PCMDCB promotes the peace of Christ in our region by exploring, living, and articulating the Christian vocation of nonviolent peacemaking. Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore—a regional chapter of Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement—promotes the Peace of Christ by exploring, living, and articulating the Christian vocation of nonviolent peacemaking.  Through prayer, study, and action, PCMDCB serves as a Catholic peace witness in the Metro DC and Baltimore area, emphasizing Catholic social teaching.   We strive to educate ourselves, the Catholic faithful, and the wider civic community in the message of peace, the sacredness of human life, and the dignity of the human person.  And we assist Pax Christi USA in influencing the national policy discourse, working in collaboration with other faith-based and secular groups to advocate for peaceful alternatives to war and domination.