A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE WAR
LIVING WITH FAITH AND HOPE

INTRODUCTION

We are a group of individuals from Catholic institutions and religious congregations, as well as organizations with ministries to the Catholic community, who have gathered together to reflect in the light of our shared faith on the attacks of September 11 and on the response of our government to those attacks. In particular, we wish to respond to the invitation of the U.S. Catholic Bishops to engage a dialogue on the appropriate response of the Catholic community to the U.S. “war on terrorism.”

At their recent semi-annual meeting, the bishops issued a Pastoral Letter entitled “Living with Faith and Hope after September 11th” in which they reviewed our government’s response to those events, particularly in declaring war on the presumed perpetrators of the tragedies in New York, Arlington, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The bishops call for dialogue among Christians and with other faith communities as a means to achieve peace. In that spirit of dialogue, we wish to comment publicly on the current crisis applying the principles the Pastoral Letter raised.

LIVING WITH FAITH AND HOPE

The bishops acknowledge and sympathize with all Americans in our national tragedy, sharing “the loss and pain, anger and fear, shock and determination” we feel at this time. They appeal to religious convictions as we seek answers and appropriate mechanisms of response to the horrors inflicted on the thousands of innocent people affected by the September 11 atrocities.

We affirm and echo the bishops’ outline of additional areas of concern that need to be addressed in the aftermath of that fateful day. These include: the need to redefine security; the call for a Palestinian state and security for Israel as the only way to bring peace to the Middle East; condemning the deadly use of sanctions against innocent populations in Iraq; calling on the U.S. to address terrorism in Sudan; pointing to our government’s failures in helping development efforts to overcome the worldwide scandal of poverty; criticizing our alliances with countries which violate human rights; urging the U.S. to reverse both its predominant role in the international arms trade as well as the growing proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The bishops also state that our country should promote a more effective, responsible and responsive United Nations organization.

These observations by the bishops are welcome in a world which, because of its economic imbalances and propensity to violence, creates conditions for a breeding ground for the kind of unconscionable attacks that our nation suffered on September 11. Their call for prayer, fasting, teaching, witness, dialogue, service, solidarity and hope should be reaffirmed in all of our faith communities struggling to respond to our own pain and that of all Americans.

THE WAR

The principles of Catholic moral teaching make possible, indeed demand, a judgment on the morality of our government’s massive military response to the events of September 11th. The bombing of Afghanistan which began on October 7 and the war that continues unabated come under the same Gospel judgment as all of those realities which the bishops name so accurately as requiring resolution if our world is ever to be safe.

It is unfortunate that some media interpreted the bishops as judging this military campaign to be “moral”. Instead, what the bishops did was offer guidelines for making such a moral judgment. We wish here to apply those guidelines to the current “War against Terrorism” as a way of inviting the entire Catholic community into further dialogue and deeper discernment. The serious restrictions which Catholic moral teaching has placed on warlike actions – the so-called “Just War Theory” – in practice rule out modern warfare, as Pope John Paul II pointed out in judging the Gulf War. We believe these restrictions also judge this war to be immoral, even though it appears to have just cause. For example, the strong moral requirement of immunity for non‑combatants and the inadmissibility of indiscriminate attacks on innocent people are violated in the “collateral damage” suffered by innocent city dwellers in Kunduz, Kabul, Kandahar and elsewhere in Afghanistan.

In addition, as the bishops’ statement points out, the principle of proportionality must govern any nation’s political and military decisions. In “Just War” parlance this means that the damage to be inflicted and the costs incurred by war must be proportionate to the good expected by taking up arms. In our judgment over two months of daily bombings with all of their attendant human and material costs, including tremendous military expenditures that rob from the poor, are not proportionate to our legitimate right to seek out and bring before an international court of justice those responsible for the September 11th attacks.

It disturbs us, as well, that many of the effects of the bombing on non‑combatants are withheld from the U.S. public by the military or a self-censored media. A report issued on December 10th by University of New Hampshire professor Dr. Marc Herold documents at least 3,767 civilian casualties in nine weeks of the U.S. air war upon Afghanistan. As Catholics convinced that each person is an equally valuable member of the human family, we know that the innocent Afghanis killed by our bombs are as important as the people lost in New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. Both sets of victims point to the tragedy of what is happening in our world and to what our faith calls for in response.

Another condition cited by the bishops for a military action to be considered justified is the probability of success. While this is admittedly a difficult criterion to apply, it is intended to prevent an irrational resort to force. The U.S. government’s stated intention is to end terrorism worldwide through political pressure and military force. To us it is clear that no country, even one as powerful as the U.S., can successfully end terrorism by the warlike actions we are witnessing today. The overwhelming military response fuels anger and hatred, and serves to inspire new recruits to the causes espoused by those who commit acts of terror. Key is the need to address injustices and root causes that create the fertile soil in which disinherited and disillusioned people are recruited into terrorism. 

Another “Just War” principle demands that any military response must be a last resort – that all peaceful alternatives must be exhausted before a country may turn to war. It is clear to us that the interval between September 11 and October 7, when the U.S. began to bomb, was used by our government to build an international coalition for a military response. The refusal to present evidence of Osama bin Laden’s guilt to the government of Afghanistan and the immediate rejection of their offer to turn him over to a third country signified a clear refusal on the part of the U.S. to seek peaceful solutions.

We are convinced that the attacks on U.S. cities and citizens constitute criminal acts to be dealt with by careful international police investigations. The perpetrators should have been sought out and brought to trial before such a tribunal as the World Court at the Hague. While we join our voices to the global chorus condemning many dimensions of the oppressive Taliban rule in Afghanistan, none of these justifies the military action of the United States, since it can in no way be considered a “last resort”.

We believe that these moral assessments demand a new direction in the worldwide response to terrorism. In addition we invite our bishops and all Catholics to rethink the “Just War” tradition and seek a new paradigm for judging questions of war and peace today.

What follows are suggested steps to be taken in that regard, offered here to stimulate further reflection and discernment. It is our hope that voices might be raised at every level of our faith community in support of such steps, which we consider essential for achieving true peace.

FURTHER ACTIONS

1. The bombing and the war against Afghanistan must stop and no new theater of military action should open. Let multinational police action replace these military efforts to capture the perpetrators of the terrorist violence of September 11th and turn them over to an international court.  

2. The rhetoric of war should cease. Without doubt the destruction done in New York, Arlington, Virginia and Pennsylvania was massive. In fact, it represents a grave crime against humanity, the crime of mass murder. The act bears a greater likeness to the terrible crimes of international criminal networks than it does to war.

3. For these reasons, we call on the executive and legislative branches of our government to support and ratify the International Criminal Court. Failure to do so represents a failure to establish an appropriate and vital tool to address exactly these types of crimes.

4. Control of information has become a foremost weapon of modern warfare. As people of faith, together with all citizens committed to the truth, we demand an end to censorship in any form and under any pretext. We need alternative reliable sources of information, as well as the existing media establishment, asserting courageous leadership in pursuing the full truth.

