In
1993, Fr. Niall O'Brien started meeting the original
members of Pax Christi Pilipinas based in Manila.
He
also started the formation of a small group of Pax
Christi in Negros and among his friends in the other
parts of the country.
That
was his way of refounding Pax Christi Pilipinas
again.
In 1995, Fr. Niall, Simon Gregorio and Cesar Villanueva
attended the 50th Anniversary of Pax Christi International
in Assisi, Italy. In that International Meeting,
Pax Christi International accepted Pax Christi Pilipinas
as an aspiring member in becoming a full section
of the international movement.
In 1999, during the Pax Christi International meeting
in London, Pax Christi Pilipinas was accepted as
a full section of the movement and an addition to
the membership from the Asia Pacific region joining
the Australia and New Zealand sections.
In its Manila meeting in 2000, Deng Guiguinto from
Catholic Relief Services Mindanao was elected national
coordinator. Deng, however was volunteered to East
Timor for some time after her acceptance of the
coordinatorship. Apple Santiago Oreta took over
as national coordinator until the middle of 2004
and retired Bishop Julio Labayen was elected Bishop
President for a term of three years ending in 2004.
In
June 2004, Cesar H. Villanueva accepted the work
as national coordinator for Pax Christi Pilipinas.
Bishop Antonio Ledesma was also invited to be the
next President beginning 2005 for a three-year term.
Fr. Roberto Layson, OMI was also invited to be the
National Chaplain of the movement.
In November 2004, the second General Assembly of
Pax Christi Pilipinas was held at the Miriam College
hosted by Dr. Loreta Castro of the Miriam Peace
Center.
During
the assembly, the new vision of the movement was
approved and a five member Executive Board was formed.
Pax Christi Pilipinas is a founding board member
of the Philippine Action Network Against the Proliferation
of Small Arms or PHILANSA.
It
has been a strong advocate against the reimposition
of the death penalty.
Recently it became a member of Sulong CARHRIHL “Comprehensive
Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law”, a new civil society network
that seeks to promote the peace process and the
observance of an agreement that was signed between
the National Democratic Front and the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines.