.A.
Closing Music Charles Blustein Ortman
Reception Downstairs directly following program PACEM IN TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDOM AWARD
The Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award was first given in 1964 by the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council. Since 1979, the award has been given by the Social Action Department of the Davenport Diocese with Pax Christ Quad Cities and Bread for the World. The award is named for Pope John XXIII's 1963 onc yc Lt ca L letter, Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), which called on all people of good will to secure peace among nations.
Pax Christi Quad Cities is part of the international organization of Catholics and others committed to making peace and nonviolence central to the work of the church and the community. Pax Christi Quad Cities meets on the first Monday of each month. For information, contact Bill Fisher, 1227 4th Street, Moline~ IL 61265.
Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement which works to alleviate hunger by influencing public policy. The Quad City chapter meets on the fourth Monday of the month. For additional information, contact Dick Guise 755-6496 or Carolyn McGuire 764-6741 or 764-1419.
Social Action Department, Diocese of Davenport assists the Bishop, clergy and parishes of the diocese in responding to social justice and peace issues through more than twenty programs including: Respect Life, Campaign for Human Development, Immigration, Refugee Resettlement, Rural Life, Peace and Justice. Write: 2706 Gaines St., Davenport, IA 52804 or call 319/324-1911.