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In Fox's Footsteps: Planning 1652 Country Quaker Pilgrimages 2019
in fox's footsteps: planning 1652 country quaker pilgrimages 2019 Why come “If you are new to Quakerism, there can be no on a better place to begin to explore what it may mean Quaker for us than the place in which it began. pilgrimage? Go to the beautiful Meeting Houses one finds dotted throughout the Westmorland and Cumbrian countryside and spend time in them, soaking in the atmosphere of peace and calm, and you will feel refreshed. Worship with Quakers there and you may begin to feel changed by the experience. What you will find is a place where people took the demands of faith seriously and were transformed by the experience. In letting themselves be changed, they helped make possible some of the great changes that happened to the world between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries.” Roy Stephenson, extracts from ‘1652 Country: a land steeped in our faith’, The Friend, 8 October 2010. 2 Swarthmoor Hall organises two 5 day pilgrimages every year Being part of in June/July and August/September which are open to an organised individuals, couples, or groups of Friends. ‘open’ The pilgrimages visit most of the early Quaker sites and allow pilgrimage individuals to become part of an organised pilgrimage and worshipping group as the journey unfolds. A minibus is used to travel to the different sites. Each group has an experienced Pilgrimage Leader. These pilgrimages are full board in ensuite accommodation. Hall Swarthmoor Many Meetings and smaller groups choose to arrange their Planning own pilgrimage with the support of the pilgrimage your own coordination provided by Swarthmoor Hall, on behalf of Britain Yearly Meeting. -
Swarthmoor Hall 2019 Programme Guide Welcome
swarthmoor hall 2019 Programme Guide Welcome Experience a change of pace in the quiet, comfortable and beautiful Swarthmoor Hall. It has been a place of spiritual refreshment and development since the early days of Quakerism. Our residential programme includes courses, retreats and pilgrimages. Our day events offer fresh reasons to visit. This year we are excited about Seeking routes: exploring Quaker experience and action in building a more sustainable Earth, an art exhibition we are hosting from Friday 19 July to Sunday 8 September. Why not extend your weekend or mid-week workshop to include a short break in the scenic Lake District? Accommodation taken before or after a residential course is offered at a special discounted rate. Jane Pearson Manager, Swarthmoor Hall Courses and retreats p 4 1652 Quaker pilgrimages p 8 Day Events 2019 p 9 Regular spiritual activities and facilities p 11 Programme tutors p 12 Other information p 14 2019 programme diary 7 February – 10 March Swarthmoor Hall artists winter exhibition p 9 18 February – 10 March Spring bulbs at Swarthmoor Hall, National Gardens p 9 Scheme Open Days 22 – 24 March Oneness in our separate experiences p 4 7 – 12 April Writing retreat p 4 3 – 5 May A place for the scriptures p 5 10 – 12 May The Inner Light: an exploration of eastern spiritual poetry p 5 7 – 9 June Journaling: a way to the centre p 5 10 June – 11 June Ulverston International Music Festival at Swarthmoor Hall p 9 14 – 16 June Summer colour at Swarthmoor Hall, National Gardens p 10 Scheme Open Days 21 – 24 June Experiment -
Hannah Barnard
january 1996 Quaker Thought FRIENDS and Life OURNAL Today J>E(; J>IIILLIJ>S 0:'\ .\RT, .\CTI\.IS\1, A:'\D JOY • 11.\:'\:'\.\11 B.\R:'\.\RD: A LIBER.\L Ql .\KER IIERO Editor-Manager Among Friends Vinton Deming Associate Editor Kenneth Sutton Confronting Militaristn Assistant Editor Timothy Drake Art Director n mid-November the men's group of my meeting cosponsored a discussion with Barbara Benton three Latin American COs actively opposing militarism in their countries. They Production Assistant were traveling with Raymond J. Toney, staff member for the National Alia Podolsky I Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO). A potluck Development Consultant Henry Freeman supper brought 25 or so Philadelphia-area Friends together for a first-hand report on Marketing and Advertising Manager militarism in Chile, Colombia, and Honduras. Nagendran Gulendran Luis Cardenas, a Chilean Mennonite, has been active with a regional human Secretary Cheryl Armstrong rights organization addressing the issue of conscientious objection. Luis reports that Bookkeeper there is very little church support in Chile for the CO position. He has helped to form James Neveil a CO network within Chile and seeks to expand it to other countries as well. Poetry Editor Ricardo Pinzon, from Colombia, started working with COs there about six years Judith Brown ago, helping to form an organization committed to nonviolence. Like Luis, Ricardo Development Data Entry Pamela Nelson wants to exert pressure on his government to recognize the CO position. Currently Intern there is no option in Colombia for an individual acting out of conscience to do Cat Buckley alternative service. -
