A Mantle of Roses: A Woman's Journey Home to Peace

A Mantle of Roses: A Woman´s Journey Home to Peace is the memoir of a twenty-year period of an ordinary woman, Virginia Swain, who has had extraordinary experiences. Virginia’s spiritual journey began in 1979 when she didn’t have the resources to deal with a brother’s sudden death. Over time, Virginia became aware of a Speaking Presence within her. She learned to access this inner voice to heal her past and claim her vocation for peace. Now she teaches what she has learned through the Institute for Global Leadership and the Center for Global Community and World Law. She mentors leaders committed to a sustainable peace and works to abolish war. Virginia poses questions for the reader at the end of each chapter. Journal pages are at the end of the book.

She is a peace educator, mediator, mentor, spiritual director and certified professional holistic counselor, with recognition in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

Virginia Swain and Joseph Preston Baratta are the co-founders of the Center for Global Community and World Law™ whose mission is to provide research, publications and education to support the United Nations Charter which calls for the harmonization of nations and abolishing war forever.

As President, Virginia offers expertise in global governance, the process and structure by which humanity is evolving to political union and world peace in a global economy.

Virginia is married to Dr. Joseph Baratta, Professor of History, Worcester State College and mother of Thomas E. Cone, III, Professor of Economics, State College of New York, Brockport. She is expecting her first grandchild in September 2003.