5. All the results of the bombing and other acts of war in Afghanistan must be made known, no matter who is responsible. The true extent of civilian casualties must become public and as real to us as are the U.S. casualties in the war.

6. We must see to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, which will require a sustained commitment of support from the United States. It is morally unacceptable for a senior U.S. official to say public comments like, “We’re here to get these people. That’s why we came. Then we’re leaving”. The U.S. bears responsibility for what we have done to Afghanistan. As the history of the 20th Century has shown – including previous U.S. government involvement in Afghanistan – only a commitment to help devastated nations rebuild a decent way of life for their people can prevent future wars and terrorism.

7. A just and sustained resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, so significant and symbolic in the Arab world, requires immediate and active engagement on the part of our country, along with the international community. In their letter the bishops make this point most emphatically.

8. Fear of terrorism is being used to create a climate in which some of our Constitutional rights and liberties are being threatened. Checks and balances set in place by the Constitution are also being jeopardized. We call on our Congressional representatives to protect these rights and liberties in accord with their sworn responsibilities to defend the Constitution of the United States.

9. Greater focus needs to be placed on the larger context in which these awful

   “International cooperation in the fight against terrorist activities must also include a courageous and resolute political, diplomatic and economic commitment to relieving situations of oppression and marginalization which facilitate the designs of terrorists.” -  Excerpt from 2002 World Day of Peace message, Pope John Paul II

    events occurred -- massive poverty, discrimination and unjust global  economic systems. It would be of inestimable value for the cause of peace to establish a government commission to study the grievances which are manipulated by perpetrators of desperate attacks like that which we endured on September 11th. Broad consultation must be undertaken. As Catholics, we can draw on our international networks of Catholic institutions, religious and missionary communities, and worldwide dioceses as valuable resources for important information and faith-based judgments regarding local situations across the globe, along with their partners in the larger interfaith community and non-governmental organizations in the countries where they work. We need to listen to their voices and to the voices of the marginalized, the poor, and the victims of war and injustice whom our colleagues in faith accompany. We need to call upon all of these resources as our partners in study and discernment, and particularly in service of stopping a spread of U.S. military action to other countries.

10. Religious justification has been used as an indispensable tool of warfare. Therefore, Catholic responses after the crimes of September 11th and especially after the commencement of bombing on October 7th must come under review and re-evaluation. The comments made within hours and days by prominent church people justifying military retaliation in the name of Just War principles may have contributed to an immediate war-making response on the part of our government. Such declarations also gave the impression that the church understands itself as a legitimate and authoritative moral voice in giving permission for war. We are convinced that the first, and second, and last words from leaders in the Catholic community must promote and explore and lead the way along every possible peaceful avenue to conflict resolution and the achievement of justice for all.

11. Finally, we call for the convening of fora throughout the faith community to discern and chart a new Catholic paradigm to replace Just War Theory. It is time.

CONCLUSION

We offer these reflections as our best prudential judgments in promoting that dialogue called for in the bishops’ Pastoral Letter. We pray that this attempt to articulate a more specific and far-reaching Catholic moral consensus will be taken seriously and evoke further respectful and discerning dialogue.

Our life as a people of faith, the direction of our beloved country and above all, the lives of millions across the world demand that we take seriously the Gospel challenge and seek, practice and pursue peace through just and non‑violent means. Our example in this witness is the Jesus of the Gospels, the one who calls peacemakers blessed, who calls us to love our enemies and pray for our persecutors, who reminds us that forgiveness is at the heart of our faith, and that those who show mercy will have mercy shown them. In that spirit we offer these reflections and call on our sisters and brothers in faith to join us in this urgently needed witness of justice and peace.

December 17, 2001

List of individual signers (organizations and titles are listed for identification purposes only).

Aline Marie Steuer, CSC, President Sisters of the Holy Cross

Sister Ann Oestreich, IHM, Congregation Justice Coordinator Sisters of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame, IN

Ellen D. Lynch, csc, Sisters of the Holy Cross

Rose Marie Canty, csc, Sisters of the Holy Cross

Mary Turgi, CSC, Director Holy Cross International Justice Office

Ann Shaw, CSC Sisters of the Holy Cross

Robert Pelton, CSC Latin American/North American Church Concerns

Marilyn Zugish, CSC - Sisters of the Holy Cross Leadership Team Member

Joan Marie Steadman, CSC - Sisters of the Holy Cross Leadership Team Member

Anna Mae Golden, CSC - Sisters of the Holy Cross Leadership Team Member

Sister Geraldine Blume, CSC

Veronique Wiedower, CSC, Sisters of the Holy Cross Leadership Team

Mary Eliza Martin, CSC, Sisters of the Holy Cross Leadership Team

Liette Finnerty, CSC, Sisters of Holy Cross

Rollande Bastien, CSC, Sisters of Holy Cross

Sister Rachel S. Anderson, csc, Sisters of Holy Cross

Joseph Nangle, OFM, Co- Director Franciscan Mission Service

Marie Dennis, Vice President Pax Christi International

Kathy Thornton, RSM, National Coordinator NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

James E. Hug, SJ Center of Concern

Judy Cannon, RSM Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Rosanne Rustemeyer, SSND U. S. Catholic Mission Association

Stan De Boe, OSST Conference of Major Superiors of Men

David Robinson, National Coordinator Pax Christi USA

Tom Cordaro, National Council Chair Pax Christi USA

Sister Helene O’Sullivan, President Maryknoll Sisters

Kathleen Pruitt, CSJP, President Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Janet Mock, CSJ, Executive Director Religious Formation Conference

Kevin Francis Day U.S. Catholic Mission Association

Russell Testa, Director Center for Ministry and Public Life at Washington Theological Union

Joseph R. Hacala, SJ, Rector of Jesuit Community, and Senior Advisor to the President for Social Justice Wheeling Jesuit University

Cathy Arata, SSND, Coordinator International Network For Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation School Sisters of Notre Dame, Rome

Phil Reed, M.Afr. Justice and Peace Office Society of Missionaries of Africa, North American Province

Sisters of the Holy Names, CA Province Leadership Group, and Justice and Peace Committee
Joan D. Chittister, OSB Erie Benedictine Community

Joellen McCarthy, BVM for the Sisters of Charity, BVM, Dubuque

Margaret Swedish, Director Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico

Carol L. Ries, snjm Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Justice and Peace Committee

Susan Thompson Columban Justice and Peace Office

Jean Stokan, Policy Director SHARE Foundation

Scott Wright, Co- Coordinator Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA)

Maura Browne, SND, Justice and Peace Coordinator Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Mary Ann Buckley, SHCJ Religious Formation Conference

Rev. William R. Callahan, Co- Director Quixote Center

Rosemary Mangan Religious of Jesus and Mary

Carroll Ann Kemp Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Canice Connors, OFM, Conv. Order of Friars Minor Conventual

Jeanne Moore, OP, Vice- President Eucharistic Ministers of St. Dominic, New Orleans

