Jain Saint Ascends

Jain Saint Ascends

Visionary of Peace Award

On Saturday, June 5, 2010, I was awarded the 2010 Visionary of Peace Award by the Interfaith Round Table of Ireland, the Inter Cultural Peace Center, and the Sheikh Satardien Justice and Peace Foundation


Other recipients included Professor Hamid bin Ahmad al-Rifaie and Dr Abdullah Omar Nasseef of Saudi Arabia.

The award was given as part of the 6th annual IRI interfaith peace conference, entitled Deity and Darwin.

Conference participation comprised an impressive collection of international and local leaders and scholars devoted to peace.

Some of the participants are seen here on the conference schedule:



Here are some pictures of the conference. The conference was attended by senior Catholic and Protestant clergy, as well as the Ambassador from Nigeria to Ireland:

While at the conference I delivered a paper on the conference theme.

A preliminary draft of this paper can be read here.

Conference organizers, particularly Sheikh Satardien generously supported my travel and lodging that allowed me to participate in this prestigious meeting.

But before the conference began, I was graciously hosted by Geoffrey Ross, the brother of a long time friend Peter.

My brief time with Geoffrey can be seen here

Put to bed

I spent the last 30 days in the excruciating mission to oversee completing a manuscript to release for a large print run.

As I've tried to explain to friends and family the unique anxiety, pressures, and content of my 20 hour days, I realized that the experience has to stay within (at least for the time being). It feels incommunicable.

On Friday night April 23 my signature when onto the book block.

Here are a couple of scenes at the printer (around the book cover)

War and Religion

I was invited to speak at U Mass on the topic of Religion and War.

It turned out to be an excellent program with a very good panel of speakers.

Here are some pictures from the event followed by a brief word on the speakers

Speakers for faith Alive 2010

Tsültrim Davis is a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, a Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism under the spiritual guidance of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Imam Taalib Mahdee works for the Department of Corrections as a chaplain, and he is a religious leader at Masjid Al-Quran, Dorchester MA

PAUL L. ATWOOD is a senior lecturer in the American studies department and research associate in the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, both at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a Vietnam-era veteran and an editor of Sticks and Stones: Living with Uncertain Wars (2006).

Shanadeen Begay- is Navajo by racial category and of the Red House Clan.

Reverend Gerard McKeon SJ- works for the Archdiocese of Boston in campus ministry at Salem State College and at UMASS Boston

War and Religion

I will give a presentation at this event in Boston this Wednesday

War and Religion - Student Event at U Mass

The only viable strategy for the Vatican

The only viable strategy for the Vatican

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Luxembourg Peace Seminar

On March 21, 2010, I will deliver a 2 day seminar on the elements and dynamics of a peaceful society.

Here is the invitation to the seminar:



Luxembourg Seminar on the Elements and Dynamics of a Peaceful Society