There are many ways of responding to violence; many ways
of practicing peace. As members of the community that proclaims
Christ the embodiment of peace, we respond to the call to bring
the divine gift of peace into contemporary contexts of violence
and conflict. S o we join the Way of Just Peace, which requires both
movement towards the goal and commitment to the journey. We
invite people of all worldviews and religious traditions to consider
the goal and to share of their journeys. Just Peace invites all of
us to testify with our lives. T o pursue peace we must prevent and
eliminate personal, structural and media violence, including violence
against people because of race, caste, gender, sexual orientation,
culture or religion. We must be responsible to those who
have gone before us, living in ways that honor the wisdom of our
ancestors and the witness of the saints in Christ. We also have a responsibility
to those who are the future: our children, “tomorrow
people”. O ur children deserve to inherit a more just and peaceful
world.