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Pilgrimage route confirmed
The route of the forthcoming Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice has been confirmed. The Pilgrimage has been modelled on the successful carrying of the Olympic torch through Britain in 2012 and is organised by Hexham Quakers. It is being supported by Meeting for Sufferings and Quaker Peace & Social...
Quaker Memorial on schedule
Work on the Quaker Service Memorial in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is on schedule for the inauguration on 20 April. The Memorial commemorates the work of the Friends Ambulance Unit and Friends Relief Service between 1939 and 1948 and began as a concern during the first Quaker Week. The original...
Michael Hutchinson retires
Michael Hutchinson retires this week after nearly twenty-two years as assistant recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting. Many Friends around the country will know Michael in this role, which has mainly been about church governance. For several years he was also general secretary of Quaker Life.
Plans for Australian Quaker Centre
Positive progress continues on the development of the Australian Quaker Centre at Silver Wattle. A property near Canberra, the capital of Australia, has been purchased thanks to over one hundred donations. A Quaker teaching ministry and curriculum is being developed.
Christian lobby group targets tax justice during Lent
A campaigning Christian charity has encouraged Christians to do no business with tax-dodging corporations, such as Amazon and Starbucks, for the duration of Lent.
Canadian Friends support treaty rights
The Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), with several partner organisations, have released an open letter exposing the Canadian Department of Justice’s quiet campaign to erode the constitutional and legal status of Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
Faith in conflict
Coventry Cathedral is hosting an ecumenical conference: ‘Faith in Conflict: Finding better ways to handle conflict in the church’.
Priory Rooms plug into future
Friends at Bull Street Meeting House in Birmingham are getting into gear for a low carbon future.
Centenary celebrations
Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) marked the centenary of its formation with a party at the newly refurbished Manchester Meeting House on 2 February.
Anti-war campaigners win landmark case
Anti-war campaigners have just won a landmark case at the Central London County Court after ten years. In March 2003 approximately 159 protestors, including some Quakers, set out from Euston for the Fairford military aerodrome to protest against the war in Iraq. They were stopped by the police three miles from...