Gary Lee, President Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Kathleen McNeely Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Theresa Carlow, SNDdN

Sister Evelyn McKenna, SNDdN

Maureen White, SDNdN

Marcel Kitissou, PhD, Executive Director Africa Faith and Justice Network

Pasquino Panato Comboni Missionaries

Stephen G. Price SMA Office of Justice, Peace & Environmental Care

Barbara Boudreau, SNJM, Regional Leadership, CA Province Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Joan Mury, MM, Congregational Leadership Team Maryknoll Sisters

Mary Lou Daoust, MM, Congregational Leadership Team Maryknoll Sisters

Pat Ryan, MM, Congregational Leadership Team Maryknoll Sisters

Rev Séamus P. Finn OMI Missionary Oblates

Marilyn Wilson, BVM, The Women's Office Sisters of Charity, BVM

Kerry McGrath

Denise Curry, SND

Debbie Polhemus

Joan Hart, SSND Justice and Peace Office, Baltimore Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame

Jane Abell, OP. Promoter of Justice, Peace, Care of Creation Houston Dominican Sisters

Margaret Hoffman, SND, Justice/Peace Coordinator Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur of California

Sue Miller, SCL, Community Director Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

Marie de Paul Combo, SCL, Social Justice Coordinator Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

Larry J. Goodwin, Associate Director for Organizing Africa Faith & Justice Network

Megeen White, Co- Director Franciscan Mission Service

Mary Jo Klick, Consultant Temping for Social Justice

Mary Elizabeth Clark, SSJ NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Anne Curtis, RSM NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Stephanie Niedringhaus, Communications Coordinator NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Esther Pineda, CSJ NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ

NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Linda Rich NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Jean Sammon NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Medical Mission Sisters, Alliance for Justice

Anne Louise Von Hoene, MMS US Catholic Mission Association

Jane Morrissey, SSJ Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield

Maureen Broughan, SSJ Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield

Catherine Leary, SSJ Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield

Patricia McDonnell, SSJ Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield

Francis White, SSJ Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield

Sr. Demetria Smith, MSOLA

Nicole Sotelo NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Margaret Houston, CSJ NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Michael Culliton NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Stephanie Beck Borden NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Karen Gosser, SHCJ, Team Member Society Leadership Team

Filo Hirota, MMB, JPIC Promoter Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz

Gene Sabio, MSC, JPIC Promoter/ General Councilor Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Katera Teanako, JPIC Promoter Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Caroline M. Price, International Secretariat, Justice, Peace and Integrity for all Creation Good Shepherd Sisters

Maura Forthart, OSF, General Councilor Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity

Elaine Basinger, RGS, General Councilor Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Maria Consolacion Matnao, SSps, JPIC Promoter Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit

Anna Gallant, General Councilor Missionary Franciscan of the Immaculate Conception

Christine Vladimiroff, OSB, Prioress Benedictine Sisters of Erie, PA

Janice Bohn, SNDdeN

Catherine C. Darcy, RSM (NJ/NM)

Marian Clare Valenteen RSM Regional Community, Burlingame, CA

Jean Miller, S.C.

Judy Carle RSM, President Sisters of Mercy Regional Community, Burlingame, CA

Sr. Arlene Flaherty,OP Director Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace 

Nicole Crifo, Communications/Criminal Justice Coordinator Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace

Jessica Kochis, Children's Rights Coordinator Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace

Yanira Chacon-Lopez, Latino Outreach Coordinator Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace

Chicago Regional Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas: Joy Clough, RSM,  Ann Flanagan, RSM Terry Maltby, RSM Carlotta Oberzut, RSM

Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of CT: Eileen Dooling, RSM, Lorraine LaVigne, RSM, Elaine Deasy, RSM Susan Carlin, RSM,

Betty Campbell, RSM Tabor House

Peter Hinde, O.Carm. Tabor House

Gail Waring, RSM Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Albany, NY, Regional Community

Maureen Hally, RSM Burlingame Mercy Justice Committee

Joan Kelly Milwaukee, WI

Terence Miller Milwaukee, WI

Barbara Broderick, New Hampshire

Tim Stalder Immaculate Conception Church Gospel Justice Committee, Sutter Creek, CA

Patti Stalder Immaculate Conception Church Gospel Justice Committee, Sutter Creek, CA

Patricia Graham Franciscan Sisters of Allegany liaison with Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace, NYC

Gary L. Jacobson Retired priest, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon Sister Dorothy Flynn, RSM and the Justice Circle of the Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community of New Jersey

Sisters of Mercy, Regional Leadership Team of New Jersey: Diane Szubrowski, RSM; Barbara Ann Pavlik, RSM ; Anna Marie Saltzman, RSM ; Eileen Lowden, RSM

Sr. Eileen Farley, Sisters of St. Joseph Concordia, KS

Sister Margaret O'Rourke, dmj Social Justice Coordinator Daughters of Mary and Joseph

Sister Eileen White Leadership Council Member Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart

Bernice Belair Sisson St. Paul, MN

Robert V. Poignant, Jr. Lynchburg, VA

Jodi Creten, Sisters of St. Joseph Concordia, KS

Helen Mick, Sisters of St. Joseph Concordia, KS

John J. Kamerick, Ph.D. President emeritus University of Northern Iowa

Dr. Diane Krantz Associate Professor Weber State University in Ogden, Utah

Luisa M. Saffiotti, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, The Alexander Institute, Psychologists for Social Responsibility

Ann Rutan, csjp Congregation Leader Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace

Mrs. Mary Jane Kelly, BCC Hospital Chaplain Parkersburg, WV

Mary Dostal, osu Co-Director of Angela's Piazza women's drop-in center, Billings, MT

Jim & Geri Ryan Gateway Vincentian Volunteers St. Louis, MO

Anne Marie Harnett, SNJM Sisters of the Holy Names New York Province

Jan Gregorcich, SSND Director - SSND Global Partners Milwaukee Province

Justice and Peace Committee Ohio Province Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Kathleen Desautels, SP Sisters of Providence St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN

Donna Butler, SP Pastoral Associate St. Charles Parish, Peru, IN

Louise Gallahue, D.C. Daughters of Charity

Barbara Arnesen, CND National Board Chairperson for the Pastoral Care Network For Social Responsibility

Mariana Wood, O.P. Vicaress, Houston Dominican Sisters

Thomas H. Cleary Chesterfield, VA

Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice

Juliana D'Amato, O.P.

