Silent Minute
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"The original Big Ben Silent Minute was a peace prayer initiated by Wellesley Tudor Pole, a major in the British Army and the founder of the Chalice Well Trust, Glastonbury. During World War II, all over Britain and the Commonwealth, millions of people joined together every evening at 9.00pm just before the news, to the chimes of Big Ben, to pray for peace...
"Dorothy Forster revived the Silent Minute in 1994 and registered it as the Big Ben Silent Minute Charity. With the help of the trustees, Dorothy organised millions of people to pray at a given time world-wide, creating a powerful thought for world peace."[1]
Contents
Board
Accessed April 2012: [2]
- Dorothy H. Forster - Reviver
- Ivy Smith - Chair (Wattle Centre)
- Baroness Edmee Di Pauli
- Thomas Daffern
- Ann Tang
- May Pang
- Andrea Carrani
- Lesley Pink
Patrons
Accessed April 2012: [3]
- E Harbottle (Inst. Peace Keeping)
- BK Dadi Janki
- Princess Helena Moutafian MBE
- Cynthia Pilkington
- Archbishop D. Tutu (retd.) S.A.
- Edward Tudor Pole
Contact
URL: http://www.thesilentminute.org.uk
