Canadian Friends Historical Association

Category: Who Are The Quakers?

  • CFHA to produce new ‘George Fox’ set of ‘Who are the Quakers?’ display panels with grant from Samuel Rogers Memorial Trust

    CFHA is pleased to announce that design and production of a new set of ‘Who are the Quakers?’ panels will commence shortly. The new panel set will present the life and ministry of George Fox, widely regarded as the spiritual and organisational founder of the Religious Society of Friends.

    The layout and composition of the new panels will be consistent with the popular existing set. The new set will consist of 8 panels. These will chronicle the early years of George Fox, his  early profound epiphanies and “openings”, his middle years when he and others overcame harsh persecution to build up the Society, and his later years in London.

    The cost of graphic design layout and manufacture of 2 sets will total $2000. CFHA would like to express its sincere appreciation to the Samuel Rogers Memorial Trust for providing a $1000 grant. This has enabled the project to proceed.

    Any additional financial contributions would be most welcome. CFHA is a registered Canadian charitable organization. Charitable donation tax receipts will be issued for any donation of $20 or more. Please contact [email protected] for details on how you may contribute, or donate online through our CanadaHelps profile.

  • Who Are The Quakers?: George Fox

    The “Who are the Quakers?” poster set started as an initiative of the Eastern Shore Quaker Worship Group in Nova Scotia. An initial set of 8 posters were developed as information aids to visitors to the Quaker Whaling House Museum located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Panels detailing the early multi-racial Quaker community at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick, and one describing CFHA itself, have since been added. Poster sets suitable for local display are available to Quaker meetings. For details please contact [email protected].

    CFHA is very pleased to introduce two versions of a new panel related to George Fox, the 17th century visionary credited with drawing diverse groups of religious dissenters into what became the Religious Society of Friends. These new posters describe two elements of his ministry that became foundational aspects of the emerging Quaker ethos and message.

    Click on each of the images to view them at a larger size.

    You can download these panels in full-resolution printable PDF form here:

    Viewer comments, questions, and responses to the new George Fox posters are most welcome. We hope this will be the first of many lively conversations and debates on this, our new CFHA website.

    You will need to register as a user of this website in order to comment. You can find the link to register in the right sidebar, which will take you to a form. Your registration will be processed as quickly as possible and you will receive a username with a temporary password. When you first log in, please be prepared to change this password to something secure.

    Then you may post comments on this article, or any news item, in the Blog section of the website. In future, you can log in to the CFHA website at this link, which can also be found in the sidebar to the right.

    For these new George Fox panels, we are curious: which one do you like better? Would you prefer only one be entered into the official Who Are The Quakers? panel set, or should people have the option of both? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments.

  • Two New Posters Added to the ‘Who are the Quakers?’ display set.

    The Canadian Friends Historical Association is pleased to announce the creation of two new posters. The new posters have been added to the existing ‘Who are the Quakers?’ display sets. This brings the number of posters in the complete set to 10.

        Beaver Harbour New Brunswick “No Slave Master Admitted” has been researched and compiled by members of New Brunswick Monthly Meeting. The poster incorporates images of original period documents, graphics and an historic photograph to illustrate the remarkable account of how a racially diverse population of black and white Loyalists and members of the Peskotomuhkati nation peacefully shared the environs of present-day Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick. The story is revealed through surviving records related to the small Quaker meeting established there in 1784 and later sources.

        To Make Known The Quaker Story paraphrases the mission statement of the Canadian Friends Historical Association: ‘” To preserve and communicate the history and faith of Friends (Quakers) and their contribution to the Canadian experience.”  The poster provides a synopsis of the various means by which this mission is accomplished through publications, meetings and other activities. The poster text and illustrations promote awareness of the organization and the benefits of membership. Not the least of these benefits is the opportunity to share, learn from, and exchange information among a welcoming community of descendants of early Quaker migrants, active Quakers and those who share an enthousiasm and interest in Quaker legacy and experience. Membership is open to all.

        As noted elsewhere in this issue, copies of the complete 1-0 poster sets are now being made available for purchase by Quaker organizations and meetings. Please see the advertisement in this issue.