The section of the Quakers in Ireland website called “Friendly Reflections” (https://quakers-in-ireland.ie/friendly-reflections/) aims to make available a wide variety of reflective, thought-provoking pieces. 

Do you have any Friendly Reflections to share? New submissions would be very welcome. You can submit pieces for consideration by emailing them in either Word (.doc, .docx) or text format to editors@quaker.ie.

Texts and videos of some of the talks given at Ireland Yearly Meeting will be made accessible once they are available. This IYM2024 Follow-up page gives links to those available so far, along with the final IYM 2024 programme and some artwork from the IYM2024 Children’s Programme.

You can now download an updated (July 12) programme for IYM 2024.

You can now download an updated (July 12) programme for IYM 2024.

The 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth is being celebrated all over the Quaker world this year – including in Enniscorthy. You can read a piece from the Enniscorthy Guardian about this event, held last Saturday at the June Leinster Quarterly Meeting.

Free guided walks around the Temple Hill Quaker Burial Ground – one of Dublin’s most unusual graveyards – will be given on Tuesdays in July and August at 4pm. The tour lasts about an hour. More information can be found on this leaflet about the tours.

You can now download an updated (June 21) draft programme for IYM 2024, including four Special Interest Groups to be held on July 7-10 (for descriptions of the SIGs, see the IYM 2024 programme):

Toward Understanding George Fox formation and early message, 1624- 1654

Facilitator or Speaker: Charles B Lamb, Roscrea Date: Sunday 7th of July, 19:30

Eyewitness Account from the Occupied West Bank

Facilitator or Speaker: Máire Ní Mheibhric Date: Monday 8th of July, 19:30

The International crime of Ecocide. What is Ecocide, and what are the promptings of our Quaker Faith and Testimonies when considering this urgent issue?

Facilitator or Speaker: Kate Fletcher (EcoQuakers and South Belfast) Date: Tuesday 9th July, 19:30

4. Fifth Day Worship . How Eustace St Thursday Meeting for Worship went Global

Facilitator or Speaker: Thomas Quearney, Eustace Street (Dublin) Date: Wednesday 10th July, 19:00 (please note earlier start time for this SIG)

Woodbrooke just launched its new programme of courses for the second half of 2024! They are offering a wide range of courses, workshops, and sessions available both online and in-person.

Whether you’re new to Quakerism or a seasoned Friend, there’s something for everyone!

The following link gives a catalog of courses on offer. You can also find more information about Woodbrooke at www.woodbrooke.org.uk .

On behalf of Dublin City Interfaith Forum (DCIF) and Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum, we are delighted to invite you to join us at an online event to mark the World Refugee Day on Thursday, 20th June from 7 pm. 

The aim of this event is to bring together interfaith groups around the island of Ireland to join in and share some of the good work done at local level along with some of the challenges faced when working with refugees and asylum seekers. 

The zoom link is 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82550339883?pwd=xBMGAUPxubLkTGoWwvmre3l0EUG6Gt.1 

You can spread the word about this event with this Celebrating World Refugee Day flyer.

Best wishes

Edwin Graham

Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum
http://www.niinterfaithforum.org/
Email ni.interfaith@gmail.com

This webinar (Monday 17 June from 7.00-8.30pm) will be given by academic and activist Majken Jul Sorensen, who studies creative forms of nonviolent action and creative resistance. In her latest book ‘Pacifism Today’ she explores how nonviolent action and unarmed resistance to war is a vital way to build peace. She also explores how militarism fundamentally does more harm then good and explores how people in Russian might remove Putin from power nonviolently.

You can find more information, including how to access the webinar, on this flyer about the webinar.