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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

July 28, 2023 Peace Park celebration this Saturday adding 11 more Peace Poles representing cultures within Timmins. Eleven more cultures will be represented in the Peace Pole display in the International Peace Park in Schumacher. The unveiling of the new Peace Poles will take place this Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m. The peace park was…

July 15, 2023 The Oracle Institute located in Independence, VA  is home to the Peace Pentagon.  A Regional Peace event took place on July 15th inviting peace makers and activists to gather at the Peace Pentagon for a convergence of mind and spirit. Following a gathering around the Sacred Fire and Drumming, the World Peace…