Date: Saturday, August 5, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm — 7:30 pm
Location: St. Bartholomew’s (Bart’s) Church, 325 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Please join us for the 24th Annual Interfaith Peace Ceremony to commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, a Japanese Buddhist priest, Hiroshima Peace Ambassador, Peace Correspondent of Nagasaki, President of the Buddhist Council of New York and former Vice President of the Interfaith Center of New York, has organized this Annual Interfaith Peace Gathering since 1994. The ceremony will include local Buddhist, Shinto, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Native American religious leaders, along with musicians and choirs from Japan and the United States.
- Messages from the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be read.
- Hiroshima survivor Tomiko Morimoto West will share her story.
- Keynote address by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi, a well-known American Buddhist monk who was born and raised in Brooklyn.
- Japanese and American musicians including Grammy nominated jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and flutist Lew Tabackin; peace activist and Hiroshima native, Shinji Harada, Kaoru Watanabe, the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, , and Japan Choral Harmony “TOMO,” a New York based Japanese choir.
At exactly 7:15 PM, the exact moment of the Hiroshima bombing, (8:15 Aug. 6th Japan time) a bell for peace will be rung.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb Photo Exhibition will be on display in the sanctuary entrance. The event will be followed by a Silent Peace Walk to Fifth Avenue.
This event is co-sponsored by the Buddhist Council of New York and the Interfaith Center of New York, in partnership with the City of Nagasaki, supported by the Origami Therapy Association, and hosted by the St. Bartholomew’s Church and Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Info: tknakagaki@gmail.com / 646-797-7982
http://www.abolition2000.org/event/24th-annual-interfaith-peace-gathering/