Perry McDonald, Capuchin

Capuchin Community, St. Conrad Friary Milwaukee, WI

TL Michael Auman, OFM Cap. Capuchin Communications Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph Milwaukee WI

Sr. Anita Valdez ,Tucson AZ

Jan Cebula, OSF

Fr. William J. Weiksnar, ofm director, Franciscan Center for Social Concern St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure, NY

Brother Henry Werner, F.S.C. Provincial Consultant Lasallian Network of Associates

Christopher Quail, New Orleans, LA

Margaret Gannon, IHM, PhD., Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, PA

Linda Patzke, Northeast Wisconsin Interfaith Peace Group Green Bay, WI

Sr. Gilmary Speirs, I.H.M. Collection Management Librarian for Non-Print Marywood University Scranton, PA

Sr.Catherine Ann Gilvary IHM Diocesan Director of Campus Ministry Catholic Campus Minister Lycoming College Williamsport, PA

Sister Sally Ann Brickner, OSF Director of the Peace and Justice Center

Sister Celine Foy, PBVM Social Justice Office Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fargo

George B. Wilson, S.J. Management Design Institute Cincinnati, OH

Sister Mindy Welding, IHM Associate Director of Vocations Diocese of Scranton, PA

Gerard A. Pottebaum, President Treehaus Communications, Inc. Loveland, OH

Mark Schroeder, O.F.M., Co-Director: Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Office of St. Barbara Province of Franciscan Friars

Anne Symens-Bucher, Co-Director: Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Office of St. Barbara Province of Franciscan Friars

Cheryl L. Weaver, Candidate RSM, Waterloo, IA

Provincial Council of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary: Letizia Pappalardo, Provincial; Patricia Fahey, Councillor; Rosamond Blanchet, Councillor Mary Agatha Smith, RSM Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Albany, NY, Regional Community

David Belongea, Capuchin Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order

Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Detroit, MI: Gilmary Bauer, RSM; Katherine Hill, RSM ;  Patrice Klein, RSM ; Linda Werthman, RSM

Steve Przedpelski Associate Director; Franciscan Peacemakers Milwaukee, WI

Anita Baird, DHM, President, National Black Sisters' Conference

Michael W. Foley, Director Latin American and Latino Studies Program The Catholic University of America Life Cycle Institute, Washington, D.C.

Leadership Team Sisters of Mercy, Omaha Regional Community

Mary Mc Connell, CSJ

Sister Patricia Kelly, GNSH Jenkintown, PA

Margaret Lanen, SND - Boston Province Justice and Peace Committee

John F. Gill, OFM St. Francis Inn

Jeanette Halbach, OLVM President Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters

Fr. David Moczulski, OFM Executive Director, Franciscan Washington Office for Latin America; Chair, English Speaking Conference, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Council

Sylvia Diss Potomac, MD

Philippe LeBlanc OP Permanent Delegate of the Dominican Order at the UN

Martha Larsen, RSM Cedar Rapids, IA

Sr. Mary Pat Cummings S.P.

Eileen Reilly, SSND Justice and Peace Animator SSNDs of Wilton, CT

Mercy Justice Committee Albany Regional Community Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Albany, NY

Terrence A. Taylor Assistant Director The Thomas Merton Foundation Louisville, KY

Leadership Team Sisters of Mercy, Cedar Rapids Regional Community: Susan O'Connor, RSM Delores Hannon, RSM Vicky Arndorfer, RSM

Margaret Teahan Tampa, FL

Joan Linney World Stewardship Institute, Santa Rosa, CA

John Samaha, S.M.

Dot Wolff, Rochester Hills, MI, Justice and Peace Ministry Head, St John Fisher Parish, Auburn Hills, MI

Tony Vento Program Director Pax Christi USA

Janet Walton

John Coe Williamsburg, KY

Rev. James E. Flynn St. Lawrence Church Heber City, UT

Barbara Suetholz Pax Christi USA member

Sr. Pierre Dembinski, RSM Erie Unit Sisters of Mercy of The Americas, The C.A.L.L. Organization, Erie, PA

JoAnne Courneen, RSM President Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Regional Community of Erie

Beverly LoGrasso, O.S.U. Cleveland Ursuline Social Justice Office

John Dear, S.J. New York, NY

Catholic Migrant Ministry Centerville, OH

Suzanne Elliott, RSM, President Regional Community of New York Leadership Team

Leonora Rianda Pax Christi Member St. Mary's Church, Albany, OR

Sr. Patricia Connolly with the Advocacy and Social Justice Committee Daughters of Charity, St. Louis Province

Marilyn Kofler, SP

Rev. Bob (Bernard R.) Bonnot Priest, Diocese of Youngstown, OH

Phil Runkel Catholic Worker Archivist Department of Special Collections and University Archives Marquette University

Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, S.P.

Molly Wieser

Irene Navatta Pax Christi, Warrenton, VA

Andrew J. Russell Director of Religious Education St. Bernard Parish, Green Bay, WI

Pat Duffy, Jr. Little Brothers of the Gospel

Phyllis Turner Jepson, Director Pax Christi USA Local/Regional Group Development Office

Teresina Grasso, SP

Mary O'Brien, CP

Jerri Lesikar Tulsa, OK

John J. and Mary Mercedes Craughwell SCL Associates Topeka, KS

Sr. Sheila Christensen, RSM

Tom Webb Pax Christi USA, National Council member

Rev. William F. Brisotti Administrator Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church & Casa de la Paz Catholic Worker Wyandanch, NY

Jim Juliano Portland OR

Genevieve Cassani, SSND Mission Effectiveness Coordinator School Sisters of Notre Dame, St. Louis Province

Joyce Hall Pax Christi Coordinator, Dallas

Sr. Mary Jo Swift, Daughter of Charity St. Louis Province

Joan Gannon RSCJ

Stanley E. Taylor Leader, Pax Christi San José

Roselyn Schmitt Coordinator, St. Cloud KAIROS group Saint Joseph, MN

Peggy Rosenthal Pax Christi USA member

Judith A. Butler Spokane, WA

Andrea Villasenor-Perry, MSW Pax Christi USA member Member, Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission

Marianne Supan, op

Barbara Portman Louisville, KY

John Paul Marosy Faith Into Action Committee, St. George’s Parish

Mary Katherine Hamilton, IHM Vice President Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monroe, MI

Mary Herzel Harrisburg, PA

Anne Wisda, IHM IHM Peacemakers

Anne R. Grady St Zepherin Parish Cochituate, MA

Joe Zelenka St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Indianapolis, IN

Sr. Marcia Dahlinghaus, SFP Congregation Councilor Peace, Justice, and Integrity of Creation Franciscan Sisters of the Poor

Therese Terns IHM Peacemakers & Sacred Heart Parish Pax Christi Dearborn, MI

Dick Ullrich Marianist Office of Justice and Peace Baltimore, MD

Elizabeth A. Murray, CSJ

Rev. William H. Shannon Professor Emeritus, Nazareth College Rochester, NY

Michelle Rose

Steve Wasleski

Sheila Devereux RSM

Mary Lavey RSM

Johnny Zokovitch Program Associate Pax Christi USA

Religious of the Sacred Heart: Margaret Mary Coakley rscj; Kathleen Cox rscj; Judith Garson rscj; Joan Kirby rscj

Helen Deines Associate Professor of Social Work Spalding University Louisville, KY

Marie S. DeGraw

Pax Christi, Fremont, CA

Ann Louise Eble Sister of Charity of Leavenworth

Dennis Teall-Fleming Director of Faith Formation Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church Belmont, NC

