We have a wide range of electronic resources It is still very important for Pax Christi members to talk to their parish priest and offer creative ways to include the peace message at Mass and encourage donations to the work of Pax Christi.
Archive: Peace Sunday 2023: No one can be saved alone. Combatting Covid-19 together, embarking together on paths of peace
Downloads
2023 WorldPeace Day Message: No one can be saved alone. Combatting Covid-19 together, embarking together on paths of peace
Justpeace with poster and hints on how to promote peace
2023 Prayer Card with words of Pope Francis
Parish Resources
Archive: Peace Sunday 2022: Dialogue between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace
Downloads
2022 World Peace Day Message: Dialogue between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace
Justpeace with poster and hints on how to promote Peace
2022 Prayer Card with words of Pope Francis
Parish Resources
Sunday Liturgy booklet with suggested penitential prayer, homily reflections and bidding prayers
Podcast: Fr Rob Esdaile reflects on Pope Francis’ World Peace Day Message (6-7 minutes)
Text of Fr Esdaile’s podcast.
Short Notice for Parish Newsletters
Script for a 2-minute parish talk about Peace Sunday and Pax Christi prepared by Anne Dodd.
FamilyActivities/Resources for Children
Family Table Activity – how to use placemat designs and a paper peace cube
Tree of Peace place mat to colour in
Cardinal Newman School, Coventry Pray for Peace by Shadow and Cardinal Newman students
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Archive: Peace Sunday 2021: A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace
Downloads
2021 World Peace Day Message: A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace
2021 National Peace Sunday online event
Quotations from the 2021 World Peace Day Message
Flyer with ideas for parishes, schools, individuals, families, groups
Justpeace with Peace Sunday poster
NJPN Column in The Universe for Peace Sunday
Parish Resources
Letter to parish priests from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, OP, President of Pax Christi England & Wales
Short notice for parish newsletters
Podcast – short recorded talk by Fr Rob Esdaile
Script for short talk about the Peace Sunday theme and Pax Christi
Family activities/resources for children
Celebrate peace – A children’s liturgy resource to celebrate the UN Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which came into force on 22nd January, 2021
Powerpoint for schools
Worksheet for schools
Colour and Shape children’s liturgy and accompanying worksheet
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Archive: Peace Sunday 2020
Every year Pax Christi promotes the Holy Father’s World Peace Day Message on the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. This is in the Liturgical Calendar cycle of prayer. Pax Christi sends resource materials to every parish in the country to help them mark and celebrate the day.
This year is unusual in that Pope Francis had not yet released his message. We mailed out resource materials before the message had arrived.
Here is the text of the message now: Peace as a Journey of Hope: Dialogue, Reconciliation and Ecological Conversion
Downloads
- Liturgy booklet
- Prayer card with words of Pope Francis
- Letter to parishes from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, National President
- Assembly and form time resource for schools
- Script that could be read at Mass on Peace Sunday
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Archive: The theme for 2017 was “Good politics serves peace” marked on 20 January 2017
Full text of the World Peace Day Message 2017
One thing is certain: good politics is at the service of peace. It respects and promotes fundamental human rights,which are at the same time mutual obligations, enabling a bond of trust and gratitude to be forged between present and future generations….today more than ever, our societies need “artisans of peace” who can be messengers and authentic witnesses of God the Father, who wills the good and the happiness of the human family.
Sheet of extracts from the World Peace Day message – could be used in newsletters/to create posters.
Downloads
- Liturgy booklet in word format
- Liturgy booklet as pdf
- Prayer Card (as illustrated on right)
- Letter to parishes from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, National President
- Script for Peace Sunday that could be read at Mass on Peace Sunday
- Pax Christi logo sheet for you to cut/paste for your own use
- Assembly for use in secondary schools with PowerPoint
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Archive: The theme for Peace Sunday 2018 was Migrants and Refugees – seekers of peace
The full text of the message can be read
Resources for 2018 can be downloaded below and purchased here
- Pax Christi Peace Sunday Booklet
- Simple script on Pax Christi / World Peace Day for use during Mass/service for peace
- Peace Sunday letter to parishes for Peace Sunday from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon
- 2018 Nonviolent Jesus prayer card (download here or order from Pax Christi)
- Activity card for children (download here and copy or order from Pax
Children prayer activity card
Christi)
- Extracts of the World Peace Day message, useful for newsletter/talks.
The theme for Peace Sunday 2017 was – Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace
The full text of the message can be downloaded here
“…“piecemeal” violence, of different kinds and levels, causes great suffering: wars in different countries and continents; terrorism, organized crime and unforeseen acts of violence; the abuses suffered by migrants and victims of human trafficking; and the devastation of the environment. Where does this lead? Can violence achieve any goal of lasting value? Or does it merely lead to retaliation and a cycle of deadly conflicts that benefit only a few “warlords”?
Violence is not the cure for our broken world….
Pax Christi has produced a range of prayer, reflection and action resources to help parishes and communities celebrate the World Peace Day message
- Script/suggestions for a talk on Pax Christi and the World Peace Day message
- Short video presentation by Pax Christi International’s Marie Dennis on World Peace Day message
- What is nonviolence – a script for 3 people
Image on prayer card
- Peace Sunday Booklet (pdf format) including homily notes from Fr Rob Esdaile
- Peace Sunday Booklet (Word format)
- Letter promoting Peace Sunday from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, President of Pax Christi
Series of worksheets on the theme Exploring Gospel Nonviolence
- The courageous nonviolence of Jesus
- Stories of nonviolence in action
- Promoting nonviolence in the parish
- The two hands of nonviolence
Support resources
- Catholic Nonviolence Initiative: read more about the outcomes of the ground-breaking Rome gathering on Nonviolence. Great resources too
- Nonviolence in Action: take a look at Pax Christi page with stories of nonviolence, support resources and more.
- PowerPoint Presentation on the Nonviolence of Jesus based on Matt 5: 38-41 interpreted by Walter Wink. A simple 9 slide presentation illustrated by David Rumsey
Peace Sunday 2016 was celebrated on 17 January. Here is the full message: Overcome indifference and win peace
- Letter to parishes Archbishop Malcolm McMahon’s for Peace Sunday 2016
- Liturgy booklet in word format for easy copy and paste
- Liturgy booklet in pdf format
- Works of mercy graphic
- Make a difference in the world prayer for display
- Pax Christi Prayer Card set of 50 cards for £2.00
- On-line Assembly resource for secondary schools
- Short video introducing the theme
You can find all previous World Peace Day messages here
