Awareness Sunday 11 September 2011

Awareness Sunday, on the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11 is a unique opportunity for people of all faiths and worldviews to come together in a global movement of peace, forgiveness and reconciliation. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, who is patron of the Awareness Foundation and who was in New York at the time of the attacks has said: ‘Awareness Sunday is acknowledging through education, the urgent need to dispel ignorance and the urgent need to help each one of us to build a path for peace in our diverse, ever-changing world.’ The Awareness Sunday website has a downloadable resource for 9 days of prayers preceding the commemorations on Sunday 11 September, i.e. beginning on 2 September. The Most Revd Dr Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town comments: ‘This is a wonderful initiative. We need to make each other more aware of our God-given humanity. We need to celebrate our rainbow diversity. That is how God will help us to build a world of peace and justice.’