Gloria Solomon, SCL

Mr. Richard R. Rivard

Irene Skeehan, SCL

Silvia Chiesa Pastoral Associate St. Catherine of Siena Church Burlingame, CA

Ruth Goldboss Highland Park,IL

Glenda Pitts Louisville, KY

Gem Bordages Galveston, Texas

M. Kathleen Pritty, RSM Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Albany Region

Patricia Wilkerson SFO

Amy Marroquin

Betsy Lamb Pastoral Associate, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Columbia MD

Sheila Croke Pax Christi Long Island

Tom and Jeanie Egan Pax Christi New Orleans

Sr. Mary Jo McDonald, SCL

George Dardess Diaconal candidate, Diocese of Rochester

Deacon Gene Betit Social Justice and Outreach Minister Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church Arlington, VA

Leadership Team, Oxford Dominican Sisters

Gail Gregory

Dave Atwood, Coordinator Pax Christi Houston

Lisa Gay Hixon, Esq. Associate NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Timothy J. Schmaltz Center for Spirituality and Ministry in the Marketplace Phoenix, AZ

Michael Colyer Associate Director of Campus Ministry Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Tom Keene Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX

Kathleen Storan Union of the Presentation Sister Fountain Hills, AZ

Arlene Murray Pax Christi Member, Palm Beach City, FL

Mary Ellen Gondeck, SSJ Coordinator of the Peace and Justice Office, Sisters of St. Joseph, Nazareth, MI

School Sisters of Notre Dame Chicago Justice and Peace Committee

Sr. Irene Alexander, OSB

George William Rose, PhD

Irma Garcia Rose, CSW

Louise Lynch, Pax Christi member, Fremont, CA

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Leadership Team: Sr. Patricia Simpson, OP, Prioress General Sr. Sharon Cross, OP Sr. Katherine Hamilton, OP Sr. Anne Bertain, OP Sr. Abby Newton, OP

Denise Sewart, Chairwoman St. Rose of Lima Peace and Social Justice Committee Roseville, CA

Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB National Coordinator Alliance for International Monasticism

Bro. Jeremiah O'Leary, C.F.X

Marianne Comfort Pax Christi member, Schenectady, NY

Marc DelMonico Utica, NY

Josette Gocella, SSJ Louisville, KY

Deacon Randy Bauer Holy Rosary Catholic Community Detroit Lakes MN

Mary Ellen Green, OP Sinsinawa Dominican Eastern Province

Collette Mary White, OP Sinsinawa Dominican Eastern Province

Rev. John B. Pesce, C.P. Holy Family Monastery West Hartford, CT

NJ/NYE Mercy Justice Committee Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Albany, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and New York Regional Communities)

 Eleanor Guerin, RSM Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Albany, NY, Regional Community

William Quigley, CICM, Missionhurst

Irene Senn Director, Office of Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Milwaukee, WI

June Szumowski, RSM Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Albany, NY, Regional Community

Kathy Ewing

Brother Paul T. Cullen, CFX

Barbara Battista, SP Sisters of Providence of SMW, IN

Jeanne C. Mitcho St. Francis of Assisi Pax Christi Triangle, VA

Frank McNeirney, National Coordinator Catholics Against Capital Punishment

Bethesda MD

Grace Sbrissa, CSJ Sister of St. Joseph of La Grange

Ingrid Swenson Pax Christi Florida Chapter Deltona, FL

Rev. George J. Kuhn, Pastor St. Joseph's Church Yonkers, NY

Fredericka Jacob SND de N

Carole Lombard Office of Justice and Peace Sisters of St. Joseph Boston, MA

Anne M. Miller Director of Music and Liturgy Holy Family Church

Mary Evelyn Jegen, SND Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Mary Mollison, CSA Presidency, LCWR

Catherine Lafferty, SND Christian Life Communities

Gil and Sonja Donahue Arlington, VA

S. Janice Smith, Sisters of Providence

Vic Hummert Lafayette, LA

Megan Wholey

Cambria Smith Commission Member Justice and Peace Commission Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Helen Deines

Jeanne Anderson-West Director of Social Ministries St. Ignatius Loyola Parish, Sacramento, CA

Marie Colette Roy, OSF Lecturer, English Department Marquette University Milwaukee, WI

Ray Shiffer Barbara Shiffer Oneida, WI

Bob Murray Diane Murray

Mary Pat Hill, OSM, Hill Connections

Beth Konkol

Kathryn Shannon M.M. Coordinator of Social Justice Committee of Southern California

Helen Scheel, M.M., Chair of Social Concerns Committee, Maryknoll Sisters Eastern U.S. Region

Catherine Podojil, Journalist Cleveland Heights, OH

Anita Henning, CSA Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes Fond du Lac, WI

Theresa Lizakowski Pax Christi Catholic Community Eden Prairie, MN

Janet Houk Cleveland, OH

Ardeth Platte, O.P. Jonah House Community

Carol Gilbert, O.P. Jonah House Community

Deacon William H. Corrigan St Colman Church Diocese of Cleveland, OH

Andrew Sugamele MountainView, CA

Kaye Ashe, O.P.

Sebastian L. Muccilli Retired RC Priest, Diocese of Metuchen, NJ Pax Christi Palm Beach, FL

Clara Milko Maryknoll Full Circle Member, Maryknoll Affiliate

Fr. Tom McCormick Archdiocese of Denver, Carbondale, CO

Linda Szocik Sister of St. Joseph, TOSF St. Francis, WI

Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth Leadership Team: Janet Fleischhacker, Theresa MacIntyre, Christine Parks, Rita Ann Teichman

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Sister Joan Puls, School Sisters of St. Francis International Team

Eileen Charlton, Director, Mission Service Department, Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Sister Joan Hupp, OSF

Bette Moslander CSJ/Concordia, KS

Sr. Joan Serda, RSM

Kevina Keating, CCVI

Annette Amburn

Cecilia Canales, OP Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose

Deborah Northern, MMAF

Anne Victory, HM (Sisters of the Humility of Mary)

Marcia Huber, smic, Provincial Leadership Team for Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

Catherine R. Donnelly St. Patrick's Church, Cleveland, OH

Diane Sheppard, Rochester Hills, MI

Mary Quinn Kambic Pax Christi Baltimore

Congregation of St. Joseph, Cleveland

Eleanor Granger OSF Associate Director, LCWR Silver Spring, MD

Barbara Aldrich S.C.L. Leavenworth KS

Ellen Enright, IBVM US Regional Leader Loretto Convent Wheaton IL

Scott Cooper Member, St. Augustine Parish Spokane, WA

Michele Kopp, O.P. Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, WA

Sister Walter Maher

Susan Weissert, Coordinator Maryknoll AIDS Task Force

Sister Mary Bernice VanderLoop, OSM Servants of Mary Ladysmith, WI

Madeleine Beaumont, St. Joseph, MN

Nancy McDarby, St. Joseph, MN

Betty Jane Schlachter Troy, MI

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas - Regional Community of St. Louis Leadership

Team Richard Mary Burke, RSM, President Cabrini Koelsch, RSM, Vice President

Mary Haddad, RSM

Margaret Hickey, ND Notre Dame Sisters of Omaha, NE

Francine Schwarzenberger OP Grat Bend KS

Elena Hoye PBVM Dubuque, IA

Patricia McLennon, CSJ, President Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Joe and Sally Cunneen, Founders CROSS CURRENTS

Jacques Pasquier St. John Fisher Chapel University Community

Mary Motte, fmm Provincial - Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Sister Barbara Pfarr, SSND Chicago, IL

Sister Christine Beckett, GHMS

Mary Fran Lottes, S.L.