The Gendered Nature of Quaker Charity
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Undergraduate Humanities Forum 2013-2014: Penn Humanities Forum Undergraduate Violence Research Fellows 5-2014 The Gendered Nature of Quaker Charity Panarat Anamwathana University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/uhf_2014 Part of the History of Religion Commons Anamwathana, Panarat, "The Gendered Nature of Quaker Charity" (2014). Undergraduate Humanities Forum 2013-2014: Violence. 11. https://repository.upenn.edu/uhf_2014/11 This paper was part of the 2013-2014 Penn Humanities Forum on Violence. Find out more at http://www.phf.upenn.edu/annual-topics/violence. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/uhf_2014/11 For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Gendered Nature of Quaker Charity Abstract For a holistic understanding of violence, the study of its antithesis, nonviolence, is necessary. A primary example of nonviolence is charity. Not only does charity prevent violence from rogue vagrants, but it also is an act of kindness. In seventeenth-century England, when a third of the population lived below the poverty line, charity was crucial. Especially successful were Quaker charity communities and the early involvement of Quaker women in administering aid. This is remarkable, considering that most parish- appointed overseers of the poor were usually male. What explains this phenomenon that women became the main administrators of Quaker charity? Filling in this gap of knowledge would shed further light on Quaker gender dynamics and the Quaker values that are still found in American culture today. Keywords Quakers, charity Disciplines History of Religion Comments This paper was part of the 2013-2014 Penn Humanities Forum on Violence. -
Swarthmoor Hall 2018 Programme Guide PHOTO & COVER | Alexandra Bosbeer
swarthmoor hall 2018 Programme Guide PHOTO & COVER | Alexandra Bosbeer Welcome The historic, peaceful and beautiful setting of Swarthmoor Hall provides a very special environment for the courses, retreats and events we run. With residential and non-residential events running throughout the year, we hope there is something for everyone. Why not extend your weekend or mid-week workshop to include a short break in the scenic Lake District? Accommodation taken before or after a residential course is offered at a special discounted rate. Jane Pearson Manager, Swarthmoor Hall Residential retreats, courses and pilgrimages which benefit from the Hall's early Quaker heritage, peaceful ambience and beautiful environment. Day events a diverse programme of day events offering fresh reasons to visit and new ways of enjoying what the Hall offers Regular spiritual activities and facilities opportunities for worship, exploration and study Programme tutors Other information including 'About Swarthmoor Hall', 'How to book' and 'How to find us' 2018 programme diary 19 February – 11 March Spring bulbs at Swarthmoor Hall. National Garden p 9 Scheme open days 24 March Deepening our understanding of the mystery we call p 9 God. Together with our understanding of prayer 13 – 15 April Worship, spoken ministry and afterwords p 4 15 – 20 April Writing retreat p 4 20 – 22 April The devotional path – spiritual practices to free the heart p 5 18 – 20 May Walking into worship p 5 11 and 12 June 2018 Ulverston International Music Festival at p 9 Swarthmoor Hall 15 – -
The Aesthetics of Friends' Meeting Houses Roger Homan University of Brighton, England, [email protected]
