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.
You can now download an updated (June 7) 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)
Gráinne Kilcullen (Cork Meeting), Head of Programmes for Action Aid Ireland, has brought this new video to the attention of our Quaker community. ‘Together we are stronger‘ celebrates the migrants who come to Ireland to seek safety, security and a happy future for themselves and their families.
Racism is a human rights violation, and denies people access to jobs, homes and opportunities. We are seeing a rise in anti-migrant rhetoric and intimidation in Ireland and believe we needed to respond. The goal of the video is to create a new, positive and welcoming narrative for migrants in Ireland, to challenge prejudice and to celebrate unity.
The video can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpBe8GcklBQ
And various other social media platforms:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C71bqySMTWH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Facebook: https://fb.watch/sw6qIDFeC4/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7204103100880580608
Twitter: https://x.com/Actionaid_Ire/status/1798331563064852675
Please feel free to share with others who may find this of interest!
#DontLetHateWin
Friends will be participating in Dublin Pride on Saturday 29th June, carrying the DAQC banner with the words ‘Dublin Area Quaker Community – Peace, Equality, Simplicity, Integrity’.
Taking part will be a practical and visible way to demonstrate our testimony to equality, letting people know that Quaker Meetings offer a safe, welcoming and supportive space to all.
It is not necessary to identify as LGBTQIA+ to take part (many Pride participants are allies – supporters, friends or family members).
If you’d like to be part of the Quaker contingent, please get in touch with Fiona Murdoch via the office. You can let other Friends know about the event using this DAQC Dublin Pride flyer.
Email – office@quakers.ie Phone: 014998003
Junior Meeting will be held as part of the Monkstown Quaker Meeting for Worship 10.30-11.30 on the 2nd Sunday of every month starting on June 9, 2024.
All children are welcome and no booking is required.
Any queries please email monkstownpm@gmail.com
A talk on this topic will be given by Sharon Gustafsson of Sweden Yearly Meeting at Churchtown Meeting House on June 5 2024 at 11-12, with chat beforehand from 10.30. Information about joining the coffee morning online can be found in this flyer.
You may have heard that the theme for the upcoming Ireland Yearly Meeting in Cork during 17-21 July 2024 is “The Spirit of Ubuntu”. Of course we’re all looking forward to IYM 2024, and we have faith that our Programme Committee has chosen the theme well – but what is Ubuntu?
The Yearly Meeting Clerk, Will Haire, has written a short document called What Does Ubuntu Mean? for all of us for whom this word is new. Feel free to download this text at the link above to get a better idea of what awaits us at IYM 2024 as we explore this theme.
The theme for this year’s Ecumenical Bible Week is ‘Peace and justice in a troubled world’, referencing the phrase from Psalm 85 ‘Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other’. There are four separate events taking place on May 19, 20, 23 and 26. All four will be held in a blended format (in person and online).
The symposium held on Thursday May 23 may be of particular interest; the speakers include Janet Scott (Britain Yearly Meeting), Rabbi Yoni Wieder (Chief Rabbi in Ireland) and Dr Jessie Rogers (Dean of Theology Faculty, Maynooth University), who will address the topic: ‘Are peace and justice compatible?’
Here you can download the full programme; further information can be found at the Ecumenical Bible Week website.
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