2019 Event Flyer

2019 Event Flyer

FREE EVENT INVITATION TO ATTEND 2019 PACEM IN TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDOM AWARD His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1935 to a farming family in a small hamlet located in Taktser Amdo, Northeastern Tibet. At the age of two, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13 Dalai Lamas. At age fifteen, on November 17, 1950, he assumed full temporal political duties. In 1959, following the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops, His Holiness was forced to flee to Dharamsala, Northern India, where he currently lives as a refugee. Bishop Thomas Zinkula, from the Diocese of Davenport traveled to Dharamsala, Himachal He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent Pradesh, India to present the award on efforts for the liberation of Tibet and concern for global March 4, 2019 to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. environmental problems. Join Bishop Thomas Zinkula as he celebrates the work of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. St. Ambrose University Rogalski Center Ballroom 518 W. Locust Street, Davenport, Iowa Previous award recipients include Martin Luther King, Jr.; Dorothy Day; Mother Teresa; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Eileen Egan; Cesar Chávez; Daniel Berrigan, SJ. Award co-sponsors: Diocese of Davenport, The Catholic Messenger, St. Ambrose University, The Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Churches United of the Quad City Area, Islamic Center of Quad Cities, Quad Cities Interfaith, Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Muslim Community of the Quad Cities, Congregation of the Humility of Mary, Sisters of St. Benedict, Sisters of St. Francis (Dubuque, Iowa), Sisters of St. Francis (Clinton) .

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