Reflections on a train from Geneva

Reflections on a train from Geneva

by | 5 Jun, 2022

Reflections on a train from Geneva Tim Gee, General Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation I write from a train, on the way from Geneva, following the Quaker United Nations Committee in support of the teams who speak up in the name of Friends about...

Shepherding resistance – a journey of steadfast persistence

by | 4 Jun, 2017

Aletia Dundas, New South Wales Regional Meeting Seated on a bag of flour placed on top of an upturned bucket in an isolated tent on the rocky fields of the West Bank I listen as Jibrin, a kind-faced Palestinian man, talks of his religious convictions and his troubles....

Smoking ceremony for Waratah

by | 4 Sep, 2016

Mardi Naulty, Canberra Regional Meeting A smoking ceremony was recently held to remember Waratah Rosemary Gillespie and to launch Waratah’s Peace Garden at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre, Bungendore. Rosemary, who later took on the additional name Waratah, died in...

Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee

by | 1 Jun, 2014

Report for The Australian Friend on Recent Activities  Since YM 2014 the committee has continued its efforts to keep Friends informed of current international and domestic peace concerns, and to represent Friends’ views in the public domain. A separate article has...