Chrisatine Rody, VSC Vincentian Sisters of Charity Bedford, OH

Mary Jo Nelson, OLVM

Ann Pizelo, SNJMs

Carol A. Allan, ssj Springfield, MA

Christine Somers, Campus Ministry, College Misericordia, Dallas, PA

Janet Stolba Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sharon Costello, CSJ Leadership Team Member Sisters of Saint Joseph of Baden, PA

Nancy S Coyle Crawfordsville, IN

Merle Nolde OSB Coordinator, Pax Christi St. Cloud

Gladys Schmitz, SSND Mankato, MN

Elizabeth M. Loria St. John Fisher Community Rochester, MI

Dolores Henke, OSM Order of Servants of Mary Ladysmith, WI

Southern Province Team, Sinsinawa Dominicans Christa Cunningham,OP Joan McCann,OP Joan Duerst,OP

Ruth Lucian Westchester Chapter, Maryknoll Affiliates

Michael Fiala

Sister Lorna Walsh. SHJM Sisters of the Sacred Hearts

Dan Johnson St. Thomas More Parish, Paradise, CA Diocese of Sacramento

Lenore Navarro Dowling, IHM Immaculate Heart Community Los Angeles, CA

Bob Joerger Christian Life Community

Anne T. Daly

Anna Marie Gaglia Leadership Team, Sisters of St. Joseph Baden PA

Sister Mary Alice Kane

Raya Hanlon, OP

Susan Schorsten, HM

Mary O'Brien, CSJ - Elmira, NY

Sister Bea Leising, OSF Williamsville, NY Franciscans

Myra Rodgers, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence General Leadership team

Inesita Velez, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence General Leadership Team

Helen Jung, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence General Leadership Team

Adrian Dimmerling, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Mercedes Berbach, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Steven Pavignano o.f.m Holy Name Province of the Order of Friars Minor

Dan Salas Lafayette, IN

Sister Mary Dominic Frederick Sister of St. Benedict Ferdinand, IN

Jessica B. Marth Coordinator of Youth Ministry St. Rose of Lima Parish in York, PA

Mary K. Lund NETWORK

Rose Mary Meyer, BVM Sisters of Charity – Social Concerns Committee

Mr.&Ms. Richard Bossie, Chicago, IL

Sharon Zayac, OP

Bernhard Wheel, Oak Park, IL

Dorothy Gartland, SP

Charles Martin, Rockport, IN

Maureen Gallagher, OP

Rosemary Hobson

Larry J. Huiras

Catherine Connell, SSS, LCSW

Annemary Vogelweid

Martin Pable, OFM Cap.

Father James Challancin

Joellen Sbrissa, CSJ, Srs. of St. Joseph of La Grange

Kenneth J. Decker, CSB, Toronto, Canada

Sheila Fahy, Martinez, CA

Judy Jeub, Royalton, MN

Bob and Mary Jo Loftus

Harold Faulkner

Kathleen Brooks

Anne Fiala, RSM, Cedar Rapids, IA

Theresa Maly, ND

Steve Davis, Loomis, CA

Sue A. Mike – Pax Christi

MaryLee Enright, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mary Pat Clarke, SS, Baltimore, MD

Michelle Balek, OSF

Richard J. Olsen, SM

Georgine Scarpino, RSM, President – Srs. of Mercy

Mary Ann Smith, MM – Maryknoll Sisters

Megan T. Wilson, Cleveland, OH

Marietta Hanus, SSSF

Pat Muth

Peter and Gail Mott, Interconnect

Joan Schmitz, Mankato, MN

Maria Rieckelman, MM

Virginia Farrell, MM

Patricia A. Keefe, OSF

Micheline Toussaint, Falls Church, VA

Dean Brackley, SJ

Christine Backiel, CSJP

Marjorie Schnellinger, MM

Rita Nixon, MM

Rosemary Everett, SNJM

Racine Dominican Leadership Team – Jean Ackerman, OP, Jean Ferstl, OP, Janet Weyker, OP

Linda K. Jewett

Norine J. Smith

Mary E. Hunt – WATER

Srs. of St. Francis of the Holy Family, Dubuque, IA

Mariellen Phelps, OP

Marion Irvine, OP

Patricia Ryan, RSM

Tom Howarth RTFCAM

Carol Ballard Mournighan

June Szumowski

James and Kathleen McGinnis

Bob and Caryl Bournique, Pax Christi

Corita Burnham, RSM

Jo-Anne Miller, CSJP

Srs. Of the Presentation – Dubuque, IA

Srs. of Humility of Mary – Ruthmary Powers, HM

Joy Peterson, PBVM

Mary Rosalind Picot, RSM

Linda Kulzer, OSB – St. Joseph, MN

Bernadette Marie Palma, SSM

Gemma Doll, OP

Marie Collins

Barbara Aldrich, SCL

Julie Boswell

Teri Krowka-Ansberry

Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler

Karen Durliat, OSB

Joseph J. Fahey, PhD

Paul Walsh, CSB, Ontario, Canada

Anna C. O’Connor, OSB

Rev. Richard Wahl, CSB

Anita Maroun, VSC

Rosalie Bertell, GNSH

Annie Claes, ICM

Eva A. Janning, CPS

Cathy and Tom Rowan – Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Kathleen Kelly, MM

Frances P. Garcia, MM

Barbara Ann Walenty, MM

MaryLou Ann Rajdl, MM

Geraldine Sellman, SCMM

Assumta R. Riley, RSM

Virgine Lawinger

Joyce Guinn

Deborah Kair

Michael S. McCormack

Mary Geraldine Yelich, SCL

Thomas K. Gederberg – Network member

Mary Ann Howe

Tom Colgan, SJ

Louise Bond, SNJM

Tricia Sullivan, Pax Christi

Katherine O’Flynn, FCJ

Joanette Nitz, OP

Barbara Farrell, SND

Margaret Hughes

Rosemary Lynch, IBVM – Mary Ward Center

Sister Maria-Pilar Chamorro, ccv Carmelite Sisters of Charity, USA Region

Ann Duhaime RSM

Paula Gonzalez, SC

Frances Cunningham, osf and Rosemary Huddleston, op Office for World Mission

Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Mary Rose Kocab, SIW

Fr. Roger Veik OFM Cap, Capuchin Province of St. Joseph

Sister Carolyn Juenemann, CSJ Solomon KS

Julia Norton ,Vice President Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia

Ramona Medina, CSJ Councilor Sisters of St. Joseph Concordia, KS

Carm Thibault, CSJ, Executive Council Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS

S. Joann Sambs, CSA General Councilor- - Congregation of St. Agnes

Lucille Herman, CSJ Central Office of the Sisters of St. Joseph Concordia, KS

Global Education Associates Upper Midwest St. Paul, MN

Dorothy Olinger, SSND St. Paul, MN

Jean Ustasiewski

Ann Marie Slavin, OSF Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia

Janet M. Kramer, O.S.F.

