RHODE
ISLAND
USA
(2005
World Peace Prayer Society Report)
Providence,
Rhode Island, USA
The Vedanta Society of Providence
http://www.vedantaprov.org/dayofpeace.html
September 21, 2005
Market Square and RISD Auditorium on South Main St.,
Providence, RI
Time 6:00-8:00 pm
The
Peace Flag Project and the American Friends Service Committee along
with other religious, community and peace sponsors will be observing
the International Day of Peace on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The event will be held at Market Square Park along
the waterfront between the RISD Auditorium and the Market Building.
There will be a display of hundreds of colorful Peace Flags, flag
making in the lobby of the RISD Auditorium and dedication of a Peace
Pole. The event will begin with a Walking Peace Meditation at 6:00
pm.
The
International Day of Peace was mandated by the United Nations in 1981
as a day of global ceasefire. Join us in observing this important
day of peace in Providence. And make peace flags to express your positive
wishes for the world.
*
Peace Flag Display
*
Dedication of Peace Pole
*
Walking Meditation
Walk
will be led by:
Joanne
Friday, Clear Heart Sangha
Rev.
John Holt, RI Council of Churches
Chonghae
Sunim, Providence Zen Center
Noah
Merrill, AFSC/SENE
Rabbi
Alan Flam, RI Board of Rabbis
Father
Gene McKenna, Priests for Justice
Teny
Gross, Institute for Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Dot
Walsh, The Peace Abbey
Bruce
Nichols, Friends of Peace Pilgrim
Rev.
Liz Eide, St. James Lutheran Church, Barrington
Rev.
Diane Miller, First Unitarian Church of Providence
Father
Raymond Tetrault, St. Teresa of Avila
Swami
Yogatmananda, Vedanta Society of Providence
Co-Sponsors
American
Friends Service Committee of S.E. New England
Rhode
Island Council of Churches
Rhode
Island for Community and Justice
Clear
Heart Sangha
Institute
for Study and Practice of Nonviolence
Priests
for Justice
Providence
Zen Center
Sisters
of Mercy
Vedanta
Society of Providence
2005
World Peace Prayer Society Compilation
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