Wednesday, January 03, 2007
MERCIECA'S CONNECTIONS
Association of World Citizens (AWC)
Dr. Charles Mercieca, Vice President
Honorary President - Dr. Robert Muller - Supporter of United Religions
Initiative (URI)
President - Douglas Mattern - Advisor IAEWP
Vice President - Dr. Terrence Paupp - U.S. National Chancellor of Mercieca's IAEWP
Honorary Vice-President - Dr. Hong Tao Tze - Member Advisory Board IAEWP
AWC and IAEWP, together with the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL), held ajoint Conference, "Bringing War and Organized Violence to an End" at the University of San Francisco August 2-5, 2005
Both AWC and IAEWP support the "A Human Manifesto" which includes concerns about "uncontrolled increase in population" and the concept of "Individual citizenship to the world community" with the United Nations as the governing body.
Endorsers of A Human Manifesto include Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Fritjof Capra, President Jimmy Carter, Congressman Dennis Jucinich, Norman Lear, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo, Paul Ehrlich, President Gerald R. Ford, Sayyed Hossein Nasr, Jane Goodall,Martin Sheen, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Hazel Henderson, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Rt. Rev. Bishop William Swing, Robert Muller, Ervin Laszlo, and more.
The Next Thousand Days
This is a program-proposal "in support of the campaign of the World Conference of Mayors entitled, The Campaign of the Cities for Nuclear Disarmament (from May of 2004 to December of 2005)". Whether the proposal was accepted or not I have not yet discovered. It is listed on the "Recent Events" page of the IAEWP website.
Co-sponsors of the program proposal, among others, included the Association of Global New Thought and The Club of Rome.
The program-proposal "was authored on behalf of the [co-sponsors] by Professor Terrence E. Paupp, National Chancellor of the United States for: The International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP)." according to the website.
Among other things this program addresses the need to restore U.N. integrity, seeks to bring countries with large nuclear arsenals under the control of all nations, proposes a new style of "global inclusionary government", supports the International Criminal Court, opposes the Patriot Act, seeks to establish a Reparations Trust Fund to repair damage caused by slavery, and proposes to establish methods to give preference to countries "left behind."
Americans by Choice Educational Program
A program of the World Health Foundation for Development and Peace, Dr. Carlos Warter, M.D. Warter is focused more on spiritual than physical health as his website demonstrates. His Heartnet International program is Rosicrucian heart doctrine without the Rosicrucian name. Endorsers of his Americans by Choice Educational Program include Charles Mercieca; Robert Muller; and Raimon Pannikar, formerly of Opus Dei, among others. His list of International Advisers includes Shirley MacLain. Mrcieca, Muller, and Pannikar are also listed on this webpage.
Warter offers a video titled "Sacred Sexuality, Enlightenment, Shamanism" described as "One of the leading organization exploring Enlightenment, in all its forms present The International Conferences for Enlightenment and Sacred Sexuality." Apparently the video can be viewed online, though I did not watch it.
ChildCare-Rai Foundation
ChildCare-Rai was founded by Club of Budapest member David Ong and Dr. Vinay Rai, Founder and Chairman of Rai Foundation and Rai University, a grouping of private colleges in India. In addition to Dr. Charles Mercieca, membershp of ChildCare-Rai includes Club of Budapest members Dr. Jane Goodall, Riane Eisler, Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Paulo Coelho, Bibi Russell, Dr. Luciano Donatelli, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, Hazel Henderson, Dr. Karan Singh.
Other noteworthy members of the International Advisory Board of ChildCare-Rai include Bawa Jain, Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Julia Marton-Lefevre, Marilyn Tam, Paul R. Ehrlich, Honourable Maurice F. Strong.
Listed among the "Global Alliances" of ChilcCare-Rai are The Club of Budapest and the Club of Rome, and the International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP).
Everyone's Aquinas
Fr. Matthias Lu has written to Charles Mercieca his approval of the Earth's Charter saying:
Hopefully, an earth charter will serve as a model for future interplanetary charters, until the final Universe Charter is achieved. Science and technology with Divine Faith in God the Father will accelerate its coming, the Advent of the New Heaven and New Earth. I am happy to join you and all of your friends in this joyful hope.
A link to the website appears on Fr. Lu's website in his list of articles.
Fr. Lu's Curriculum Vitae indicates he is Chinese and knowledgable of the Chinese Catholic Church. He is also an expert on Thomas Aquinas. Note under the heading "Consultant and Researcher" that he is "Vice-Chairman of Special Consultants, IAEWP, Intrntnl Assn. of Educators for World Peace". His article about the Chinese martyrs can be read at the EWTN website.
Vermont Peace Academy
Dr. Mercieca and Betty Williams are both on the Advisory Committee. Williams is a member of the Club of Budapest. Audrey Kitagawa, also on the list, is Advisor to the Office for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations.
Dr. Mercieca moves in some interesting and elite circles.
He also has a very strange friend who deserves a separate post.
