SHALOM is the term we use to describe our International Network for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. SHALOM, a Hebrew word, was chosen to help emphasize our pursuit of peace through making right relationships.

The goal of SHALOM is to take actions which lead to reconciliation, solidarity with the oppressed, the promotion of human dignity and collaboration with ecological movements to safeguard the earth. In other words, we commit ourselves to promote the culture of life. Urged by the love of Christ and of our sisters and brothers, we work actively toward enhancing just structures that foster fullness of life and toward changing unjust structures that inhibit it.

“…The gift of our internationality sharpens our consciousness of universal needs and calls us to foster within ourselves and others a responsible concern for the people of the world.”

(YAS, GD #36)

Tim Dewane
School Sisters of Notre Dame
13105 Watertown Plank Road
Elm Grove, WI, 53122-2291
(262) 787-1023
tdewane@ssnd-milw.org