Friday, February 18, 2005
THE PEACE ABBEY MULTI-FAITH RETREAT CENTER IN BOSTON
had a Dec 24 : Christmas Eve: Dedication of the SACRED COW - Animal Rights Peace Memorial A life-size bronze statue of Emily will be unveiled at her burial site sacred cow immortalized in bronze and named Emily. What, no gold?
There is a picture here of the multi-faith peace chapel together with the peace prayers of the 12 religions. Jesus came in last.
Lavendar House for people with cognitive disabilities is part of the Peace Abbey. Why "Lavendar"?
Peace Abbey grew out of the Assisi event:
The Peace Abbey traces its roots to Lewis Randa's attendance at the Day of Prayer for World Peace which took place in Assisi, Italy during the UN International Year of Peace, 1986. For the first time in history, the leaders of the twelve major religions gathered to pray for Peace on Earth.
The event took place on sacred ground at the Basilica of Saint Francis, and was the occasion for the handing down of the prayers for peace. The Sacred Office of Peace, which these prayers comprise, is the text around which we established and maintain our fellowship as well as pursue our global peacemaking.
Upcoming event:
25th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony honoring Oscar Romero of El Salvador co-sponsored with St. Patrick's Catholic Church of Natick.
Will this take place beside the bronze cow? The April 2 and 3 events announced on the same webpage are about this cow.
The prayer to the cow is on this page. Scroll down to "Taken from Chapel Prayer Book - April 4, 2003":
Emily, I did not know you. You were in the hospital when I visited the Abbey for the first time.
Today I felt your presence in Lewis remembering you. I saw and touched and smelled your blanket from India and I visited your grave. I will return to the Abbey with children, one will be named Emily.
In the mean time and forever, may God bless abundantly everyone who knew you and learns of you in the future and bless all whom they know and will know until this blessing includes everyone who has lived, is living or will be living in the entire world.
The peace abbey supports a Catholic U.S. military deserter.
Blogger Mark Sullivan gave the Peace Abbey a fisking in October 2002.
The cow was still alive then.