Toni Harris, OP Prioress of the Congregation Sinsinawa Dominicans

Marian Rose Mansius, OSF

Sister Marlene Kline, Millvale Franciscan

Grey Nuns Derby Group for Justice

Margaret L. Sullivan, CSJ

Leadership Team of the School Sisters of St. Francis United States Province: Sister

Therese,Thoenen, Sister Adelia Milligan, Sister Kathleen Kunze

The Board of Sisters Online: Sandra DeMann, FSPA; Marie Dockendorf, OSF;

Betty Kenny, OSF; Elaine LaCanne, OP; Kerry O'Reilly, OSB; Karen Sames,

OSB; Joanne Tromiczak-Neid; Mary Denise Villaume, VHM; Ann Walton, CSJ;

Jeanne Wingenter, SSND (Mankato Province, School Sisters of Notre Dame)

Congregation of St. Joseph, Cleveland

Lynn Houston Chairperson Maryknoll Affiliate Global Concerns Committee

Frank Skeith, Coordinator Pax Christi Texas

Nancy Donovan, M.M.

Cecile Burton, M.M.

Cindy Brauer; Irvine, California

Christine Doman, csj, Concordia, KS

Sheila Moss, SSA Social Justice Committee Sisters of St. Ann Western Canada

Kristen K. Capalare, Fresno, CA

Sr. Sue Rech, MM, Arusha, Tanzania

Sr. Mary Vertucci, MM, Arusha, Tanzania

Margaret Lanen, SND - Boston Province Justice and Peace Committee

Sister Fran Gangloff, OSF, of Lancaster, NY

Sharon Hollander, OSB Ferdinand, IN Benedictine Community

Patricia Keefe, csj

Carmela Abbruzzese, csj

Mary Sullivan, OSU Director of Office of Peace and Justice Ursuline Sisters of Roman Union‑East

Marcia Allen, csj Sister of St. Joseph – Concordia

Virginia Surina, S.S.A. Congregation of the Sisters of St. Ann, Victoria, B.C.

Bernadette Murdoch, Missionary sisters of the Holy Rosary

Rosemarie Pace, Coordinator, Pax Christi Metro New York

Paul E. Hansen, Redemptorist - Redemptorist Biblical Justice Institute

Sister Dominica Lo Bianco, OSF Aston, PA

The IHM Center for Justice, Peace and Sustainable Living - Nancy Seubert and Therese Terns, Co-Coordinators

Sr. Dorothy Schwarz, SSD, Provincial Coordinator

Mary Anne Bookman

Jeanne C. Schaedler

Madonna Moran, RSM - NH Sisters of Mercy

Marilyn Pierson, OP

Kitty Madden, Maryknoll Affiliate, Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Maria Bierer, IBVM, General Superior, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Matthew F. Rousso, Director Maryknoll Mission Ed - New Orleans

Christina Meyer, CSJ, Concordia, KS

Marlene J. Vigna RSM, Leadership Team, Regional Community of Rochester

Bernadine Pachta c.s.j., Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Betty Kane, OSF

Erika M. Voss

Erika Voss

Sister Marguerite Gemme, Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Afria, Rome

Anton Maier MCCJ, General Coordinator for JPIC of the Comboni Missionaries, Rome, Italy

Betsy Kennedy, Board of Directors, Call To Action, Chicago, Illinois

Carol Regan, SUSC,  Holy Union Sisters, Rome, Italy

Arantza Lerchundi, MMB, Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz

Border Women's Group (El Paso-Juarez Mexico-Las Cruces New Mexico), Marlene Perrotte RSM

Mary Southard CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of La Grange

Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia Corporate Witness Committee: Ann Brummel,

Donna Schneweis, Margaret Houston, Jeanne McKenna,  Virgina Pearl., Carmel Garcia

Marguerite Kropinak, CSJ - Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, PA

Rosalyn Juenemann, CSJ - Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia

Anne Reinert CSJ - Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia

Fr. Art Roberts, CSB

Viatora Solbach CSJ   Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Margaret Magee OSF Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York

Janet Jeffers, I.H.M

Jayne McAllister

Andrea Likovich, OSF

Mark A. Varnau

Carolyn M. Moritz, MM

David A. Stratman

Doreen Glynn, CSJ, Rochester, NY

Betty Suther CSJ, Concordia, Kansas

Sr. Margaret M. Wiener RSHM, New York, NY

Mary Lee Hillenbrand, O.S.B

Mary Ann Zollmann, BVM, LCWR Vice‑President

Sister Dympna Smith RSM, Sisters of Mercy of New Hampshire

Sister Shirley Agnew RSM, Sisters of Mercy of Rhode Island

Marilyn Stahl, CSJ Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia

Margaret Weston, Austin, Texas

Mary Ellen Murphy, SC, President, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Elizabeth Finn, SC, Leadership Council, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Barbara Hagedorn, SC, Leadership Council, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Maureen Heverin, SC, Leadership Council, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Patricia Mirsberger, SC, Leadership Council, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Martha Walsh, SC, Leadership Council, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Gerry Armstrong, Chesterland OH

Sheila Stevenson, RSM, Leadership Team, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Rochester

Sharon Rae McCarthy OSM

Rev. Gordon Judd, CSB, Congregation of St. Basil

May Cronin, RSM 

Carol J. Griesemer, OSB, Benedictine Sisters, Columbia, MO

Jocelyne Fallu, FDLS, Secretary General of CRC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Christella Buser CSJ    Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Rita Ann Mazanec CSJ  Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Jean Befort, CSJ, Executive Council, Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Virginia A. Griffin

Mary F. Honnen, SSJ

Maxyne D. Schneider, SSJ

S. Angela Ireland, SSSF, St. Francis, WI

Joyce Stemper

Rita Margraff, GNSH

James Hanneman, New York, NY

Kenneth M. Weare, Ph.D., Archdiocese of San Francisco

Sr. Debra Freeman, ssa, Queenswood Retreat House, Victoria, Canada

Charlene E. Figge

Patricia Dunne, DC, Provincial Councillor, Daughters of Charity, East Central Province

Jeannette Abi-Nader, HM

Wilfred Canning, CSB (Basilian Fathers)

Don McLeod, csb, Principal, Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland, CA

Clare Skevington

Leadership Team of the Sisters of Providence St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN: Sister

