LONDON - 10 March 2008 - 290 words
Young peacemakers head for Pax Christi gathering in Florence
Four young people: Emma Atherton, Reggie
Doherty, Daniel Hayes and Claire Linford, from St John Fisher
RC School in Wigan, will be making a trip to the Pax Christi Peace
House in Florence next month, as the winners of the 2008 Pax
Christi European Peace Contest. There they will meet with other
young people who have participated in the contest from Portugal,
France and Belgium.
Their challenge was to create a film or powerpoint to increase
awareness of the link between peace and the environment and of
how we can help build peace by living more sustainably and sharing
the world's resources. Commenting on the winning entry, 'A little
piece of peace', Hilary Topp, the Peace Education worker for Pax
Christi said: "A little piece of peace" shows how complex
issues of poverty, peace, the environment, and global warming
are all linked and suggests practical ways that all of us can
build a more peaceful world.
The winning teams meet in Florence between 3-6th April this year.
They will be staying at the Pax Christi Peace House (Casa per
la Pace). The programme for the weekend will include activities
to explore the theme of Peace and the Environment, an 'Art and
Peace' tour of Florence, time for reflection and opportunities
for the young people from Italy, France, Portugal, Belgium and
the UK to learn from each other.
Pax Christi hopes to strengthen this contest in 2009, encouraged
by the quality of work presented this year and in the belief that
young people have important messages to communicate to others
as to their own views on what it takes to make peace in our world.
As an international movement for peace, Pax Christi believes that
encounter visits such as this are invaluable in breaking down
barriers between people and building friendships that stretch
across national and cultural differences.
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