INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

 "None of us can do everything but all of us can do something" Romero.

On Sunday, September 21, 2008 the International Day of Peace Vigil was observed by thousands of religious and spiritual communities in churches, temples, mosques, public parks and private homes around the globe in support of the United Nations' International Day of Peace and global ceasefire.

 In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Peace (IDP) and seven years ago modified the resolution and fixed September 21st as the annual date of the IDP.  The intention of the new resolution is to have the entire world observe a full day of "...global ceasefire and nonviolence."

 In support of this initiative, our whole Community joined together for Evening Prayer  at 5.30 when together we prayed for peace.

As part of the liturgy each person went forward to the altar and picked up a 'peace person'. These were "international", for each had the word  'peace' in a different language.