A Quaker academic is to examine the effects of the first world war and its aftermath on the attitudes, activities and theology of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
A new peace garden in the grounds of Hitchin Meeting House will honour conscientious objectors, among others. Friends have been planning the garden for more than a year. They…
The annual ‘Fly Kites Not Drones’ weekend will take place between 19 and 21 March to coincide with the Afghan New Year.
Sue Holden of Wensleydale Meeting and Tony Weekes of South Belfast Meeting spoke at a public meeting at Bangor University in Wales on Thursday 3 March.
Friends will be participating in a national demonstration against the Housing and Planning Bill in London on Sunday 13 March.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has announced the launch of a new initiative, the Quaker Network to End Mass Incarceration (QNEMI).
The Women’s World Day of Prayer on 4 March was marked in a decidedly Cuban way at Jesus Lane Meeting in Cambridge. The service was written by the Cuban World Day of Prayer (WDP)…
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