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Our 2021 Annual Report is available to download and includes examples of projects funded and a brief outline of income and expenditure.

The report of the fund for 2020 is available below, with information on some of the projects funded, a brief outline of income and expenditure and ideas of how to support the fund.

Trustee John Williams was one of two people to receive the Pax Christi Peace Award on 22 May at the Pax Christi AGM. It was given in recognition of John’s great contribution to Catholic education and ways in which he has promoted peace education in schools and Diocese. You can read a full account of the Award Ceremony here

The 2019 report on the work of CPEF and some of the projects it has funded is available below.

During their first meeting of 2020 the Trustees approved three grants to the value of £1522.00. One to Pax Christi for their meeting in London with Kate Hennessy, grand-daughter of Dorothy Day, one towards a music, peace and justice gathering to be led my muscian Marty Haugen and one towards a new play by Michael Mears entitled The Mistake, about the 1945 bombing of Hioshima. He plans to take the play to the Edinburgh Festival and to schools. Pax Christi plans to promote the project in its Peace Education work.

Inter-generational conversations on faith, peace and justice.  CPEF trustee John Williams took part! 

Pax Christi, along with other organisations, has been involved in  a project promoting  inter- generational conversations. The conversations have taken place around the country and brought together people from different generations to discuss their faith and its role in their engagement in justice and peace. As well as feedback being given to the Bishops of England and Wales at the current Synod on youth in Rome, Pat Jones has written an insightful article, ‘Bursting the Bubble’, for The Tablet on the conversations and what we can learn from them. You can visit the website at www.peoplefaithjustice.org.uk for more information on the conversations, including some interesting videos and resources to hold your own inter-generational conversation.

Pax Christi welcomes Aisling Griffin as the new schools and youth education worker. Aisling is looking forward to getting started working with young people, teachers and schools to promote peace, nonviolence and reconciliation. Get in touch with her at education@paxchristi.org.uk if you have any queries, or have a look at the peace education pages for some great resources and ideas. The CPEF provides core funding for this work