You can read about the latest news about work done by the Quaker United Nations Office in this October 2024 newsletter.

Frederick Street Friends are currently running an appeal to raise funds towards the creation of a Quaker Hub at Frederick Street Meeting House.

The Quaker Hub will include space for Quaker Service, and will provide an exciting opportunity for outreach in the area, especially with the relocation of the Ulster University campus very nearby.

You can find more information in this fundraising leaflet, or by contacting  frederickstreetquakers@gmail.com.

If you are a young Friend under the age of 18, or are an adult working with young Friends under the age of 18, and would like to be kept up to date on upcoming youth events in Ireland, please send an email to Kit at youthsupport@quakers.ie to be added to the email list. You should indicate in your email your connection to Quakers in Ireland (such as the Meeting or Worship Group you attend).

Any young Friends under the age of 18 will require parental permission and are asked to include an email address for a parent/guardian when emailing.

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Western Regional Monthly Meeting is holding drop-in Peace Vigils in Limerick Meeting House on the second Saturday of each month  from 3-5pm. People can drop in and stay as long as they like.

The next Peace Vigil will be held on October 12, 2024.

The exhibition at the Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire “George Fox (1624-1691) and the Irish Quaker Tradition” is running over 6 weeks starting on Wednesday Sept. 4. A different talk is featured on most Wednesday evenings of the exhibition.

The talk on October 2 will be “The Quaker Contribution to Irish Education”, presented by Clodagh Grubb. From the start Quakers believed that education was of primary importance for all, rich and poor, male and female. In the early nineteenth century they were main movers in the development of the Irish National School system, and later Anne Jellicoe pioneered third-level education for women with the creation of Alexandra College.

Seamus Brady will give a presentation on the topic “AI [Artificial Intelligence] Everywhere” at a Churchtown Coffee Morning on Wednesday 2nd October during 10.30-21.00.

You can find more information, including the Zoom link for joining online in this flyer.

The white poppy has been worn in the run-up to Remembrance Day (November 11) for over ninety years, as a symbol of remembrance and peace. A white poppy stands for remembering all victims of war, challenging all war and militarism and a commitment to peace.

If you or your Meeting is interested in purchasing white poppies, you can do this at the site https://shop.ppu.org.uk/collections/frontpage .

You can find information about how some British Friends are putting their faith into action in the September 2024 BYM Faith in Action Newsletter.

QCEA is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that aims to bring a vision of peace, justice and equality to Europe and its institutions. It was created more than 45 years ago by different Quakers Meeting through Europe. To this day, it is highly respected and, though small, it manages to have a place and a voice in Brussels. Within the team there is a strong feeling of commitment, collaboration and complementarity.

If you think you might be interested, please read this full job description, and feel free to pass it onto others you know to whom it may be of interest. You can also find a more comprehensive description of QCEA’s purpose, strategy and ways of working and dialoguing at the QCEA website, www.qcea.org

The exhibition at the Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire “George Fox (1624-1691) and the Irish Quaker Tradition” is running over 6 weeks starting on Wednesday Sept. 4. A different talk is featured on most Wednesday evenings of the exhibition.

The talk on October 2 will be “Quakers in the Monkstown and Dun Laoghaire Area”, presented by Robin Goodbody. “There has been a Quaker presence in the Monkstown/Dun Laoghaire area since the early days in the development of Dun Laoghaire. The talk identifies the Quaker families that lived in the area and explores the impact that they made locally and further afield.

The talk is free of charge and will start 6.00pm.