- Pacem in Terris Award
The Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award has been awarded annually since
1964 in commemoration of the1963 Encyclical "Pacem in Terris " ofPope John XXIII . It was created by the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council of theDiocese of Davenport in theU.S. state ofIowa . Since1976 the award has been presented by theQuad Cities Pacem in Terris Coalition. In 2005 the coalition consisted of theDiocese of Davenport ,St. Ambrose University , Augustana College, Churches United of the Quad-Cities, and theCongregation of the Humility of Mary .Six recipients [
Martin Luther King, Jr. ,Mother Teresa , Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Corrigan Maguire,Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ,Lech Walesa ] also received theNobel Peace Prize .Award winners
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1964 John Howard Griffin andJohn F. Kennedy (posthumously)
*1965 Martin Luther King Jr.
*1966 R. Sargent Shriver
*1967 A. Philip Randolph
*1968 FatherJames Groppi
*1969 Saul Alinsky
*1971 Dorothy Day
*1974 SenatorHarold Hughes
*1975 DomHélder Câmara
*1976 Mother Teresa ofCalcutta
*1979 Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
*1980 Crystal Lee Sutton
*1980 Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler
*1982 George F. Kennan
*1983 Helen Caldicott
*1985 CardinalJoseph Bernadin
*1986 Bishop Maurice Dingman
*1987 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
*1989 Eileen Egan
*1990 Mairead Corrigan Maguire
*1991 María Julia Hernández
*1992 Cesar Chavez
*1993 FatherDaniel Berrigan
*1995 Jim Wallis
*1996 Samuel Ruiz García
*1996 Odebrecht Foundation andPhilip M. Hannan
*1997 Jim Douglass andShelley Douglass
*1998 SisterHelen Prejean , CSJ
*1999 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel andRon Serino
*2000 George G. Higgins
*2001 Lech Wałęsa
*2002 SistersGwen Hennessey andDorothy Hennessey , OSF
*2004 Rev.Arthur Simon
*2005 Donald Mosley
*2007 Bishop Salim Ghazal Other award winners
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James C. Murray Notes
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