Archive for August 2023
New Peace Pole unveiled in Regina’s Rotary Park in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA
August – 2023 A new Peace Pole has been erected in Regina’s Rotary Park on the banks of Wascana Creek west of the Albert Street bridge in Regina, Saskatchewan. Officially unveiled by Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty, the metal pole is set in concrete and replaces an earlier wooden version put up in 2000 by the Rotary…
Read MorePeace Pole planting ceremony in Krosno, Poland
August 30, 2023 Below link is a press service from the town of Marl. They published an article about the Peace Pole planting in German language which includes the photograph below. https://www.presse-service.de/public/Single.aspx?iid=1136441 The date was chosen to be combined with a traditional annual festival in Krosno. To the very right is Second Mayor of Marl,…
Read MorePeace Pole at the Moor URC Church in Leeds, England
August – 2023 A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days: 29 August to 5 September. Eastern Synod Thetford URC in Norfolk has found a simple way to show that part of its mission is to bring peace, show peace and pray for peace, by installing a…
Read More‘May Peace Prevail On Earth’ is message of community gathering, Mercer Island, Washington -USA
Auguste 19, 2023 Peace Pole installed and dedicated at Mercer Island United Methodist Church It’s not the first Peace Pole to be installed on Mercer Island, and hopefully it won’t be the last, Mercer Island United Methodist Church Pastor John Go proclaimed to the crowd on Aug. 19. On that afternoon, about 35 people gathered…
Read MoreWorld Congress On Illumination 2023 – Tucson, AZ
August 12 – 17, 2023 The 37th annual World Congress On Illumination took place in Tucson, Arizona. Friends of May Peace Prevail On Earth International gathered from across the country to attend this Congress. A Peace Pole was planted as a backdrop to this magical and powerful gathering of peace makers and activists. The World…
Read MorePeace Pals International Paintings with MPPOE from Syrian Refugee Camp – Kinderzeichnungenaus Syrien – 2023
Elisabeth Ziegler-Duregger represents URI (United Religions Initiative) in Lienz, Austria, through her friend she got in touch with Hassan, a Syrian teacher, who works in a refugee camp 30 km outside of Aleppo. Hassan gives his best to teach the children in the camp about peace. Through Elisabeth he learnt about the art contest of…
Read MorePennswood Village Rededicates Its International Peace Pole, Newtown, Pennsylvania -USA
AUGUST 15, 2023 In 2001, Pennswood Village, the Quaker-founded retirement and health care community in Newtown, installed a Peace Pole in front of its community center. Two of the speakers were atomic bomb survivors (Hibakushas) from Japan, Mr. Shigeyuki Yama from Hiroshima and Mr. Hideo Tose from Nagasaki, the sites in 1945 of the two…
Read MoreWestport Sunrise Rotary Club Westport, Connecticut – USA
August 11, 2023 Today at Westport Sunrise Rotary meeting. Here is a Peace Pole in a different form, format and context to reach more people with peace messages. Dennis Wong Rotarian PeacebuilderTrusted Problem Solver Feel free to post the photo. May Peace Prevail On Earth. Matt Darnell https://maps.app.goo.gl/6W66hwk3wKqTTBky6?g_st=ic
Read MorePeace Pole in Arcata, California – USA
August – 2023 This is the Peace Pole we purchased for my cousin’s father-in-law. It is in his backyard, so unfortunately not visible from the street. This is the approximate location. Feel free to post the photo. May Peace Prevail On Earth. Matt Darnell https://maps.app.goo.gl/6W66hwk3wKqTTBky6?g_st=ic
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