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On a warm and sunny morning on September 13, UPF Quebec marked its 8 th annual From outset to conclusion, district councillors and community and religious leaders In Montr\u00e9al-Nord, after the arrival of the cyclists and welcoming remarks from local R\u00e9v. Serge C\u00e9lestin, president of the Montr\u00e9al-Nord Council of Religious Leaders, a Here is the YouTube video of the event:<\/p>\n
\nPeace Road event in collaboration with the UN\u2019s International Day of Peace 2025.
\nProud Ambassadors for peace and friends of UPF gathered to celebrate this day.
\nInspired by the Peace Road project, they invited members of their organisations to
\nparticipate, and the best of their artists to perform. And the elected representatives of
\nboth boroughs also responded with a resounding yes<\/strong>. Federal Member of Parliament
\nfor St-Laurent, Emmanuella Lambroupolos, Mayor Alan DeSousa, and Councillor Aref
\nSalem joined in the St-Laurent borough. Federal Member of Parliament Abdelaq Sari,
\nrepresented by his staff member, Lina Messioune, Mayor Christine Black and Councillor
\nPhilippe Thermidor were on hand in Montr\u00e9al-Nord. And greetings from Madwa-Nika
\nCadet, provincial member of parliament, were read by UPF leader Chantale Lee.
\nIt was in an atmosphere at once both deeply meaningful and festive that the Peace
\nRoad event took place. Some thirty cyclists travelled the 15 km separating those two
\nboroughs of Montr\u00e9al, a symbolic way of promoting the vision of UPF founders, Hak Ja
\nHan and Rev. Sun Myung Moon, of an international highway crossing the globe and
\nuniting humanity as one human family under God.<\/p>\n
\nexpressed their support for this vision.
\nAfter greetings from government and municipal officials, the mayor of St-Laurent
\nlaunched the cyclists on their journey, and they were welcomed in Montr\u00e9al-Nord with
\nthe sound of the Bon Courage youth marching band.
\nMeanwhile, at the Peace Park (Beaudet Park) in the borough of St-Laurent, once the
\ncyclists had left, those less athletic folks also expressed their support for this vision by
\nwalking around the park.<\/p>\n
\nelected officials, the event, with UPF Quebec coordinator Isabelle Laurin serving as MC,
\ncontinued with an hour of performances. Kadi\u00e9tou Savadogo, director of the Centre du
\nBon Courage, introduced the youth dance troupe, and a young girl from the Maison des
\njeunes l'Ouverture with a promising voice offered a song.
\nAntoine Nahas and Diane Boudreau, respectively Area Leader in Canada for Lions
\nClubs International and Governor of District U1 of the Lions Club, introduced Christa
\nMaria Abu Akl, a young girl who was a finalist on the Quebec talent show La Voix, to
\nbrilliantly perform songs of her own composition.
\nEmanuel Lallement, director of the Montr\u00e9al Stake for the Church of Jesus Christ of
\nLatter-day Saints, invited Marianne Lambert, an internationally renowned soprano, to
\nperform two songs with a magnificent voice, accompanied by Michel-Alexandre
\nBroekaert on the piano.<\/p>\n
\nloyal partner organization, added some words of support for the initiative.
\nThe programme ended with a picnic on tables supplied by the borough of Montr\u00e9al-
\nNord. The event was enjoyable and educational, and helped to develop the network of
\ncollaboration between organisations.<\/p>\n