Backhouse Lecture Preview: How can we keep from singing?

Backhouse Lecture Preview: How can we keep from singing?

Backhouse Lecture Preview: How can we keep from singing? The Backhouse Lecture will be presented from 19:30 AEST on Monday 7 July at Melbourne University, as part of Australia Yearly Meeting. Visit quakersaustralia.info for more information on the Backhouse Lecture...
Know Thy Friend- Helen Bayes

Know Thy Friend- Helen Bayes

Know Thy Friend- Helen Bayes Helen Bayes Victorian Friends celebrated the 80th birthday of Helen Bayes in a joyous gathering at the Victorian Quaker Centre in June 2024, so imagine my surprise when Helen told me she had attended her first Meeting for Worship for...
Remembering Jackie Perkins

Remembering Jackie Perkins

Remembering Jackie Perkins Jackie Perkins with girls at Pitchandikulam Bio Resource Centre, Tamil Nadu, South India A great sadness has descended on QSA, its partners, associates, and the wider Quaker community. When Jackie Perkins died suddenly on 20 March, 2025, a...
The Year of Living Rainbow

The Year of Living Rainbow

The Year of Living Rainbow Bruce Henry is from Victoria Regional Meeting. This is his review  of Sue Parrit’s novel The Year of Living Rainbow I enjoyed reading this refreshing novel by Sue Parritt about relationships, families, grief, fears, love and...
Grace In My Life

Grace In My Life

Grace In My Life Noël Staples, Peterborough Quaker Meeting This £10 pom returned to his parents in London from Perth WA in December 1970 a very sick man, having had six sessions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT ─think One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) in a Perth...