"The CPN is a much-needed way to support the courageous and mostly unheralded efforts of the Church to build peace in war-torn countries from Central Africa to Southern Asia."

Bishop John Ricard
Chairman, U.S. Bishops' International Policy Committee

"The CPN is a space of exchange, encounter and discovery where we help each other understand our peace-work, generated in faith and actualized in history."

Andrea Bartoli
Community of Sant' Egidio,
USA

"CPN is another concrete way of building solidarity among peacebuilders around the world. The energy that it will bring will help us in facing the many difficult challenges of peacebuilding work in our different contexts. My hope is that we are able to bring the same energy eventually to the communities directly affected by war, violence and conflict - creating not only a network of peacebuilders but more imoprtantly a network of communities all over the world."

Myla Leguro
Peace & Reconciliation
Program Manager
CRS-Phillippines

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CPN's 2nd Annual International Conference

July 11-15, 2005
Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines
Host: Catholic Relief Services - Philippines

• Press Release

• Participant List

• Pre-conference Suggested Readings

• Weaving webs of peace in Mindanao by Martha Merritt
  Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies - Peace Colloquy, Issue 8, Summer 2005
  
  
• Peace workers say involving local communities key to ending conflict Catholic News Service, July 21, 2005
  
  
• Mindanao provides model for peacemaking by Bishop Emeritus John S. Cummins, The Catholic Voice, Volume 43, No. 15.
  

PROGRAM AGENDA

The conference focused on answering 5 questions about Catholic peacebuilding in Mindanao:

(1) What is the distinctively Catholic contribution to peacebuilding?
(2) What are the challenges/lessons learned ("best practices") related to these activities?
(3) What is the impact on the wider search for peace and how do we know it?
(4) What new programs might be considered?
(5) How can a Catholic Peacebuilding Network help support Catholic peacebuilding in Mindanao?

   Monday, July 11

   Tuesday, July 12

	9-3:00 p.m.	Field Visits Continue
	6:00 p.m.	Dinner in Davao
	7:30 p.m.	Opening Plenary      Prayer/Introductions      Small groups: Reflection on field visits

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   Wednesday, July 1

	7:00 a.m.	Mass
	6:30-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
	8:30 a.m.	Opening Rituals/Welcome Archbishop Fernando Capalla, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Davao Aleem Mahmod Mala Adilao, Chariman, Southern Mindanao Chapter, Ulama League of the Philippines Apo Marshall Daul, Lumad Elder, Advisory Board, CRS Grassroots Peace Learning Center
	9:00 a.m.	Introduction to Conference Jerry Powers, Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network Myla Leguro, Peace & Reconciliation Program Manager, Catholic Relief Services
	9:30 a.m.	Contextualization: Current challenges for peacebuilding in Mindanao (presentation) Carino Antequisa, Country Program Accompanier, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
	10:00 a.m.	Break
	10:20 a.m.	Peace Education Initiative Moderator: Ofelia Durante, Director, Research Office, Ateneo de Zamboanga (handout/presentation)    Sr. Jo Chiongson, Program Coordinator, OND HESED – Child Peace Education (presentation)    Myla Leguro, Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute and Grassroots Peace Training (handout/presentation)    Essex Giguiento, Notre Dame University Peace education program (presentation)
	Noon	Lunch
	1:30 p.m.	Interreligious Dialogue Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Moderator: Bishop Antonio Ledesma- Chairman, Episcopal Commission on Interreligious Dialogue (presentation)    Fr. Sebastinao D’Ambra, President, Silsilah Dialogue Movement (handout)    Miriam Suacito, Executive Director, Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc. (presentation)    Fr. Flordelito Nazareno, Interreligious Dialogue Coordinator, Prelature of Marawi (handout/presentation)
	3:00 p.m.	Break
	3:30 p.m.	Grassroots / Community Peacebuilding Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Moderator: Myrna Siose, Director, Year of Service Program, Xavier Science Foundation    Guiamel Alim, Executive Director, Kadtuntaya Foundation, Inc. (handout/presentation)    Adele Nayal, Peacebuilding/Peace Education Program Officer, Immaculate Conception Parish, Pikit (handout/presentation)
	4:30 p.m.	Synthesis of the day Daniel Philpott, Associate Professor, Kroc Institute for Int'l Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Cesar Villanueva, Director, Niall O'Brien Peace Center (presentation)
	5:30 p.m.	Adjourn
	6:00-8:00 p.m.	Dinner
	8:15 p.m.	Informal Presentations on Peacebuilding Initiatives by Conference Participants (Optional)

