GRACE Pilgrimage 2009 - Creating Models for a Future without War

GRACE Pilgrimage 2009 - Creating Models for a Future without War
September 27 to October 15, 2009

On foot from the Stone Circle of Almendres near Evora to the Stone Circle of Tamera Peace Research Center, Portugal

We can be the change that we want to see in the world.
Each step taken in such consciousness is a step on a new continent.

Sabine Lichtenfels and the GRACE Foundation extend this invitation to you to participate in the 4th GRACE Pilgrimage taking place from September 27th to October 15th, 2009. Using the motto "Creating Models for a Future without War," the pilgrimage is intended to draw the attention of leading European powers to the original sources of human culture on this continent. It is also the wish of Sabine Lichtenfels to motivate financial backers to invest their money in the development of comprehensive peace models rather than in the war machinery.

After the three preceding pilgrimages through areas of crises, such as the Middle East and Colombia, this year's GRACE Pilgrimage takes place in Portugal and puts its focus on Europe. Historically, Europe as a continent has been the source of conquest, the destruction of nature, and the global annihilation of aboriginal tribal cultures. Just as Europe played a central part in the worldwide injuries inflicted throughout history, it can now play a central part in their healing by coming to a fundamental change of mind and behavior about the key issues involved. The pilgrimage will therefore end with the presentation of a technological, ecological and social model that is intended to provide answers designed to lead us out of the cultural impasse of our times: the presentation of the SolarVillage testfield from October 16 to 18 in Tamera.

The Pilgrimage starts at the prehistoric stone circle of Almendres near Évora and goes from there through Torrão, Grândola, Sines and Odemira, ending at the contemporary stone circle of the Peace Research Center of Tamera. This journey will aid in the recollection and comprehension of humanity's passage from prehistoric and peaceful tribal cultures to a global model project for a humane and peaceful culture of the future. Sabine Lichtenfels invites the participation of peace activists, pilgrims, visionaries, and of people of all ages who want to contribute to the dawn of a new age, from Portugal or any other country in the world. We also look forward to having participants from other cultures: from Tibet and from Indigenous cultures in India and the Americas.

The Pilgrimage will be accompanied by a theater tour from the "Place of the Children" in Tamera. They will perform their play in Portuguese, "The Black Shadow and the Secret of the Princess," a political piece that is looking for solutions and alternatives from a children's point of view.

Sabine Lichtenfels, the leader of the pilgrimage, is the author of many books. She is a member of the Portuguese contingent of the Swiss initiative "1000 Women for Peace," which was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 2005, and she is a founding member of the international Peace Research Center of Tamera near Colos in Portugal.

For registration and information please contact: contact(at)sabine-lichtenfels.com

Further events in 2009:

29.7. - 7.8.2009, Tamera: Tamera Summer University
"Global Grace Village"

16.-18.10.2009, Tamera: Creating Models for a Future without War
Presentation of the SolarVillage Test Field and the overall plan for Peace Villages.

9.11.2009, Global Event: Global Grace Day
"The Day of Change"
More: www.sabine-lichtenfels.com