Pauline Goggin of Limerick Meeting will be heading to the Eurosatory ‘Defence and Security’ exhibition from June 11-15 to protest outside, as she has done several times before.
You can read an interesting article written by her for ‘The Friendly Word’ here titled ‘Quaker Activism and The International Arms Trade: A Reflection from Munster’
Building Security: Trust or Fear
20 April 2018
The Helix, Dublin City University, Dublin 9
Hosted by
Dublin City University,
Quaker Council for European Affairs Brussels,
Dublin Quaker Peace Committee.
The conference is a free event but to assist with the organising of the event please register your interest in attending with smccrum.1949@gmail.com or martin.leavy@dcu.ie
During the past five years, many assumptions about security have been eroded, new security challenges have emerged both inside and outside Europe needing new thinking around how to respond.
In a Europe in which increased paranoia is used as a political weapon against the “outsider”, how do we play a role as citizens in defining a policy which will direct action to take us away from fear and return us to trust? In a changed scenario, what role do citizens and policy makers play?
Dublin City University (DCU), Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), and the Dublin Quaker Peace Committee are organising a conference bridging academics, policy makers and civil society to discuss this new security environment and our changing roles and responsibilities. This event is open to everyone interested in this challenging situation.
09h30 – 10h00: Opening: John Doyle, Professor & Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, and Executive Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU.
10h00 – 12h00: What does security mean in Europe and what is our vision of the European Union as a security provider?
What does the European Union and Europe mean by security?
What is our vision of the European Union as a provider of security?
What is our role as citizens in moving the European Union from fear to trust?
Convenor: Maria-Adriana Deiana, Assistant Professor in European Security, Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, DCU
12h30 – 14h00: Buffet Lunch served: speakers available to informally discuss concerns raised by the morning session.
14h30 – 16h00: A changing security environment: new threats need new answers.
Convenor: Andrew Lane, Director, Quaker Council for European Affairs, Brussels
Are the roles of military and civilian actors complimentary or opposing?
New threats need new answers – what is the role now for military and civilian actors?
Are there new actors involved in providing security and what gap do they fill?
Is there a role for communities and civil society as providers of security and if so, which one?
16h00 – 16h30: Concluding Remarks: Kenneth McDonagh, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Law and Government, Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, DCU
The Outreach & Ministry Committee of Ulster Quarterly Meeting have compiled a leaflet inviting you to attend Meeting for Worship.
Please click on the link below for details and feel free to download, print and pass on.
When: Thursday 24th August 2017
Time: 3pm
Where: Edenderry Library, JKF Street, Edenderry, Co Offaly
Edenderry Friends have been selected, by Offaly County Council, to feature during Heritage Week. Light refreshments will be available after the talk, which will be followed by a visit to the Quaker Meeting House and weather permitting on to the Quaker Burial Ground.
All welcome.
Click on the link below to read the Irish Times article about Chuck and Nell Kruger’s last Meeting for Worship on the beautiful island of Cape Clear.
Stephen Collins: An Irishman’s Diary on a fond farewell to Cape Clear
Nine Young Friends enjoyed a trip to 1652 country in the north of England where they enjoyed learning about the roots of Quakerism.
Read their epistle here.
The Quaker Historical Committee has just published a remarkable book with the title The Quakers of Baltyboys, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 1678 to 1800s, which was launched in June in connection with the author, John Hussey’s, lecture.
The book tells the story of the Quakers who settled in west Wicklow and became involved first in the wool trade and, when it collapsed, in the weaving industry. Its particular interest lies in the details it provides of the fortunes of a small rural community of Friends.
Copies are available for €10 from Friends Historical Library, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16.
Leinster Quarterly Meeting will take place in Enniscorthy on Saturday 24th June.
Following meeting for worship at 11am, there will be a business session.
Following packed lunch there will be a worship sharing session with the theme of forgiveness.
The day will conclude with the famous Enniscorthy tea with strawberries and cream and home-made cakes!
The theme of this year’s Yearly Meeting, which was held in Dublin from 20th to 23rd April, was “Live simply, so that others may simply live” (Mahatma Gandhi).
The full text of the Epistle may be read here >> IYM 2017 Epistle.
‘Feeling Alone’ was the title of the Ministry and Oversight session at Yearly Meeting, held in the High School, Dublin, from 20th to 23rd October. It was led by members of Richhill and Grange Meetings.
A full report of the session can be read here >> M&O session at Yearly Meeting
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