Whenever I travel back East, I can always count on my brother, Greg Martin, and his friend, Vic Sansone, to bring me to some unique place. Both guys are the types that love nothing better than to jump in their cars and hit the back roads.
This past trip they said, "We gotta show you Pacem in Terris." Pacem in Terris was the home and workshop of the artist Ferdinand Franck. He was a personal friend of three noted persons: Pope John XXIII, Albert Schweitzer, and D.T. Suzuki (a noted Buddhist scholar). Now deceased, his home has been opened by his family so that others can wander its sculpture garden and see his artwork.
Franck was affected deeply by childhood experiences during World War II, in which he watched local Jews being marched off to their deaths. He worked to promote peace and human dignity.
Pacem in Terris is located in Warwick, New York, itself a very beautiful town. Get off the beaten path and go make one of your own in the labyrinth or beside the brook at Pacem in Terris.
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