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Dover-Sherborn Patch: After May 31 Deadline Peace Abbey ‘Optimistic’ About Avoiding Foreclosure

By Benjamin Paulin With their May 31 deadline coming and going the Peace Abbey in Sherborn has yet the raise the $366,000 to avoid foreclosure. But having already raised enough money to pay off the mortgage of the Life Experience School in Millis, which owns the Peace Abbey, the people at the Abbey remain hopeful that they will be able to stave off foreclosure on the remaining portion of their debt. “I haven’t spoken with anyone from the bank myself,” said Meg Randa, who helped found the Peace Abbey in 1988 and is a teacher at the Life Experience School. […]

June 2011 Peace Abbey Newsletter

Read the June 2011 Peace Abbey Newsletter.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu receives the Courage of Conscience Award

Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Courage of Conscience Award at St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury, MA on May 23, at one of his final public appearances in the US. Peace Abbey Chaplain Dot Walsh and St. John’s alumnus Bill Heuer made the presentation after the Archbishop spoke to Saint John’s faculty, students, alumni and guests. Archbishop Tutu was moved with the Courage of Conscience Award statue, exclaiming, “Oh this is so beautiful!” Dot Walsh explained that the hands represented his hands that prayed for the suffering in the world due to oppression, poverty and war and the dove arising […]

Whole Foods Market Collecting Peace Abbey Donations

The Whole Foods Market in Bellingham, MA has graciously selected the Peace Abbey as its donation recipient for the month of May. Customers will be asked if they would like to donate either $1, $5, or $10 to the Peace Abbey at checkout. So tell all your friends to shop at the Bellingham, MA Whole Foods Market this month! This arrangement was a result of our friend and Courage of Conscience Award winner Dr. Michael Klaper contacting John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, about the Peace Abbey’s financial needs. We encourage all friends of the Peace Abbey to reach out […]

Andrea LeBlanc interview

Andrea LeBlanc is a member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization founded by family members of those killed on September 11th who have united to turn their grief into action for peace to break the cycles of violence engendered by war and terrorism. In 2004, Andrea was one of the September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows members who participated in the Peace Abbey’s Stonewalk from Boston to New York. Andrea also joined the Japanese to stage Stonewalk Japan to observe the 60th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2005. And in 2007 she and […]

May 2011 Newsletter

May 2011 Peace Abbey Newsletter

Fiscal picture getting better for Peace Abbey in Sherborn

Sherborn — “Great News! With a single donation from the family of a former student, over 1/3 of the schoolhouse mortgage was paid off, leaving just $38,000 owed to the bank. They gave $1,000 for each year of their daughter’s life in appreciation and love. Pass the word as we move forward to retire the Schoolhouse debt.”

Dover Sherborn Press: Hope for Peace Abbey, with Magical Strings attached

By Bev Wax Dover-Sherborn Press photo by Sean Browne This year’s sixth annual spring concert at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn on April 17 had a special meaning. Facing possible foreclosure, the money raised will go into trying to save the Abbey. There is some positive news for the Abbey. Founder Lewis Randa reports on the Abbey’s website: “Great News! With a single donation from the family of a former student, over 1/3 of the schoolhouse mortgage was paid off, leaving just $38,000 owed to the bank. They gave $1,000 for each year of their daughter’s life in appreciation and […]

New England Peace Studies Meeting

by Dot Walsh On Saturday, April 16th the New England Peace Studies Association held our annual spring conference at the Peace Abbey. This year’s theme was “Creating a Culture of Peace: Local Initiatives.” The keynote speaker, Tina Clarke, spoke on the concept of Transition Towns and the importance of local community building. It was well attended and workshops were interesting and informative. The closing event with True Story Theater kept us warm and appreciative of the many ways that people are contributing to peacemaking. Abbie Jenks from Greenfield Community College brought the National Registry and her students (pictured in photo) […]

Dover Sherborn Patch: Peace Abbey Seeing Support Daily

The Peace Abbey in Sherborn. By Benjamin Paulin Dot Walsh, program director and a chaplain at The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, opened up a couple envelopes that they received in the mail. In them were two checks from people donating money to help try and prevent the Abbey and Life Experience School from foreclosure. “We’ve got checks coming in like this- $50, $100. That certainly is helping,” Walsh said. “Checks will come in everyday. Every little bit helps.” Support has been growing since The Peace Abbey announced that they need to raise $366,000 by the end of May in order […]