Category Archives: World community

Epistle from the Quakers in Britain Yearly Meeting

You can get to the Quakers in Britain website to view all the documents from YM by clicking here: http://www.quaker.org.uk/ym Or you can download the Epistle directly by clicking here: http://www.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/YM-Epistle-2015.doc

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Quakers: The faith forgotten in its hometown

It was the faith of two US presidents and several prominent UK industrialists, yet the origins of the Quaker religion are little known today by people living in the English town where it began. However, a new heritage trail targeting … Continue reading

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Award-winning Mozambican Author Mia Couto’s Open Letter to Jacob Zuma on Xenophobia Crisis: “We Remember You in Maputo”

Mozambican author Mia Couto has written an open letter to Jacob Zuma concerning the current xenophobic violence in South Africa. Couto received the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, becoming the first Mozambican author to be honoured with the … Continue reading

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Friends Journal (USA) and The Friend (UK)

The US-based Friends Journal is published by Friends Publishing Corporation to serve the Quaker community and the wider community of spiritual seekers through the publication of articles, poetry, letters, art, and news that convey the contemporary experience of Friends. The website of … Continue reading

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New QuakerSpeak video every Thursday

QuakerSpeak is a US-based Quaker YouTube channel, a project of Friends Journal and is directed by Jon Watts, a Quaker filmmaker, blogger, and touring musician. Friends of all different backgrounds are interviewed and asked the core questions of our faith. … Continue reading

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