Former members and dear friends of Jonah House Sisters Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert have won another award (ICANN, an organization they have done much work with this past year, won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018). This time it was the Pax Christi Peacemaker Awards. The text from Pax Christi follows.
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On Monday, June 4, 2018, Ardeth Platte, OP and Carol Gilbert, OP accepted an award on behalf of peacemakers around the world. Mary T. Yelenick from the Pax Christi International UN-NGO Delegation presented the award.
“We were privileged to be present for the Pax Christi New York Metro Awards Banquet and Fundraiser. Young and older people received awards for charity and justice work. We received the award for all of you who have surrounded us over many years. All connected with us receive a pause in the peacemaking labor for a gathering of this nature to say “thank you” to and for each other. War makers are lifted in memorials all over the world, so this memorial belongs once again to Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters who challenged war and the nuclear arms race for years and continue to do so.” — Peace, Ardeth and Carol
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The message on the award read:
Pax Christi Metro New York Gratefully presents the Sister Christine Mulready Peacemaker Award For 2018 to Carol Gilbert and Ardeth Platte OP
Carol and Ardeth, your life-long commitment to peace is grounded in the love that both Thea Bowman and Dorothy Day proclaim. From the classroom to the public square, from government facilities to military bases, from places of worship to diplomatic centers, you have allowed love to conquer fear. Like Thea, you embrace a simple life that is open to people and filled with laughter and music. Like Dorothy, you know the link between poverty and militarism and you stand up and speak out against both.
Thank you for your great courage to live, love, and laugh, to believe that peace is possible, and to help to bring it into being. We are privileged to honor you.
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DSGR Corporate Stance on Nuclear Disarmament
The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids call upon the United States government to lead the way for the global abolition of nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction by adopting a plan to lock down, dismantle, reduce, and eliminate nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction.
We call for immediate development, adoption and implementation of a plan that will ensure that there will be no new nuclear weapons, no new materials for nuclear weapons, and no testing of nuclear weapons.
We will work with all people of goodwill until there is no chance that a nuclear weapon or other weapon of mass destruction can come into the hands of anyone wishing to do harm.
