Allanton Sanctuary
Dedication of the Allanton Sanctuary Garden Gate-Dumfries, Scotland
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 L to R: Glenda Thorton, Fumi Johns-Stewart, Dagmar Berkenberg, Caroline Uchima, Jessica Shackelton and Sculptor, Richared Brockbank At The World Peace Prayer Society- Allanton Sanctuary, each totem guardian for the garden gate embodies an element from nature and the animal kingdom. A planetary guardian carved from Hawthorn, watches over from one…
Read More1000 students of Oldham join for World Peace Flag Ceremony-Scotland
October 20th and 21st, 2009 The children of Oldham have been busy! Glenda and I presented a World Peace Flag Ceremony at Knowsley Junior School as part of their Community Week on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. 500 Children took part in a World Peace Flag Ceremony at their playground before lunch.…
Read MoreThe World Peace Flag Ceremony and Global Peace Concert, Dumfries, Scotland
September 18th and 19th, 2009 The Global Peace Concert and World Peace Flag Ceremony were held in Dumfries, Scotland on September 18th. It brought together musicians from Japan and Scotland to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace and to honor the Japan and United Kingdom 150th Anniversary (an acknowledgment for the opening of diplomatic…
Read MorePeace Pole at Allanton Sanctuary- Scotland, UK
May 17th, 2009 We gathered in the Peace Room to hold a World Peace Prayer and Flag Ceremony with those who joined us in an open invitation to participate in the Symphony of Peace Prayers and Global Peace Meditation. We read a welcome address from Masami Saionji and a quotation from Dr Lazlo and then…
Read More250th Anniversary of Robert Burns-Dumfries-Scotland
January 25th, 2009 The 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns birth was on 25th January 2009. He is Scotland’s National Bard and wrote the numerous songs including the world famous Auld Lang Syne. He lived in Dumfries and also at Ellisland Farm, which is only two miles from Allanton Sanctuary. A big celebration was held in…
Read MoreWPFC-Findhorn-Scotland
February 8th 2009 It had snowed overnight, so the Allanton Sanctuary staff walked carefully from the car, over the snowy path, with the flags in the stands! We made our way to the ballroom in Cluny Hill College, which is part of the Findhorn Foundation, for a World Peace Flag Ceremony, which was organised by…
Read MoreWPFC- Middle East Event-Allanton Sanctuary-Scotland
February 19, 2008 A World Peace Flag Ceremony held in the Peace Room at Allanton Sanctuary in Dumfries, Scotland to support the 2009 Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace which is being held from February 28th to March 15th in Edinburgh. This is the fourth year that we have supported this event by having…
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