Extracts from the CFHA Chair’s Message to CFHA membership and friends at the CFHA AGM September 14, 2024:
On November 16, 2023 the remaining members of the CFHA executive met via Zoom*. Because Elaine Bishop, interim chair, had stepped down at the 2023 AGM there was no one acting as chair. . . . (Click here to read more) “Extracts from the CFHA Chair’s Message to CFHA Membership”
From the estate of Gordon Thompson, we have received a large volume of papers relating to his work with the CFHA and his personal search for meaning in Quaker principles and thought. While the archiving of these papers is ongoing, we have also acquired a few non-archival items of interest. . . . (Click here to read more) ““Spiritual Life” by Charles Zavitz”
This guest post is contributed by Christopher K. Starr. Starr was born in Newmarket, Ontario, but has spent the bulk of his adult life in the tropics of Asia and the Caribbean as an entomologist.
These are some reminiscences of my early years in an unwavering Quaker family. . . . (Click here to read more) “Growing Up Friendly: The Early Life of a Secular Quaker”
For those interested in the Quaker history of Welland, the St. Catharines Standard posted an article by Mark Allenov a few years ago about the home of Solomon Moore and its history as first a farm, later the Welland’s Country Children Center, and eventual purchase by the Welland Historical Society. . . . (Click here to read more) “The Solomon Moore Home”
For everyone hoping to attend the AGM on September 14th (either in person or for the online portion), please remember to renew your membership with CFHA. We hope you’ll join us for the guided tour of the Sharon Temple, catered lunch, and for our AGM guest speakers hosted at the Yonge Street Meeting House. . . . (Click here to read more) “Renew Your Membership!”
Held jointly by the CQHA/CRQS/QSRA, the Fox at 400 conference held this past June included the 2024 George Richardson Lecture. Historian Nigel Smith presented “Back to the Light: A Fresh Approach,” examining Quaker activity from its origins to the early 18th century. . . . (Click here to read more) “The 2024 George Richardson Lecture at Fox at 400”
Join the Friends Historical Association in celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth with a focus on his contemporary, arguably the second most important leader in the early Quaker movement: William Penn. Events include an in-person tour of Pennsbury Manor on May 19 and a virtual lecture by J. . . . (Click here to read more) “FHA Virtual Lecture – “William Penn: Enigmatic Quaker, Founding Father” by J. William Frost”
By 1656, George Fox was sending some of his followers as missionaries to early colonies in North America. Puritans had sought asylum from religious persecution for themselves in New England but, unfortunately, they persecuted, imprisoned, whipped, expelled, and hanged those who differed from them in religious belief. . . . (Click here to read more) “Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part II”
Recently, Quaker historians have been marking a cluster of anniversaries significant to Quakerism. The year 2024 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox (1624-1691) who was the founding father of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers in 1647 in England. . . . (Click here to read more) “Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part I”
