Worldwide Peace Bell Foundation Celebration Concert at Holy Trinity Church Poughkeepsie

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. - Oct. 23, 2019 - PRLog -- Peace Bell Foundation Concert dedicated to Mattie Stepanek, Child Poet and Peacemaker

When: October 27, 2019 at 3 pm
Where: Holy Trinity Church, Poughkeepsie NY

Come and join the joyful celebration of Peace with selected compositions:

Ringing-In Intro: "Ode To Joy" theme on Bells with lyrics by Pete Seeger
Reading of Mattie's Poem "About Things That Matter"
Gift to Be Simple, Traditional Amish Hymn
Schindler's List Theme, John Williams,  Martha Sturomski violinist
Akashvani (Celestial Announcement – Voice from Heaven), David Hicken 2018
Golliwogg's Cake Walk, Claude Debussy
Rustle of Spring, Christian Sinding
Nocturne in E Flat Major, Chopin
Malaguena, Ernesto Lecuona with typical FM interference
The Peace of Christ:  O Waly, Waly and New Britain, arranged by Kevin Keil
Ave Maria, Bach/Gounod Martha Sturomski Violinist
Prelude in C# minor/Russian Rag, Sergei Rachmaninoff –George L. Comb
Reverie, Claude Debussy
Polichinelle, S. Rachmaninoff

Let There Be Peace on Earth


Mattie Stepanek — Child Poet and Peacemaker "I choose to live until death, not spend the time dying until death occurs."  Mattie Stepanek accrued some mighty endorsements in his short life. The child poet and peace advocate suffered from a rare neuromuscular condition, dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy, which claimed his life in 2004 when he was only 13 years old.

On Sept. 21, 2012, on the feast of St. Matthew and the International Day of Peace, the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Guild was officially launched, with the objective of investigating Mattie's life and virtues for the possible cause of canonization.

In 2018, the Guild launched a new website http://www.mattieonline.com/?page_id=1201.  Fifteen years later – on June 22, 2019 – Mattie's life and spiritual legacy was remembered at a Memorial Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Derwood, Maryland and a reception followed, hosted by Mattie's Guild.

The Worldwide Peace Bell Foundation: In 1992, Doug and Martha were invited to perform with their bells at the United Nations, NY on the Equinox, for the Japanese Peace Bell Ceremony. This was the genesis of the non-profit Foundation which celebrates its 10^th Anniversary with the Planting/Dedication of 53 Peace Poles and a 5^th Grade Peace Essay Contests. Join with us and the Rotary so that together we may help humanity move from the "Love of Power to the Power of LOVE!"

The Worldwide Peace Bell Foundation, is a 501c3 not for profit begun in 2009.

https://peacebellfoundation.org/