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Peace campaigners to be honoured with awards

-07/06/05

Three women are to be recognised for their work for peace and justice as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the peace group Pax Christi.

Sr Pat Robb, Margot Hutchison and Judith Dawes will receive awards from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, who is also the International President of Pax Christi, on 18th June.

Sr.Pat Robb CJ worked in Africa for many years, most notably with survivors of the Rwanda genocide, before involving herself, upon her return to the UK, with Justice and Peace issues. A peace campaigner against the arms trade, she has often spoken up at arms manufacturers’ shareholder meetings. She has worked in the Cambridge Winter Comfort project for the homeless and is currently a vital part of the chaplaincy team at Oakington Detention Centre for asylum seekers.

Margot Hutchinson is former Executive and Council member of Pax Christi and member of the Birmingham Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission. She has been a regular visitor to American Air Bases, and protested at meetings in London and Birmingham, wearing her ‘peace hat’. Margot has campaigned on issues including the arms trade, overseas development, justice for women, nuclear disarmament, homelessness, racial justice and refugees.

Judith Dawes, who sadly died earlier this year, was a member of many peace and justice groups, among them Christian CND, Pax Christi and the Non-Violent Resistance Network. After visiting Palestine, she set up the Oxford branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. She spent time in prison for non-payment of fines after taking part in a blockade of a bridge to an arms fair. In her wheelchair she took part in protests against the Iraq war.

Stewart Hemsley, Chair of Pax Christi said; “As a membership organisation, a movement for peace, Pax Christi recognises that members, supporters and collaborators for peace are our strongest asset – they remind us of the words of Pope Paul V1 that ‘peace is the fruit of anxious daily care, so see that each person lives in justice as God intends’. We cannot leave the work of peace to othersÖ. It is a task for each and every one of us. These women are an inspiration to us all.”

The Peace Medal they will receive refers to Neve Shalom – Wahat Al Salam village in Israel for Jews and Muslims established by the late Fr Bruno Hussar. One side shows the head of Abraham, father in faith to the Jewish and Muslim religions. He is flanked by the children he had with Sarah and Hagar. The reverse shows the symbol of Neve Shalom – Wahat al Salam with words from Isaiah 32:8 ‘My people shall have an oasis of peace’. The dove of peace is seated on one of the arms of the symbol.


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Peace campaigners to be honoured with awards

-07/06/05

Three women are to be recognised for their work for peace and justice as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the peace group Pax Christi.

Sr Pat Robb, Margot Hutchison and Judith Dawes will receive awards from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, who is also the International President of Pax Christi, on 18th June.

Sr.Pat Robb CJ worked in Africa for many years, most notably with survivors of the Rwanda genocide, before involving herself, upon her return to the UK, with Justice and Peace issues. A peace campaigner against the arms trade, she has often spoken up at arms manufacturers’ shareholder meetings. She has worked in the Cambridge Winter Comfort project for the homeless and is currently a vital part of the chaplaincy team at Oakington Detention Centre for asylum seekers.

Margot Hutchinson is former Executive and Council member of Pax Christi and member of the Birmingham Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission. She has been a regular visitor to American Air Bases, and protested at meetings in London and Birmingham, wearing her ‘peace hat’. Margot has campaigned on issues including the arms trade, overseas development, justice for women, nuclear disarmament, homelessness, racial justice and refugees.

Judith Dawes, who sadly died earlier this year, was a member of many peace and justice groups, among them Christian CND, Pax Christi and the Non-Violent Resistance Network. After visiting Palestine, she set up the Oxford branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. She spent time in prison for non-payment of fines after taking part in a blockade of a bridge to an arms fair. In her wheelchair she took part in protests against the Iraq war.

Stewart Hemsley, Chair of Pax Christi said; “As a membership organisation, a movement for peace, Pax Christi recognises that members, supporters and collaborators for peace are our strongest asset – they remind us of the words of Pope Paul V1 that ‘peace is the fruit of anxious daily care, so see that each person lives in justice as God intends’. We cannot leave the work of peace to othersÖ. It is a task for each and every one of us. These women are an inspiration to us all.”

The Peace Medal they will receive refers to Neve Shalom – Wahat Al Salam village in Israel for Jews and Muslims established by the late Fr Bruno Hussar. One side shows the head of Abraham, father in faith to the Jewish and Muslim religions. He is flanked by the children he had with Sarah and Hagar. The reverse shows the symbol of Neve Shalom – Wahat al Salam with words from Isaiah 32:8 ‘My people shall have an oasis of peace’. The dove of peace is seated on one of the arms of the symbol.