Two Catholic bishops from Pakistan, as well as archbishops from Myanmar and Senegal, will be among participants at the 2005 Summer Institute on Peacebuilding. The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is teaming up with Catholic Relief Services for the fifth annual event, to be held May 22-27 at Notre Dame's Hesburgh Center for International Studies.

CRS is one of the world’s largest and most respected development agencies. In recent years, it has also become a leader in developing programs to build peace in the many areas of conflict in which it operates. Its work overlaps with the interests of the Kroc Institute, which conducts research, education, and outreach programs on the causes of violence and the conditions for sustainable peace.

The summer institute will convene three dozen church leaders, CRS senior staff and CRS partners from 20 countries for an intensive week of training, discussion and strategizing. The sessions are geared toward strengthening their capacity to resolve conflict and promote reconciliation from the Congo and Kosovo to Eritrea and El Salvador.

For further information, contact Gerard Powers, 574-631-3765 or gpowers1@nd.edu; or Julie Titone, 574-631-8819, jtitone@nd.edu. Powers is director of policy studies and Titone is director of communications at the Kroc Institute.

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