Ann Margaret O'Hara, Sister Denise Wilkinson, Sister Marsha Speth, Sister Nancy

Reynolds, Sister Paula Damiano, Sister Marie McCarthy

Erich Rutten, Seminarian

Katrina Rooney, CSJ, Council Liaison for Faith Justice, Sisters of St Joseph of  Hamilton

Patty Hawk, Call To Action Board Member

Marie Zarowny, SSA, (Sisters of St. Ann, Victoria)

Maura Ryan, Columban Sisters

Sean C. Peters, CSJ

Rita Studer, SSND  Mankato, MN

Madeline Studer, SSND   Mankato, MN

Charles and Jean Schmidt and their Children, John, Peter, Mary and Elizabeth, Garden City, MN

Mary Furlong, Lusaka, Zambia

Mary J. Laxague, SNDdeN

The Reverend Paul Surlis, STD, Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, St. Johns University, New York

Sister Eleanor Goekler, SMIC, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Looby, GNSH, Leadership Council, Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, Yardley, PA

Patricia McSweeney

Marietta Wethington, OSU, Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, KY

Jacinta Powers, OSU, Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph

The Justice and Peace Core Committee, Rochester, Minnesota Franciscan Community

Sisters of the Holy Names Justice and Peace Committee, New York Province

Lorrita Verhey, SSND

Carolyn Teter, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas

Barbara Riter, SSMN

Maria Isabel Galbe, Religious of the Assumption, Chaparral, NM

Maureen Fiedler, SL

Sr. Mary Brigid Gregory,OP

Fr. Gene Toland, M.M., Lima Peru

Joan Markey SSMN, Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur, Western Province

The American Province Leadership Team of the  Society of the Holy Child Jesus:

Eileen Algeo, SHCJ; Margaret Doyle, SHCJ; Catherine Edgar, SHCJ; Adrienne

Kanach, SHCJ; Marcia Sichol, SHCJ

Janice McLaughlin, MM

Joan Markey SSMN, Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur, Western Province

Tara Young‑Brown, Director of the EWU (Eastern Washington University),

Newman Center, Cheney, WA

Anna Turnipseed, Lydia's House, Newman Center, Fresno, CA

Mary Madigan IBVM

Jean Frye IBVM Chula Vista, Ca

Sister Myrt Keller   Medical Mission Sisters, Chula Vista, CA

Peter Henriot, S.J., Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, Lusaka, Zambia

Joan Penzenstadler, SSND, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee

M. Carmel Molloy, osf, Aston, PA

Pamela Nordhof, Hamilton MI

Paula Cormier

Marianne Rasmussen, OSF

Maria Elena Martinez, OSF

Carol Snyder, OSF

Sheral Marshall, OSF

Linda Gonzales, OSF

Sr. Ingeborg Mueller,CPS, JPIC Promoter, Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, Rome, Italy

Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ, Chicago, IL

Jeanne Rollins, OSF

Edithann Kane, SND

Sister Therese Blecha, Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia

Cathy Weiss Pedersen, Campus Minister/Creighton University

Sister Francine Barber, OP, Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, WA

Claire Graham, SSS

Ellen Hunter, SSS

Deborah Lorentz, SSS

Michele Walsh, SSS

Jeanette Wasinger, csj, Concordia, KS

Nancy Small, Past National Coordinator, Pax Christi USA

Richard Sroczynski, Piscataway, NJ

Sister Noel Devine, M.M., Maryknoll Sisters Congregation

Lucy Schneider, CSJ, Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS

Joseph Melton

Margaret Flanagan

Susan Skipper, West Bend, WI

Sr. Margaret Stratman OSM, Servants of Mary

Madeline C. Labriola, Highland, NY

Lynda A. Thompson, SNJM

Laurita Wydra, sss

Megan McKenna, theologian, writer, Pax Christi

Mary Catherine Dundon, SSND, Active retiree, Milwaukee Province

S. Mary James Zembal, OSF

Barbara Thomalla, OSM

Janet M Haarman, Emily MN

Bill Howells

The ASSISI Community, Washington, DC

Theresina Greenwell, OP, Kentucky Dominican, Tompkinsville, KY

Lucy Giacchetti, SSND

Lucille Matousek, SSND

Mary Jane Schutzius, Florissant, MO

Marion M. Horne

Sister Donna Otter, Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia

Rev. Stephen J. Umhoefer, Pastor, St. Victor Catholic Church , Monroe,WI

Frank Murray

Mary Chamberlain, OSM, Servants of Mary community, Prince of Peace Parish

Rosalie Riccobono, OSM

Sharon Brannen, FdCC, Canossian Sister

Mike Monroe

Marie Wren

Richard Younkin

Sr. Barbara Cavanaugh, RSM

Jim and Roberta McLaughlin

Sr. Nancy Thomas, MM

Jim and Nancy McFarland

Joan Batta

Eunice Meyel

Don Londgren

Joy Parker

Gretchen Yoder-Schrock

Madri,

Arti O'connor

Lee Dooley

Denise Apuzzo

Rose Barry

Maria Hovey

David Cox

Sean Prendergast

Kathy McNutt

Ahnah

Jesse I. Sandow

Marha Barajas

Lisa J. Rademacher

Rose Miriam Gansle, IWBS

Patricia Prinzing RSM

Jim Eble, MM

Denise Sewart, Peace and Social Justice Coordinator, St. Rose de Lima Parish,

Roseville, California

Martha M. Matesich

Gigi Gruenke

Paul R. Masson, MM

West Cosgrove, Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Maureen Healy, s.u.

Eileen Valerie Kulacz, OSF, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia

Margaret Rose Ibe, national coordinator of Maryknoll Social Concerns Commission in  Peru & Ecuador

Pablo Richard, sacerdote diocesano, catedrático en la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, doctor en Biblia, director Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones, San José, Costa Rica

M. Carmel Molloy, osf, Aston, PA

The Peace and Justice Group, Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of the Woods, IN

Joseph Edward Johnson, CSB, Owen Sound, ON, CANADA

M.S.Scanlan, SND

Mary Lefevre, OSM

Caroline Benken, CSJ, General Councilor in the community of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille

Sinsinawa Dominicans, Western Province Leadership Team: Mary Ann Nelson, O.P., Judy Jewison, O.P., Margaret McGuirk, O.P.

Shirlee Sullivan, Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful

Sr. Michaeline O'Dwyer, RSHM

Frances Deffge, SSMN

Cecile Roeger, OP, Dominican Sisters, Houston TX

Chris March, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Kathy Sherman, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Lucia M. Gibbons, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Mary Schaefer, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Mary Lavoie, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Michele Elfering, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph

Mary & Bill Carry, Oakland County Michigan Pax Christi

Mary Louise Monaghan, SNDdeN

Sr. Celeste Arbuckle, SSS, San Francisco, CA

Sister Yliana Hernandez, PBVM, Newburgh, NY

Father Patrick Gorman, CSB, Basilian Fathers, Toronto, Canada

Jean Marie Hettinger, OSU

Sister Peter Mary Hettling, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of La Grange