Archive for May 2012
Peace and Justice Center Peace Pole in Las Vegas-New Mexico-USA
Peace and Justice Center Peace Pole in Las Vegas-New Mexico-USA May 8th, 2012
Read MorePeace Pole for Iranian Nobel Peace prize recipient – MN – USA
April-2012 Maddy Wegner (at the Peace Jam and gathering of Elders) gifts a desktop Peace Pole to Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize recipient from Iran.
Read MoreEarth Day- ( April 22nd) The World Peace Sanctuary-USA
Earth Day- ( April 22nd) The World Peace Sanctuary-USA Staff at The World Peace Sanctuary, headquarters of The World Peace Prayer Society held a World Peace Prayer Ceremony in honor of Earth Day, on the lovely Peace Path lined with Peace Poles representing UN member states. Heartfelt Prayers of Gratitude were offered to Mother Earth…
Read MorePeace Pole Dedication in Zdar – CZECH REPUBLIC
April 15th, 2012 Zdar is an old village near Mlada Boleslaw in Czech Republic. In this village is an Aikido Club Zdar and pension established by Mr. Karel Patek and his wife Helena. Mr. Patek is a retired Prague University teacher of physics and a successful businessman and president of a computer company. But he…
Read MoreA Peace Pole at the Zanzibar Cathedral – EAST AFRICA
January-2012 Zanzibar achieved World Heritage status in 2000. The Cathedral, built to celebrate the end of the slave trade, is one of its listed buildings. It is a remarkable building, reflecting an unusual combination of Perpendicular Gothic and Islamic details.
Read MorePeace Pole in park honoring victims of violence- Gainesville, Florida-USA
April 5th, 2012 I have just returned from a week in Gainesville with the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. The Peace Pole you see actually bears the Peace Message, written as “May PEACE prevail on Earth” and is in a park honoring the victims of violence. Gainesville is poised to demonstrate how a community cooperates…
Read MorePeace Pole marks 8 km long "Bible Round Way" in Höchheim, Bavaria, South GERMANY
April 9th, 2012 Several representatives of the South German Protestant Church , mayors and citizens met on Easter Monday 2012, to inaugurate an eight kilometer long “resurrection circular track” (circular path) referred to as the ” Bible Round Way” in Höchheim (Bavaria, South Germany). Thirteen information plates along the walk inform about the bible. The…
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