Is there something stronger than enmity?

Is there something stronger than enmity and violence? Is there a power of reconciliation that operates even when we are facing our worst enemy?

Shaken by the impending war against Iran, Sabine Lichtenfels sets off on a 6 months’ pilgrimage in 2005. She is led by the question of what an individual can do to prevent future wars, and she thereby discovers an inner source of power that she calls “GRACE”.

In her book “GRACE. Pilgrimage for a Future without War” she writes:
“GRACE reminds you that the healing of our planet only can succeed if humanity succeeds in reconnecting with the true foundations of life and love, of trust and truth. It can only succeed for humanity if it succeeds for us.”

With the attitude of GRACE, in the autumn of 2005 she leads a group of 40 international pilgrims on foot through Israel and the occupied territories of Palestine. Walls of fear, distrust and prejudice between people open up in unusual ways. Ideological fronts are softened, making it possible to believe in solutions that seemed impossible up to now. In 2007 another GRACE pilgrimage is held, again to Israel/Palestine, this time 350 km by foot through the desert of Eilat, through the West Bank to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Up to 170 people from Israel, Palestine and various international countries took part. In the autumn of 2008, a GRACE pilgrimage will be undertaken to Colombia under the leadership of Sabine Lichtenfels.

GRACE is the power of creating outer peace. GRACE is an inner attitude that provides protection from danger.

In addition to the annual pilgrimages, together with an international team, Sabine Lichtenfels is planning the establishment of a “Global Campus”, through which the knowledge of how a future peaceful society can be created, will be brought together and taught. The Global Campus deals with the establishment of self-sustaining models for life, energy generation without the exploitation of resources, non-violence toward all living beings and learning GRACE, the knowledge of how peace between people can succeed on a permanent basis.

We ask for your support in the dissemination of GRACE and for the financing of the actions.