Quaker Studies Volume 11 | Issue 1 Article 7 2007 The Aesthetics of Friends' Meeting Houses Roger Homan University of Brighton, England, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerstudies Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the History of Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Homan, Roger (2007) "The Aesthetics of Friends' Meeting Houses," Quaker Studies: Vol. 11: Iss. 1, Article 7. Available at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerstudies/vol11/iss1/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Quaker Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. QUAKER STUDIES QUAKER STUDIES 1111 (2006) [115-128] ISSN 1363-013X (ed.), The Arts Connected with Buildfr\(f, eting 1882-1956, Birmingham: The W'indus, 1987. Didlake', Tiie Studio 25 (1902), o Quaker Beliefs and Practices, Friends ddle East Section. THE AESTHETICS OF FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSES ; Reform', 171e Studio 24 (1902), Roger Homan Muller, 1980. Constable, 1931. 1d Social Planning: Quakers and the University of Brighton, England d', Planning Perspectives 7 (1992), ristian Social Reformers of the Ni11eteenth ABSTRACT ;, 1933. In an attempt to identify a Quaker aesthetic as it applies to English meeting houses, this article draws upon the physical evidence of English Meetings past and present, upon the records of discussions preceding the design and construction of meeting houses, upon interviews with Friends at some thirty meeting houses and upon the observational and interpretative literature. -
Wider Quaker Fellowship, Aotearoa New Zealand
WIDER QUAKER FELLOWSHIP, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND LETTER 145 MAY 2018 19 Exeter Place, Rotorua 3015, New Zealand. [email protected] Dear Friends, We’ve been hearing a lot about women’s rights recently. I’m not at all sure that we know just how long this has been a source of contention, or indeed how negatively women have been regarded since times past. Attitudes persisting in many quarters today shock those of us who have come to regard all human beings as individuals with equal rights to respect and opportunity. Did you know that in 16th and 17th century England women were considered by many to be “the silly and weaker Sex” and “naturally apt unto all mischiefe” (Anonymous, 1646)? John Knox, the Protestant reformer, maintained that women were physically frail, mentally feeble and lacking in leadership ability. In 1558 he wrote an article entitled “The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women”, using biblical references to reinforce his view that women should be submissive and subject to men in all things. In other words, they should be seen but not publicly heard. Early Quakers, with their belief that God is directly and equally accessible to all human beings, challenged this attitude. Against considerable opposition they encouraged women to express their spirituality. From 1667 George Fox was instrumental in setting up women’s meetings in England, Ireland, Barbados and New England. In this and throughout his life from 1652 he was supported by a remarkable woman - Margaret Fell. I have decided to devote this letter to an account of the life and work of the woman who did so much for the Quaker movement in its earliest days. -
Quakers from Ulverston What’S On
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Inspiration from Quaker Women of the Past
1 Marcelle Martin Friends Journal November 2011 https://www.friendsjournal.org/3011112/ Inspiration From Quaker Women of the Past When my life was overturned by unexpected mystical and spiritual experiences, I began a search for understanding. I asked friends about their spiritual experiences and dreams, and searched in books both old and new. In the Bible I found many accounts of direct experiences of God or God’s messages, and I read about the mystics and saints. When I became a Quaker, I was directed to read the journals of George Fox and John Woolman. All this reading was wonderfully helpful, but after a while it began to disturb me that most of the accounts were about men. Several women in the Bible, such as Hannah, become the mothers of prophets, but only a few scattered names of women prophets are mentioned, with little detail. The accounts of women mystics I found were mostly about Catholic nuns living in convents or monastic communities. Were there women whose call required them to travel and to speak and teach publically? Among the Quakers, I learned of Margaret Fell in the 17th century and Lucretia Mott in the 19th. Margaret Fell was the most prominent female among the early Quakers. She played nurtured and organized the fledging Quaker community and wrote more tracts than any other Quaker woman in her time. She deserves to be called a mother of Quakerism. However, there were hundreds of other seventeenth century Quaker women who preached publicly, traveled in the ministry, or wrote tracts about their faith. -
A History of the Hole Family in England and America
