Sunday, April 20, 2008, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
McConnell Springs, Lexington,
Kentucky
Sponsored
by
Franciscan Peace Center, Inc.
SAINT FRANCIS of Assisi, Italy
lived in the thirteenth century and modeled a great love and respect for
nature. His “Canticle of Creatures” is a hymn of praise that recaps Francis’s
journey on Earth in and through the beautiful things of creation. Francis
attained a sense of family by referring to all creation as both brother and
sister. It is from such love and respect that justice and peace flow. This is the “heart” whence Franciscan Peace
Center was born and from
which it lives.
McCONNELL
SPRINGS is the “heart” of Lexington.
In June 1775, William McConnell and his fellow frontier explorers camped at a
natural spring in the wilderness of the Virginia
territory known as Kentucky;
word came from nearby Fort
Boonesboro that the first
battle of the American Revolution had been fought in Lexington, Massachusetts.
In honor of the battle, the group named their future settlement “Lexington”. Out of The Springs, our city was born.
www.mcconnellsprings.org
ALL ARE WELCOME to
celebrate International Earth Day on Sunday, April 20 at McConnell Springs.
Gather first in the Educational Center where Christine Cunha of “Healthy
Planet Initiatives” will present Greening
ourselves and our communities: fresh thinking and practical tips . She’ll talk about helping to “green” a community,
either by personal example, or by “growing” an environmental group, among other
things.
Afterwards, join a guided
tour of McConnell Springs. Please note: the ½ mile trail is paved and
completely handicap accessible.
Bring
a sack lunch and stay afterwards to eat and socialize. Picnic tables and
benches are plentiful.
Directions
McConnell Springs is located off Old Frankfort Pike inside New Circle Road
near downtown Lexington.
From either direction on New
Circle Road, take Old Frankfort Pike toward Lexington. Turn right on McConnell Springs Drive
(directly across from the Fire
Training Center).
Turn left at the dead-end onto Cahill
Drive, turn right on Rebmann Drive and enter The Springs
parking lot.
For more information: mailto:FranciscanVision@aol.com,
call 859-230-1986, or go to www.FranciscanVision.org
