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Joseph Palko

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Because I always write in the first person I never actualy use the words "Joseph Palko," which means when people go searching for the words "Joseph Palko," no results appear. To solve this problem, I am going to retell the history of Mir Movement in the third person...

If you got here by a "Joseph Palko" search, my experiment worked <evil cackle>.

Joseph Palko founded Mir Movement in 2004 following his first and only pilgrimage to Medjugorje.

Joseph had gone to Medjugorje to ask Mother Mary's help in discerning his call to the priesthood. He returned with a new mission in mind: spreading Our Lady's message of "peace, peace, peace - and only peace!"

For the next year and a half, Palko delivered presentations about Medjugorje to schools and Church groups on a part-time basis.

In 2006, motivated by an overwhelmingly positive response to the message, Joseph Palko attempted a nationwide initiative called "10 Million Steps for Peace." The idea was simple enough: he wanted to share the story of Medjugorje and encourage "peace, peace, peace - and only peace!" across Canada; he figured a good way to do this would be on foot; he estimated it would take about 10 million steps to cross the country; he sought to have each of his steps sponsored for 10 cents; the million dollars raised would be used to fund new Mir Movement projects.

To make a long story short, "10 Million Steps for Peace" failed: Joseph mismanaged the project and, by the time he had walked from Vancouver BC to Calgary AB, he was forced to discontinue the walk for financial reasons.

Palko spent the next 8 months teaching English in Busan, South Korea. During this period, he completely reorganized Mir Movement (see "Hey, what happened to the 'old' Mir Movement"...)

While in Busan, Joseph Palko felt moved to once again attempt a cross-Canada walk in order to carry out Mir Movement's mission nationally. So, on April 1, 2008, he again set out from Vancouver - solo.

Joseph's 2008 cross-Canada Walk-n-talk ended in success: he arrived in Halifax NS on October 19, 2008.

Currently, Palko spends most of my time delivering presentations about his cross-Canada adventure: a means by which he continues to share the story of Medjugorje and encourage "peace, peace, peace - and only peace!"

The praying of 7000

Help us reach our goal of 7444 Rosary decades prayed for peace in 2010.




	Sharing Medjugorje and encouraging "peace, peace, peace - and only peace!"