Westminster interfaith pilgrimage for peace

Met Sister Sheila on Thornton Heath station and told her about John Ennor being in Mayday. To Oxford Circus and arrived a little late for the meditation session at London Fo Guang Chinese Buddhist Temple in Margaret Street. No idea it was there! Very helpful guidance sheet. Coffee, cakes and chocs - my friend the monk from Battersea Peace pagoda was there. Shocked to find Mowbrays bookshop is closed. To Baker Street and walk in the rain to Regents Park mosque - Bishop John joined us and about 100. We were given a nice brochure and a very short introduction and invited to pray silently in the mosque. I thought of the psalms "O pray for the peace of Jerusalem" "Out of the deep" If only Israel would trust in the Lord! Pat Gaffney from Pax Christi and several people I know - lots of Catholics! Bus to Baker Street and underground to Rayners Lane.
The Zoroastrian centre is a converted 30s cinema in Harrow - 3 million spent on it. Lunch brought from Birmingham by Sachkhan Nanak Dham International - sandwiches and bananas. The Zoroastrian children did a delightful skit about New Year and sang 2 songs with great joy. We had been joined by the other 2 groups including Alfred Agius and Peter. I complimented Alfred on his letter to the Tablet (which incidentally has not come this week). Tube to Harrow-on-the-Hill to visit the Sri Lankan cultural centre and mosque where we were made very welcome. John joined us. Questions were asked about Sri Lanka and Obama's visit to Egypt. I left the group (we had made a bus suddenly full of happy people!) as they went on to the Brent Sikh centre. I returned home to change and so missed Vespers for Trinity Sunday. It was a stimulating pilgrimage for peace.