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jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Jan 16
16 Jan 1691: the burial #otd of George Fox, a #Quaker founder at Bunhill Fields just north of the #London city boundary - thousands attended (Mark Barker)
January 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Would you like to join a Quaker Peace Witness?

Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee is organising a silent #PeaceWitness outside the main entrance to St Stephen's Green (top of Grafton Street) from 11:30-12:30 on Sat 1st February. All welcome!

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January 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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A quote from Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), an American political activist and prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.

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March 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Friends are invited to participate in a global online meeting for worship to share uncertainties, fears and hopes and to uphold each other.

For more information and to register, visit: quakertruth.org

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April 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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It was great to see so many #Quakers from around Ireland taking part in a #PeaceWitness at St Stephen’s Green, Dublin!

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December 4, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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For World Quaker Day this year FWCC is holding a massive global online worship meeting, lasting 8+ hours, themed Let Peace Be Among Us. Each hour of worship will be hosted by a different part of the world.
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September 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Great to see an article in the Belfast Telegraph this week discussing Quaker peace work during the Troubles. Read the full article here: archive.is/QEkye#select...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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This Saturday from 2-3pm, Limerick Quaker Meeting House welcomes you for 'Sitting For Peace'.
"Sitting For Peace is open to all who wish to express their conviction and hope in this way".

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March 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“Sitting for Peace” is taking place tomorrow (Saturday 19th April) in the Limerick Meeting House, from 2-3pm. All are welcome.
For more information visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/04/14/s...

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April 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee plans to hold another Silent Quaker Peace Witness on Saturday May 3 from 11.30am to 12.30pm, outside the gates of St Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton St, Dublin. All are welcome.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Friends' School in Hobart boycotts #STEM programs sponsored by weapons manufacturers

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Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
School cuts ties with STEM programs sponsored by weapons manufacturers
The Friends' School in Hobart — the world's largest Quaker school — says the weapons sponsorships do not align with the school's peaceful philosophy.
www.abc.net.au
August 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you”. A quote from Luke 6:27, 28 to help us cultivate a spirit of peace.
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March 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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On the third Saturday of each month the Limerick Meeting House opens for an hour for “sitting for peace”. The next of these monthly silent vigils for peace will take place on Saturday 20th June from 2.00 – 3.00pm.

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June 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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The Quaker United Nations office in Geneva is currently seeking two new programme assistants in their programmes on Human Rights & Refugees and the Human Impacts of Climate Change, from September 2025 to August 2026:
quno.org/timeline/202...

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May 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee has a deep concern following the publication of a United Nations report by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories: www.un.org/unispal/docu...

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Image of a dove flying in a clear sky.
August 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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More pieces by the students of Ramallah Friends School. This exhibition was undertaken with the permission of the students, the parents, and the Principal of RFS, Rania Mayeeh.
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June 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Just a reminder that the Europe and Middle East Section (EMES) of the Friends World Committee for Consultation is holding a weekly online Meeting for Worship to Pray for Peace every Tuesday, 1:30pm Irish Time: fwccemes.org/calendar/ukr...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Ireland Yearly Meeting Peace Committee is hosting an Alternatives to Violence Project workshop from 7th-9th March at Quaker House Dublin.

Apply by 15th February >> quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/01/24/i...

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IYM Peace Committee AVP Workshop (7-9 March; reg deadline 15 Feb)
The Ireland Yearly Meeting Peace Committee has organised an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Workshop on 7-9 March at Quaker House Dublin. The workshop will be led by facilitators of the Alte…
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February 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Introducing different parts of our website part 2: Some links to writings about the #Quaker #PeaceTestimony nfpb.org.uk/about/quaker...
Do you have suggestions of other resources we couild include here?
The Quaker peace testimony – resources – Northern Friends Peace Board
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December 19, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we do evil, that good may come of it.
It is as great presumption to send our passions upon God’s errands, as it is to palliate them with God’s name.” A quote from William Penn (1644–1718).
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the quote from William Penn is set against the background of a soothing grey-blue sky.
March 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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"Now the focus is on school improvement and how to get the children to work better and be more involved in all aspects of school life."
Read the news update from BHS Principal, David Gray: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/04/04/r...
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May 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Did you know AVP Ireland released a newsletter in June 2025? Here is a link to read it: quakers-in-ireland.ie/wp-content/u...

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July 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#Quakers are called by the Light to serve humanity. We believe there is a sparkle of the Divine in every person, and we don’t stand aside where we can be compassionate and help. #Donorship manifests our #PeaceTestimony and #NonviolentResistance to war in #Ukraine. friends.org.ua/1385
Quakers serve to society by blood donations - Квакери: Друзі України. Quakers: Friends of Ukraine
The support of civilian medical institutions to save lives is a Quaker way of peace testimony and witness of service to society, as well as nonviolent resistance to all forms of war.
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April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Britain Yearly Meeting took place at Friends House London and online over the May Bank Holiday, from Friday 23–Monday 26 May 2025.

Here is a link to the Epistle from BYM 2025:
www.quaker.org.uk/documents/ye...

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July 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM