Eileen Egan was a journalist, Roman Catholic activist, and co-founder of the Catholic peace group, American PAX Association and its successor Pax Christi-USA, the American branch of International Pax Christi.
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11 Facts About Eileen Egan
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Eileen Egan first coined the term "seamless garment" to describe the unity of the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on the premise that all human life is sacred and should be protected by law.
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The following year, Eileen Egan was back in Europe helping to resettle waves of displaced persons.
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Eileen Egan was Mother Teresa's official biographer and helped introduce the latter's work in the West.
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Eileen Egan combined CRS's practical work of providing economic assistance, food, housing, and transportation to war victims with speaking, writing and demonstrating against the causes of war.
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Eileen Egan traveled widely with Dorothy Day, introducing her to Mother Teresa in 1970, and was with Day picketing for farm workers in California in 1973 when Day was arrested for the final time.
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Eileen Egan was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award in 1989.
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Eileen Egan did not care for the term "pacifist" because of its misleading echo in the word "passivity".
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Eileen Egan argued that the so-called just war concept was an alien graft on the gospel of Jesus.
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In 1992 at age 80, Eileen Egan was mugged on the way to Mass and had to go to a New York hospital with a broken hip and several fractured ribs.
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Eileen Egan was named to the Hunter Alumni Hall of Fame in 1983.
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