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Recent New and Updated Material:
Snapshots, Spring 2012
The quarterly newsletter of the School of the Spirit.
 
Quaker Spirituality and Addiction: A Retreat for Concerned Friends, by Rita M. Willett (PDF)
An outline and description of a retreat for Friends concerned about addiction prepared for the On Being a Spiritual Nurturer program, January 2011.
 
The Call (PDF)
A play by Charlotte Basham produced as a final project On Being a Spiritual Nurturer program of the School of the Spirit, May 2011.
 
Class Epistle, May 2011 (PDF)
Class epistle of the 2009-2011 On Being a Spiritual Nurturer program of the School of the Spirit.
 
Next Steps
Lu Harper reflects on steps to take after completing the On Being a Spiritual Nurturer program of the School of the Spirit.
 
Quaker News:
NOTE: Many on-line news sources only keep a story at its original Web address for a very short time. They then move it to a different Web address in their archives or remove it. Sometimes the Web address is then used for a newer article. So some links here may no longer work. Please use the Feedback form when you find a bad link. Thank you.
Prosecutors drop John Marjoram census case
British authorities drop census refusal case against Stroud Mayor John Marjoram, a Quaker who joined numerous other Quakers in refusing to cooperate with the census..
Stroud News & Journal, May 14, 2012
Quakers announce plans for sustainable refurbishment of Friends House
British Quakers have reached agreement on how to refurbish Friends House in London.
Ekklesia, May 12, 2012
Quaker group, walking from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, protests in front of PNC Bank
Earth Quaker Action Team walks across Pennsylvania to protest PNC Bank financing of mining companies doing mountaintop removal.
The Patriot-News, May 7, 2012
Friendly church: Quaker presence remaining strong throughout area
Lowell (Kansas) Friends Church continues generation after generation, along with other Friends Churches in the area.
The Joplin Globe, April 22, 2012
School put down roots over nearly 300 years
Fire causes $1 million in damage to the Wilmington Friends School, the oldest operating school in Delaware.
Wilmington News-Journal, April 18, 2012
British Quakers issue statement on equality
Britain Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) issues a statement on income equality.
Ekklesia, April 7, 2012
Bo Lauder Brings Friends Seminary into 21st Century with Arabic and iPads
Friends Seminary Principal has made great strides in a decade on the job.
DNAinfo.com, March 26, 2012
David C. Geliebter, 79, Quaker activist
Quaker activist David Geliebter dies of complications from heart surgery.
The Philadelphia Enquirer, March 25, 2012
Credo: Bridget Moix
Quaker lobbyist Bridget Moix talks about her faith and her work.
The Washington Examiner, March 24, 2012
Rindge Quaker school is closing for good
The Meeting School in Rindge, New Hampshire, is permanently closing due to lack of sufficient resources.
Keene Sentinel, March 6, 2012
Preserving a model of progress
The house of what was originally a model farm set up by Quakers after the Civil War in High Point, North Carolina, will be preserved.
Greensboro News & Record, January 15, 2012
Civil Rights Icon Gordon Hirabayashi Dies at 93
Noted resister to American internment of Japanese-Americans Gordon Hirabayash, a Quaker, dies.
Rafu Shimpo, January 4, 2012
Wangtin Naga condoles
Nagas mourn the death of Quaker Phil Esmonde who worked for peace and reconciliation among the Nagas. (See also the Nonviolent Peaceforce obituary for Phil Esmonde.
Nagaland Post, December 31, 2011
Turning the pages of Quaker history
Nancy and David Haines run Vintage Books, one of the world's largest distributors of Quaker books.
The Boston Globe, December 25, 2011
Designing a house of worship is balance between faith, form and function
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia is planning a new meetinghouse incorporating a skyspace.
NewsWorks, WHYY, November 23, 2011
Quakers offer support to Occupy London protesters.
Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) supports the Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters.
Ekklesia, November 17, 2011
Movers put Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse on wheels
Historic 1816 Farmington (New York) Quaker meetinghouse is moved to new location, where there is hope it will be restored.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 10, 2011
Quakers are well situated to assist 'Occupy'
Friends Center in Philadelphia provides practical support for the Occupy movement, including access to restrooms and kitchen facilities.
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2011
Friendly Folkdancers build bonds through footwork
Folk dancing Quakers build friendships around the world.
Journal and Courier, October 7, 2011
Unbinding ties
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) concludes that a split in the yearly meeting is the best way forward.
Connecting Friends: Salt and Light, October 5, 2011
The Quakers: a religion Richard Dawkins could sign up to
The writer argues that the way British Quakers are advertising their Quaker Week shows them to be more like a political movement than a religion.
The Guardian, September 28, 2011
Pastor at Friends Church has 'been around' both geographically, denomination
David Brindle, the new pastor at Friends Memorial Church in Muncie, Indiana, has had a varied and interesting career.
Muncie Star Press, September 24, 2011
Quakers sue to halt Arizona's private prison growth, seek study
The Arizona Friends Service Committee sued the State of Arizona to forestall the awarding of a prison contract to a private firm without the required study to determine whether it could provide quality services at a lower cost than a government-run prison.
Ahwatukee Foothills News, September 13, 2011
In memoriam: Ernest Bicknell II, newspaperman, mentor
Active Quaker Ernest Paul Bicknell, II dies at 98.
Berkeleyside, September 8, 2011

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