The meeting began by reading together the Mission Statement of Pax Christi. Her vision of our work was as a bridge between people with needs and appropriate available resources. Because everything is a means it is thus a bridge. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God.
Every separation is a link.
In other words, we must not turn away from our world, for it is our world that connects us with God. Everything that is not God separates us from God. Next we took a little time to introduce ourselves and share our visions. There was general agreement that the potential for reaching out from Pax Christi was tremendous. Dennis led a discussion of how the Outreach Network ministry ties in with the work of the Social Justice Committee has worked with both education and service in seeking justice, but has focused on education.