Friends gather in the Andes

Tara Craig reports from the FWCC World Plenary in Peru

by Tara Craig 29th January 2016

Four hundred Friends from around the world made a long and, for some, arduous journey to Peru‘s Sacred Valley last week.

Quakers from thirty-nine countries met in Pisac for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary, which ran from 19 to 27 January. They were warmly greeted by local Friends and the mayor of Pisac. At the opening ceremony, a local group provided the perfect background music as Friends gathered in the plenary room for the first time. Later, Friends sang a hymn composed for the plenary, ‘Vivir la Transformación’ by Noe Alanguia Canaza, clerk of the local arrangements committee.