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Welcome to The Peace Abbey Community website!
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Peace Abbey Foundation is to create and install public works of art that promote peace and nonviolence; and to administer and care for Abbey Interfaith Peace Chaplaincy, The Pacifist Memorial, The Animal Rights Memorial, Abbey Cremation Cemetery for Conscientious Objectors, and the National Registry for Conscientious Objection. Throughout the year, the Foundation presents the Int’l Courage of Conscience Award at conferences and peace ceremonies and extends the impact of the Peace Seeds interfaith prayers for peace through their dissemination worldwide.
We conduct and support programs that bring together and promote the cooperation of people of different faith traditions and non-theists as well. We do this in the spirit of the 1986 International Day of Prayer for World Peace, as celebrated that year by religious leaders from around the globe in Assisi, Italy.
The Foundation supports grassroots efforts to link the many dimensions of the peace movement with a committed emphasis on human rights and animal rights. We recognize these two dimensions of intrinsic rights as inextricably interconnected, just as social and economic justice require environmental sustainability and deep respect for the biosphere. Central to our universalist approach is the premise that nonviolence is the most effective and long-term strategy in addressing the multitude of challenges that now threaten our increasingly imperiled planet.
HART ISLAND GLOBAL PANDEMICS TOUCHSTONE
NYC Walk to Remember – Memorial Day Weekend 2023
Consecration Ceremony, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Officiant: The Reverend Canon Eva Suarez
GLOBAL PANDEMICS TOUCHSTONE
Video of Touchstone on Ferry to Hart Island
PACIFIST MEMORIAL
30th ANNIVERSARY
You’re Invited!
Please join us as we commemorate the 30 year legacy of The Pacifist Memorial in a special ceremony that will highlight the moral authority of nonviolence. Come observe this significant milestone as we pay tribute to remarkable peacemakers, war correspondents, and the rich tradition of pacifism throughout the Globe. Your presence will make this occasion truly memorable!
Hope you can join us.
Lewis and Meg Randa
Event: Plaque Installation, Dedication of War Correspondents Memorial, Presentation of the 2024 Int’l Courage of Conscience Awards and Youth Peacemaker Commendation
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Time: 1 PM
Place: 2 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA 01770
Parking: Village Way and at Church Parking Lots
Please join us as we bestow the
THE PEACE ABBEY FOUNDATION
2024 Int’l Courage of Conscience Award
Barry Levy, MD
Public Health Physician and Author of War and Public Health, Terrorism and Public Health and From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War for his decades-long commitment to examining the health consequences of armed conflict, terrorism and war.
Tim and Jane McHale
& Music with Heart
All-volunteer choral group for their creative and unwavering devotion to lifting spirits and keeping hope alive at homeless shelters, prisons, residential facilities and where they are called to serve.
Bronze Plaque Dedication
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator and host of the pre-school television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. He devoted his life to educating young children to be kind, gentle, and thoughtful peacemakers.