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Peace & Justice
Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes
Sadako, a young Japanese girl, lived through the bombing of Hiroshima, Ten years later, as an aftereffect of the atom bomb dropped on her city, Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia. Following the Japanese legend that says that if a person who is ill folds 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will restore her health, Sadako began folding paper cranes. She did not live to see her 1,000 paper cranes, but, in her memory, her friends finished the cranes and built a monument to her. Now every year 1,000 cranes are placed on Sadako's monument as a sign of the hope for peace. Inscribed on her statue are the words: "This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world." We at St. John's-St. Ann's have folded over 1,000 cranes. They symbolize our cry for peace in the world.We are grateful to:
− all who folded and contributed cranes to our peace mobile
− Ann Marie Carswell for organizing the project
− Hank Digeser's crew from Gould Erectors and Riggers, Inc. for hanging it!
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