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News and Events

‘Quaker Quest’ meetings coming up in Belfast – Could the Experience of Friends Meet Your Needs?

‘Quaker Quest’ is a series of meetings aimed at people who would like to learn more about Quakers. These meetings include sharing of Friends’ experiences, discussions and space for inquirers to ask questions.

A series of four new free ‘Quaker Quest’ meetings is being run jointly by South Belfast Meeting and Frederick Street Meeting in late February and early March:

Tuesday 20th February 7pm – Quakers & Worship
Tuesday 27th February 7pm – Quakers & Belief
Tuesday 5th March 7pm – Quakers & World Connections Tuesday 12th March 7pm – Quakers & Living the Testimonies

More information can be found on this poster, or by emailing info@southbelfastquakers.org. Please feel free to distribute to anyone in the Belfast area whom you think may be interested!

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QUNO Summer School, 1-12 July in Geneva – Application Deadline Feb. 15

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“We seek to bring together a diverse group of young people to learn more about the United Nations and Quaker work at the multilateral level, build community, and build on existing skills and knowledge. There is some limited bursary support for applicants with most need. “
 
Applications close on 15 February 2024.  For more information on the application process – please visit our website here.

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Eyewitnesses’ account of life in Israel and the West Bank (Feb. 13)

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Two volunteers who served with The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel [EAPPI] in 2023 will speak of their experiences.

Ian Cave, an English Friend, served there last spring. Máire Ní Mheibhric from Galway, had to be evacuated in October.

They will explain the background to the current unrest and what life is like now in the West Bank.

The talk will take place on Tuesday 13th February at 7.30pm on Zoom. Log in details:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86004922156?pwd=azVQM21pbUYvSERsalBRUEFNRk9Ldz09

Passcode 255303, Meeting ID 860 0492 2156

Participants will be able to join from 7:20pm.

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News and Events

STATEMENT ON TRAGEDY IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

At this time we, Quakers in Ireland, are in shock as we witness the continuing tragedy of Israel and Palestine’s relationship entering a new and terrifying phase. We mourn the lives lost now, adding to the generations of death and misery that has scarred this region, exacerbated by the actions over centuries of outside forces.

We must speak out against the attacks on civilians, the taking of hostages, the cutting off of food, water, electricity, and humanitarian aid. So too do we call for the de-escalation of this terrible cycle of violence. 

We know that no military solution will bring a permanent end to this tragedy. We know that only a just peace, based on international law, can do that. We join with those calling for the international community to focus now, working together with the people of Israel and Palestine, to bring this forward.

Our focus in the coming year, across the worldwide family of Quakers, is on Ubuntu, the Zulu concept emphasising our deep human interdependence, captured by the phrase “I am because we are”. That human interdependence is true of all the citizens of Palestine and Israel. It is true of all of humanity. So let us understand that we are also intimately involved in this tragedy. Let us seek to uphold everyone in the Light. 

Will Haire, Clerk, Ireland Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland, 12th October 2023