Meeting for Sufferings: Promoting peace

The centenary of world war one was discussed at Meeting for Sufferings on 6 October 2012

by The Friend Newsdesk 12th October 2012

2014 to 2018 will see a series of events throughout Britain and Europe dedicated to commemorating the centenary of world war one.  Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) were reminded that the Religious Society of Friends was ‘an historic peace church with a strong history of activism’ and that the commemoration would provide ‘opportunities to raise the public profile of Quaker peace witness’.