Sister Marcia Sigler combined her passion for peace and her passion for artistic creation in a recent contribution to the Episcopal Church's Asiamerica Ministries peace crane witness.
"I am grateful that Michelle (Scully, Benedictine Peacemakers Program director) told me about this project she saw online," Marcia said. "The more we come together in our efforts towards peace, the greater peace will grow."
Sister Marcia has been making peace cranes for many years, it would be impossible to know how many of the Origami cranes she has folded. For this effort, she made 152 cranes. The idea of peace cranes originated with Sadako Sasaki in Japan. After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 she developed leukemia and, following a legend, folded 1,000 paper cranes in a wish for recovery before she died.
The article Michelle saw was about the Episcopal Church's Asiamerica Ministries call to make origami cranes for immigrants in detention as a symbol of peace and solidarity. Sister Marcia sent her cranes to be part of that effort.