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   Thursday, July 14

	7:00 a.m.	Mass
	6:30-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
	8:30 a.m.	Preliminaries
	9:00 a.m.	Peace Advocacy Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Moderator: Grace Rebollos, Vice Chair, Peace Advocates Zamboanga (presentation)    Fr. Angel Calvo, President, Peace Advocates Zamboanga (presentation)    Mary Ann Arnado, Deputy Director, Initiatives for International Dialogue, Mindanao Peaceweavers (presentation)
	10:00 a.m.	Break
	10:30 a.m.	Synthesis of Catholic contribution and Theological Reflection on Mindanao Peacebuilding Initiatives Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Presenter: Msgr. Tony Pueyo, Dean, Graduate School, Notre Dame of Tacurong College (handout/presentation) Respondent:     Fr. Peter-John Pearson, Director, Parliamentary Liaison Office, Southern African Bishops' Conference
	Noon	Lunch
	2:00 p.m.	Small group discussions      1) Peace education      2) Interreligious dialogue      3) Grassroots Peacebuilding      4) Advocacy      5) TBD based on needs of participants
	3:30 p.m.	Break
	4:00 p.m.	Plenary discussion Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Facilitator:  John Paul Lederach, Professor, Kroc Institute for Int'l Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
	5:00 p.m.	Synthesis of the day Loreta Castro, Director of the Center for Peace Education, Miriam College (handout)
	6:00-8:00 p.m.	Dinner
	8:00 p.m.	Mindanao Cultural Presentation

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   Friday, July 15

	6:30-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
	8:30 a.m.	Preliminaries
	9:00 a.m.	Synthesis Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) John Paul Lederach, Professor, Kroc Institute for Int'l Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame - Linking the theory and practice of peacebuilding (handout/presentation)
	10:00 a.m.	Break
	10:30 a.m.	Synthesis (continued) Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Benedicto Bacani, Dean of College of Law, Notre Dame University (Mindanao) - Lessons Learned (presentation) Scott Appleby, Director, Kroc Institute for Int'l Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame - What is distinctively Catholic about peacebuilding in Mindanao? (handout)
	12:30 p.m.	Lunch
	2:00 p.m.	How Can CPN contribute to peacebuilding in Mindanao?/Future direction of CPN Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100K+) Moderator: Jerry Powers, Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network    Myla Leguro, Peace & Reconciliation Program Manager, Catholic Relief Services (handout)   Fr. William Headley, Counselor to the President, Catholic Relief Services (handout)
	3:30 p.m.	Evaluation of conference Facilitator: Chris Tucker, Director of Peacebuilding Initiatives, U.S. Operations, Catholic Relief Services
	4:00 p.m.	Adjourn
	6:15 p.m.	Closing Mass
	7:15 p.m.	Dinner

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SUGGESTED READING

Anderson, Mary and Olsen, Lara. "Confronting War: Critical Lessons for Peace Practitioners"

Bacani, Benedicto.  "The Mindanao Peace Talks"

Cejka, Mary Ann.  "Catholics Building Peace: Tools, Materials and Strategies from Around the World"

Layson, OMI, Fr. Roberto C. "Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Mindanao Amidst Uncertainties"

Layson, OMI, Fr. Roberto C. "Reflections on Public Participation in Peace Processes in Mindanao"

Quevedo, OMI, Archbishop Orlando B. "Injustice: the Root of Conflict in Mindanao"

Rebollos, Grace. "Shared Steps Toward the Peace Agenda in Western Mindanao"

Rodil, Rudy B. "Re-establishing Order in the Community and its Connection with Biodiversity Conservation"

Rood, Steven. "Civil Society and Conflict Management"

Santos, Jr., Soliman M.  "Dynamics and Directions of the Peace Negotiations Between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front" 

Accord issue 6 - Compromising on autonomy: Mindanao in transition
The Mindanao project was centred around the publication in 1999 of Accord 6, Compromising on autonomy: Mindanao in transition. In 2003, Accord revisited the project, working with Rufa Cagoco-Guiam of the Center for Peace Studies (Mindanao State University) to produce an updated version of Accord 6 and a series of radio programmes to be broadcast in Mindanao.

Mindanao Peaceweavers is a convergence of peace advocates cutting across NGOs, academe, religious, human rights groups, peoples organizations and grassroots communites. We are advancing a peaceful resolution of the conflict in mindanao.

Minda News: A Publication of the Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center

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