from both the Eastern and the Western Catholic Churches.
Our Pax Romana sisters and brothers live, study, and work in
80 countries of Africa, Asia/Pacific, Eastern and Western Europe,
Latin America/Caribbean, and North America.
Our Mission
Our mission is threefold:
first, to study intellectually and prayerfully
the wisdom tradition of Catholic Social Teaching,
so that we may live it out in our sacred vocations of family, work, and citizenship;
second, to mentor university students in Catholic Social teaching,
so that they may become wise and visionary future society leaders;
and third, to support intellectually and professionally to
the creation of a new global civilization
based on intercultural dialogue, ecological sustainability, human dignity,
justice and peace, and spiritual depth.
In pursuing this mission, we pray for guidance by the Holy Spirit,
we join in solidarity with our Pax Romana sisters and brothers across the world,
we support the United Nations in its work for global governance,
and we cooperate with the Holy See in its work for global ethics,
Pax Romana Study Circles for Catholic Social Teaching
In service of this mission, our primary strategic goal is
to expand our network of Pax Romana Study Circles.
We are doing so especially on or near Catholic colleges and universities,
as well as in residential communities and in communities of work.
We form these small communities for friendship, prayer, and study,
for intellectual-spiritual development, and for global transformation.
In these Study Circles we explore especially
the philosophical dimension of Catholic Social Teaching,
since Philosophy undergirds the public language of ethics for society's major institutions.
By deepening our philosophical understanding of this wisdom tradition,
we humbly and prayerfully seek to become visionary servant-leaders
who will promote across global society
the regeneration of ecological, societal, and spiritual life.
From these Study Circles we reach out
in intercultural dialogue and solidarity to Pax Romana members worldwide.
Through Pax Romana’s international conferences and global communications,
our sisters and brothers worldwide share with us their rooted and wise insight
into what is happening to the human family and its wider ecosystem
within the turbulent yet hope-filled transition to the new global civilization.
Support for The United Nations and Cooperation with the Holy See
Following Catholic Social Teaching, we support the United Nations,
for we now live in a world where global governance for the common good
is essential for the welfare of the human family and for the wider ecosystem.
We are blessed by the fact that Pax Romana has long been
an important UN-accredited Non Governmental Organization (NGO)
with the highest level consultative status to
to the UN's Economic and Social Council and also to UNESCO.
We maintain Pax Romana NGO representatives at UN centers
in New York, Nairobi, Paris, Geneva, and Vienna,
and we also have a vigorous program of UN-NGO Internships
in New York and Geneva.
We also offer our faithful and loving support to the Holy See,
particularly in its work at the United Nations.
We are blessed by the fact that Pax Romana is
officially acredited to the Pontifical Council for the Laity,
and maintains close relations with the Vatican's Secretary of State,
as well as with papal nuncios at UN Centers across the world.
In all that we do. we pray always that the Holy Spirit
will guide us to serve humbly but fruitfully
the new world civilization and the new world church now being born.