True Family Values Banquet and International Peace Blessing - Biel / Bienne, Switzerland

B ased on a long foundation of and artistic presentations of all sorts, After a short break, holy wine and scarves regular outreach and educational preparing the atmosphere for the festive were distributed and the World Peace activities in the City of Biel, the event, celebrating marriage and family. At Blessing ceremony started. With the Swiss UPF Secretary General, Ms. first, Mr. M. Diop, member of the city beautiful musical background, couples Chantal Chételat-Komagata, proposed that council of Biel/Bienne, addressed the stood facing each other and shared the cup this year’s True Family Values Banquet in around 80 – 90 persons in the audience of Holy Wine. Around 20 couples from Switzerland could be held in her city and about the importance of marriage and mostly local origins, but from different hometown. Biel/Bienne, a bilingual city in family and also the need for faiths and cultural backgrounds were the vicinity of the Capital Bern, has been intercultural/interreligious understanding present or represented. This brought a several times in the history of the in a more and more multi-cultural society. very rich atmosphere of interreligious and FFWPU/UCS Switzerland in the He valued the event as an important step intercultural peace and harmony. After the headlines for its substantial contribution to towards peace and harmony among the completion of the Holy Wine Ceremony, the providence in the nation. The venue of different faiths in our society. Mr. the Officiators offered a prayer and this year’s event was the hall of the Heiner Handschin, President of FFWPU meditation followed by the sprinkling of Freemasons Society of the city of Switzerland, spoke after about the current Holy Water. After the re-affirmation of Biel/Bienne, a very gorgeous hall in a state of marriage and family in a society the commitment to fidelity and peace in beautiful setting. that is more and more confused about this the couple and the family, the ceremony This year, we decided, unlike the past most fundamental institution. He concluded with the proclamation of the years of our traditional True Family emphasized the need for the religious completion of the World Peace Blessing Values Banquet, to combine the event communities to unite around marriage and ceremony in Biel, Nov. 11, 2017. with a World Peace Blessing Ceremony, family in order to uphold good Family The atmosphere was joyful, and the final trying to reach out to the many Values and protect the family and part of the banquet started combined with Ambassadors for Peace in the city in order especially children from a reckless socio- musical and cultural presentations of all bring them to a higher level. FFWPU and cultural revolution that would like to turn sorts. All participants, at that time around WFWP Switzerland decided to support everything upside down. Finally, to close 100 or more shared a warm fellowship, and co-sponsor the event. For this reason, the first part, Ms. Chantal Chételat- enjoyed the banquet with delicious food the event was planned as a banquet and a Komagata, Secretary General of UPF and offered some additional artistic festive celebration of marriage and family. Switzerland and citizen of the city of contributions for the great enjoyment of There was nevertheless also a conference Biel/Bienne, introduced the concept of the whole audience. The event concluded part giving local, political, religious and True Family Values and the World Peace at around 9 pm and the organizers felt that civil society representatives a chance to Blessing in a very detailed presentation it was a very successful combination of contribute to a very rich program. There leading people to the point of celebrating marriage and family, the True were also young artists represented who understanding the purpose of the World Family Values Banquet and the World reached out to the audience with beautiful Peace Blessing ceremony. Through this Peace Blessing. songs and dances. the stage was set for the next part of the program, the World Peace Blessing View more pictures The main part of the event started at 3pm Ceremony. sharp with a colorful potpourri of musical