Steps to Inner Peace - Peace Pilgrim, A NJ hero for March Women's History Month

This morning while organizing in my studio, I came across a little blue booklet that I had bought many years ago called: Steps Toward Inner Peace. It is the story of The Peace Pilgrim, a woman born and raised in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. She walked 25,000 miles from 1953 to 1981 on a pilgrimage to spread the message of Peace. A quote I found particularly useful from her little booklet was “the way to peace in the world is through inner peace.“ Another of her quotes that I admire is “You cannot change others, only yourself. It is through your example that you move others.”

Born Mildred Lisette Norman on July 18, 1908, Peace Pilgrim grew up among a close-knit extended family on a poultry farm in Egg Harbor City, NJ.

The Peace Pilgrim had a revelation in the early 1950’s about her call to be a pilgrim for peace and she devoted the rest of her life to that cause. There is a little contemplation park in Egg Harbor with a monument to The Peace Pilgrm. A friend and I were fortunate enough, some years ago to attend a memorial in her honor in a local school auditorium. Her words and her life have lived with me ever since. She was and is a true prophet. I am happy that I came across her little booklet again; it feels like it was meant to be a reminder to me on my own spiritual quest for harmony and peace. I acquired my booklet at the memorial service but in the back of the booklet it says you can get a copy by contacting:

Friends of Peace Pilgrim 43480 Cedar Ave. Hemet, California 92544

You can also find information about The Peace Pilgrim via google and also other ways to purchase the booklet!

Jo Ann