A History of the Hole Family in England and America BY CHARLES ELMER RICE, ALLIANCE, OHIO. ILLUSTRATED WITH 42 PORTRAITS AND ENGRAVINGS With Appendices on the Hanna, Grubb, DouglaS-Morton, Miller and Morris Families. Ti-IE R, Al, SCRANTON PUBLISHING CO., ALLIANCE, OHIO. ]~) \. '\_ ( I I l I~ j] 1 I j ) LIMITED EDITION, OF WHICH THIS IS NO.----- CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. Norse aud Englisll origin of t:ie Hole Family.......... ............. 5 CHAPTER II. The Holes of Clannaborough.. ... ............... .. ... .. ....... .. ... ......... r r CHAPTER III. Genealogical Table from Egbert to Charles Hole..................... 16 CHAPTER IV. Tlle Holes of Devonsllire.... .... ......... ........ .... .......... ...... ........ 19 CHAPTER V. The Very Rev. Samuel Reynol·ls Hole, D~a.u of Rochester, and Samuel Hugh Francklin Hole. ... ......... ...... ......... ..... 22 CHAPTER VI. Generations from \Vi:liam the Conqueror to Jacob Hole........... 3l CHAPTER VII. The Fells of Swarthmoor Hall. ............. : .. 39 CHAPTER VIII. Tlle Descendant~ of Ti10mas and :\Iargaret Fell. ........ 50 CHAPTER IX. Descendants of the :\leads an<l Thomases ...... 53 CHAPTER X. Descendant,; of Jacob and Barbara Hole in the United States, excepting those of their son Charles Hole........... .............. 59 CHAPTER XI. Descendants of Charlf"s and M3ry Hole, excepting those of their oldest son, Jacob........................ ...... ....... ....................... 65 CHAPTER XII. Descendants of Jacob and l\Iary (Thomas) Hole, excepting those of their sons, Charles and John.......................................... 78 CHAPTER XIII. Descendants of Chas. Hole and Esther (Hanna) Hole. ..... 99 CHAPTER XI\'. Descendants of John Hole and Catharine (Hanna) Hole.. II 2 Memorial Pdge... ... ............ .. ...... ........ ........... ........ ............. .. 123 Appendix A. Notes on the Hanna Family............ .... ............ 124 Appendix B. Lineage of the Douglas Family (Earls of Morton) 127 Appendix C. -
Accommodation in Ulverston and the Surrounding Area
ACCOMMODATION IN ULVERSTON AND THE SOUTH LAKES Includes Hotels, Guest Houses, Bed & Breakfast, Self-Catering, Touring Caravans and Motorhomes, Hostels. GJR Updated 17 March 2009 Disclaimer: This list is compiled from information supplied by tourist organisations, accommodation agencies and owners. It is NOT a recommendation by NKT - IKBU and it is your responsibility to check the suitability of the accommodation for your needs. Hotels, Guest Houses, Bed and Breakfast Main websites for South lakes Website Telephone Cumbria Tourism www.golakes.co.uk 0845 450 1199 Lakes Hospitality Association www.lakeshospitality.co.uk 015394 44495 iKnow Lake District www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk Lake District Peninsulas www.lake-district-peninsulas.co.uk Hotels / Guest Houses / B&B Telephone Dialling from Website or email Listed in order of distance from Conishead outside UK prefix with Priory +44 (0) Bardsea 1 mile / 5 minutes Area Code 01229 Braddylls Arms (Inn) www.braddyllsarms.co.uk 869707 www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk Eden Lodge 587067 www.eden-lodge.com Low Fell Farmhouse 869304 www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk Ocean Stream 869458 Seacroft, Well House Farm 869102 www.4hotels.co.uk The Ship (Inn) 869329 www.ship-inn-bardsea.co.uk Ulverston 2 miles / 10 minutes Area Code 01229 Main website www.lake-district-peninsulas.co.uk Armadale Hotel, Arrad Foot 861257 www.armadalehotel.co.uk Bay Horse Hotel (Inn), Canal Foot 583972 www.thebayhorsehotel.co.uk Candlewyck Hall, Old Hall Road www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk 07830 341200 Ref 6546 Church Walk House, Church -
Quaker Lives Series 1 & 2
Quaker Lives These short biographies of Quakers were compiled by David Purnell (Canberra Regional Meeting) and either recorded for broadcast on Dove Talk and/or published in the Canberra Quakers Newsletter James Backhouse ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Elise Boulding ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 George Cadbury ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Pierre Ceresole ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Adam Curle .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Margaret Fell ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Elfrida Vipont Foulds .........................................................................................................................................................................