The recently established Sojourner Truth House is a small, community-based house of hospitality in Calais, France, offering a place of welcome, rest, safety, and dignity to women and children navigating displacement along the UK-France border, together with those accompanying them.
You can learn more about the Sojourner Truth House in this flyer, which also provides links to where you can find further information.
Galway Preparative Meeting will host a public meeting on “Irish Neutrality, The Triple Lock and the Quaker Peace Testimony`’ on the 7th of May in the Mechanic Institute, Middle Street, Galway, starting at 8pm. The guest speakers are Retired TD Éamon Ó Cuiv, Dr. John Lannon, Ceo of Doras & and a member of Shannon Watch and Dr. Karen Devine, from the School of Law and Government at DCU.
The event is free; donations will be accepted in support of Irish Quaker Faith in Action. You can help spread the word using this flyer.
This new Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) resource offers guidance, inspiration, and practical learning opportunities for churches and ecumenical groups seeking to build understanding, cooperation, and dialogue with people of other faiths.
CTBI will run a pilot ecumenical training programme on interreligious dialogue from April to November 2026, designed for Christians starting out or seeking to deepen their interfaith work.
Participants can register for all six modules or select just the themes that interest them. Two date/time options will be provided for each module.
The first module is “The Christian call to unity empowers and helps equip us for dialogue”, offered on April 27 and 29.
You can get more information about this and all six modules on this flyer. You can register for one of the time/date options for a module you wish to attend by clicking on the time/date option given to the right of the module description in the flyer.
In 2006, “A Common Word” brought together Muslim scholars and Christian leaders around a shared commitment to love of God and neighbour, sparking global dialogue between the two faiths.
As we approach its 20th anniversary in 2026, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and Christian Muslim Forum invite you to a series of webinars exploring its ongoing relevance.
In the first webinar on April 30 2-4pm, Revd Dr Peter Colwell and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra reflect on:
You can register using the link on this flyer.
Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee plans to hold another Silent Quaker Peace Witness on Saturday Nov 8 from 11.30am to 12.30pm, outside the gates of St Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton St, Dublin.
The format will be a one hour silent Meeting for Worship.
Friends from all Meetings, and their friends, are very welcome. If standing for an hour is challenging please feel free to bring along a portable seat, or to take part for a shorter time instead.
The theme for World Quaker Day on 4 October 2026 is Let Peace Be Among Us, with the supporting Bible passage Hebrews 12:14,
“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy.”
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is planning a massive online Meeting for Worship on the day, bringing together Friends across borders, time zones, and Quaker traditions in a shared focus on peace. Reflecting the risen Jesus’ greeting to his disciples, “Peace be with you”, we will pray for peace to be among us.
Please save the date (4 October) in your calendar, and start talking with your local Meeting about joining online as a group. More updates will follow in Friends World News and on the World Quaker Day event page.
You may also wish to display this World Quaker Day poster in your Meeting House to help promote World Quaker Day and the global online gathering.
This year’s Junior Moyallon Camp is being held during 20-21 June 2026, with the theme “Ignite”. Everyone aged 10-14 is welcome to participate.
You can get more information, including info about how to register, in this JMC 2026 flyer. You can also register using this application form link. The deadline for registration is May 31.
Here is the Ireland Yearly Meeting 2026 Epistle, and also a message from Friends in Middle East Yearly Meeting, which had planned to meet at about the same time as IYM 2026, but was unable to due to the ongoing conflict and turmoil in the Middle East.
Rachel M. Bewley-Bateman and Andrea Ward will reflect on their experience of Ireland Yearly Meeting at a Churchtown Coffee Morning on Tuesday 5 May during 10.30-12.00.
You can find more information, including the Zoom link for joining online in this flyer.
In a world often divided, Drawing Hope is a trans-local peace project that uses children’s art to remind us of our shared humanity.
Through artwork created by children, the exhibit sends messages of hope, peace, and reconciliation. View drawings created by children in eight countries: North Korea, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Colombia, Cambodia, Ireland, and the United States. Visitors will be inspired by the simple example of children working to connect, transcend barriers, and use creativity to build understanding and empathy across divides.
The exhibit will be shown during 20 April – 1 May, Monday to Friday 101m-4pm at the ISE/LI Building at Trinity College Dublin. You can register at this Eventbrite link.
For more information follow this link: Drawing Hope | trans-local peacebuilding project
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