HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-01-15 Proclamationi
CITY OF IOWA
CITY
CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CffY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-500
P R O C L A N A Z 1 0 N
' WHEREAS, religion is a vital force for establishing nrber
ana peace in the warid, and
IDHEREAS, there can he no peace in the worlb until there is
equality, justice ana security everywhere for human
I' beings, ana
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I, mHEREAS, peace is nab a static thing but a dynamic process
Under 4 that is not won bg farce but rather through
-standing ana a recognition of mankinil's oneness,
and
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MER£AS, the shrinking of time and distance in our world through
technology has mane us all inhabitants of a global
village, it becomes important that religion takes a
leaning rale in providing the world with the values
and the social and spiritual ways to meet the ever-
increasing challenges to the well-being ana peace of
mankind, and
WHEREAS, we neeh to work to remove those causes of war in the
minas and hearts of men of whabever natianalitg,
religion, race, political allegiance, or economic
class,
NOIO, [HEREFORE, 1, John mcDanald, mayor of the City of lama
City, Iowa, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 20,
1985, as WORLD RELIGION DAy in the City of Iama City.
Signed in Inwa City, Iowa,
this 15th day of Januarg 1985.
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