Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) is a gathering of young Friends and any young people interested in Quakerism in Ireland aged 14-18 (participants must be known to Quakers and must turn 14 by end of 2026). JYM 2026 will be taking place during 2-6 April 2026 at the Moyallon Centre near Portadown in Northern Ireland.
You can find more information in this JYM2026 flyer.
You can register for JYM2026 using this application and consent form. Note that the deadline is coming up on March 20!
The deadline for onsite accommodation bookings has passed! However, there remain a small number of rooms available. Please email office@quakers.ie if you wish to book one of these rooms. If more Friends wish to book than there are rooms available, preference will be given to those wishing to stay all three nights.
If you requested accommodation at the Dominican Retreat Centre earlier, you should be receiving confirmation of your booking soon (if you haven’t received it already).
The Dalkey Inter-Church Lent Course for 2026, “War and Peace – At Home and Abroad”, opened on the first Tuesday of Lent, March 3. There remain two talks in the course.
March 10, Michael Kirwan SJ of TCD,:
Psychology in Relation to War and Peace
March 24, Tobias Winright of Maynooth and Bridget Nichols of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute:
Just War Theory and Peace-building Work
Both talks will take place at Our Lady’s Hall, 36 Castle St, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin.
All welcome, with refreshments to follow at 9pm.
Free entry, with a collection to cover costs each evening.
Join the European and Midddle Eastern Young Friends for their annual Spring Gathering. This year it will take place in Poland. Registration ends March 7th – you can register using this link.
Witnessing Borders: Faith, Identity and Conscience
Our title for this year’s Spring Gathering is Witnessing Borders: Faith, Identity and Conscience. This title emerged through reflection on the conversations opened by last year’s focus on conflict, integrity, and faith.
We were drawn to borders as a theme as one that could be understood in many contexts: physical and political boundaries, but also social, economic, and spiritual divisions that shape how we see ourselves and one another.
The language of “witnessing” invites us not only to notice borders, but to consider what they demand of our faith and conscience, particularly when borders are upheld through exclusion or violence.
Together, we hope to explore how borders influence identity, how they evolve, and what it means, as a Quaker community that spans borders, to respond to the human cost of their enforcement.
In Friendship,
Spring Gathering Planning Committee
This EMES newsletter (March 4, 2026) includes items on
The subtitle to this day-long Lex Innocentium event is “Ireland’s Place in a Troubled World: Finding a Way Forward”.
The event will take place on Saturday 7th March 2026 during 10.00am-3.30pm at Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Admission is free.
You can find more information, including a programme for the day, in this two-page leaflet.
The IYM 2026 web page now includes
The Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group organizes a series of ‘Dialogues of Friendship’ across faith communities to reflect on issues of common concern in our society.
The theme this year is ‘Faithfully caring for creation’.
The keynote speaker will be the Revd David Coleman, Environmental Chaplain for Eco-Congregation Scotland. This is the fourth ‘Dialogue of Friendship’ event, organised as a collaboration between the Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group and the Places of Sanctuary Ireland Sanctuary in Faith Stream.
The day also will offer a variety of panel presentations, including the following:
• Dr Raja Harun MBE – understanding ‘Al Mizan’, an Islamic perspective of stewardship of the world
• Hilary Abrahamson – Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation
• Dublin City Interfaith Forum – ‘Safe Haven’ initiative
• East Belfast Mission – recently recognised as a Church of Sanctuary
• Dr Manizha Khan – Sanctuary Ambassador and board member for Places of Sanctuary Ireland
The event is free of charge and a vegetarian lunch is provided. However, pre-booking is essential as places are limited. You can book using this Eventbrite link.
Exploring opportunities for collaborative, faith-based responses towards a just and sustainable future for all. This event will take place on Saturday April 18, 2026 9.30am-4.30pm at the Kimmage Manor Parish Hall, Kimmage, Dublin 12.
Speakers include:
The event is being organised by AMRI (the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland).
You can find more information at this AMRI webpage.
A delegation from Dublin City Interfaith Forum and the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum met recently with officials in the Department of the Taoiseach to share thoughts about the significance of faith communities in building inclusive citizenship in a rapidly changing Ireland.
The faith representatives were from the Bahá’í faith, the Church of Ireland, the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, the Sikh Community Ireland, the Religious Society of Friends and the Vedic Hindu Cultural Centre of Ireland.
The Religious Society of Friends was represented by Niamh Hardiman of Churchtown Meeting (front row on the left).
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