{"id":22049,"date":"2017-04-13T13:31:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=22049"},"modified":"2017-04-13T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:31:58","slug":"gozo-children-join-syrian-children-prayer-unity-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/gozo-children-join-syrian-children-prayer-unity-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Gozo children to join Syrian children in Prayer for Unity and Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><strong>Gozo children to join Syrian children in Prayer for Unity and Peace<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Once again ACN Malta is inviting children from Gozo to join one million others worldwide who will be praying for peace by reciting the Rosary on 18 October. So far over 5840 children in the Maltese islands have signed up to participate. They will each receive a small rosary.<\/p>\n<p>In many places throughout the world today violence prevails and the threat of widespread armed conflict is one of the greatest dangers we face right now. Pope Francis highlighted this when he said \u201cIn the world there are numerous armed conflicts taking place. It is a sort of Third World War, conducted in piecemeal fashion\u2026 This battle is first and foremost a spiritual one, and therefore above all we need to pray, with profound trust \u2013 and who better than the children can help us with this task?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this event is to spread the message of praying for the inner peace of each human being, as well as for the unity and peace of the family, the country and the whole world. Pope Francis says the Rosary, in many ways, is the \u201csynthesis of the history of God\u2019s mercy,\u201d but that far from removing us from life\u2019s problems it \u201cdemands that we immerse ourselves in the history of each day, so as to grasp the signs of Christ\u2019s presence in our midst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s initiative is linked to an appeal for peace to be restored and the war to end in Syria by a million Syrian school children that was co-ordinated by ACN. For the past few weeks, children at more than 2000 schools all over Syria have been drawing and writing messages to the political decision makers of the European Union and United Nations under the motto \u201cPeace for Children\u201d. This appeal for peace is a joint campaign being carried out by Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Syria, and members of all religious communities have been invited to take part. In addition, Syrian schoolchildren \u2013including many Muslims \u2013 have written messages to the global community on white balloons saying \u201cWe want peace!\u201d, \u201cGive us our childhood!\u201d, \u201cWe don\u2019t want any more war!\u201d and \u201cWe want to go to school!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acting as \u201cAmbassadors of the Children\u201d, Patriarch Gregorios III, the head of the Melkite Greek Catholic church, as well as Metropolitan George Abou Zakhem of Homs, who will represent the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and Bishop Selvanos Boutros Al Nemeh of Homs of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate are travelling together to Brussels and Geneva from 10 to 13 October to present the children\u2019s letters and drawings to high-ranking representatives of the European Union and United Nations. Among others, the church representatives will meet with the President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. In Geneva, they will give the children\u2019s messages to the High Commissioner for Refugees, Dr Filippo Grandi, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Al-Huzain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gozo children to join Syrian children in Prayer for Unity and Peace Once again ACN Malta is inviting children from Gozo to join one million others worldwide who will be praying for peace by reciting the Rosary on 18 October. So far over 5840 children in the Maltese islands have signed up to participate. 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