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  • Friendly Friday – George Fox Journal Discussion Group

    Friendly Friday – George Fox Journal Discussion Group

    Interested in exploring and reflecting on the source document of Quakerism?

    In Friendly Friday, our participants reflect an eclectic group of voices, opinions and viewpoints. We gather to read aloud, spiritually contemplate and reflect on George Fox’s Journal, respecting that of God in every one, including different viewpoints and experiences, to learn and grow from one another.

    We have found that a deep and prayerful listening to Fox read aloud tends to flow naturally into personal insight and comment that has much in common with worship-sharing. Collectively we come to a deeper understanding of the profound ministry of the Spirit through Fox, and are encouraged to reflect on how this ministry may speak into our contemporary experience. Join us at anytime.

    Our group has been meeting over Zoom to learn about the historic and spiritual beginnings of the Religious Society of Friends by reading and discussing the Nickall’s edition of George Fox’s Journal. It is an outreach program of the Canadian Friends Historical Association.

    We always welcome new participants. 

    Want to know more? Visit: Friendly Friday: George Fox Journal Discussion Group

    If you wish to receive email notifications about the next sessions, email Donna Moore at [email protected]

  • Renew Your Membership!

    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.

    Your support through membership provides the financial resources to keep CFHA an active and healthy association. CFHA is incorporated under the auspices of the Ontario Historical Society (OHS).

    You can now complete your membership registration or renewal online!

     

    You can also continue to register or renew using our older form as a fillable PDF:

  • Save the Date: Hybrid AGM – Join Us In-Person and Online

    Save the Date: Hybrid AGM – Join Us In-Person and Online

    Save the Date!

  • FHA Virtual Lecture – “William Penn: Enigmatic Quaker, Founding Father” by J. William Frost

    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. William Frost on May 29. These events are all free but registration is required. Details are on FHA’s website.

    Wednesday, May 29, 2024 – “William Penn: Enigmatic Quaker, Founding Father” by J. William Frost (virtual event)
    12:00 PM ET (find my local time)

    18th Century Engraving Print of William Penn

    For the 400th Anniversary of George Fox’s birth, J. William Frost will present a virtual talk on William Penn that excavates his life as a deeply religious man who experienced personal triumph and success as well as tragedy and failure, as well as his connections to George Fox. While many recognize William Penn as the founder of Pennsylvania and a defender of religious liberty, much less is known about Penn as a man of faith. Frost’s forthcoming book, William Penn: A Radical, Conservative Quaker (Penn State University Press, November 2024) examines Penn as a deeply religious man whose contradictions reflect, at least in part, his turbulent times. This intriguing history fills significant gaps in writings about Penn–particularly concerning Penn’s faith and its intersection with his work as a statesman and politician.

  • Event: “The New History of Quakerism” Tomorrow with Ben Pink Dandelion and Robynne Rogers Healey

    The Libraries and Quaker Studies at Haverford College is hosting a free Quaker history zoom panel on Wednesday, February 7th at 12:00pm EST. 

    The way that we understand the history of the Society of Friends today is very different from the way that we understood it one hundred–or even ten–years ago. In this session two distinguished scholars, Ben Pink Dandelion and Robynne Rogers Healey, will highlight some of the most important differences between “the new history of Quakerism” and older interpretations of Quaker history.

    See the event page for more details and further zoom information.

    Robynne Rogers Healey and Ben Pink Dandelion, courtesy of Haverford College.

    Ben Pink Dandelion

    Professor of Theology and Religion; Honorary Professor of Quaker Studies; Director, Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies

    University of Birmingham, UK

    His publications include The Creation of Modern Quaker Diversity, 1830-1937 and The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies.

    Robynne Rogers Healey

    Professor of History; Chair, Department of History; Coordinator, Gender Studies

    Trinity Western University, Canada

    Her publications include Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690-1830 and Quaker Women, 1800-1920.

    Please click the link below to join the webinar:
    https://haverford.zoom.us/j/93969172098?pwd=Y0JuRmxwSDRTOHM3ZXpFR2hSS2hRZz09
    Passcode: 057906

  • Online Event: “Assimilate or Be Exterminated” by David Raymond

    “Assimilate or Be Exterminated”
    Presented by David Raymond (Mi’kmaw descendant)
    December 4, 2023, 7pm Eastern Time

    David Raymond, a Quaker from Ottawa, will be giving a talk titled “Assimilate or Be Exterminated” this coming Monday, December 4th. David used the CFHA transcription of the Genessee Yearly Meeting minutes and other CFHA resources in his research. He has collected a trove of supporting documents found at other online sources.

    Registration: https://friendspeaceteams.org/assimilate-or-be-exterminated-2023/

    For much of their existence, the Quaker Yearly Meetings of Turtle Island and Britain pursued the eradication of Indigenous Peoples’ cultures and matriarchies as a means to save Indigenous Peoples from the supposed necessity of their extermination (mass killing).

    In his presentation, David Raymond will examine Quaker writings and deeds from the late 18th century to the present and will offer reflections on the impact of the truth on his faith journey.

    David is a Quaker from Ontario, Canada. He is of European and Mi’kmaw ancestry and is reconnecting to Mi’kmaw culture. For several years he has been researching Canadian Quakers’ historical role in the attempted forced assimilation of Indigenous Peoples.

    “Assimilate or Be Exterminated”
    December 4, 20238 pm Atlantic time7 pm Eastern Time6 pm Central time5 pm Mountain time4 pm Pacific Time

  • Register for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2023

    Register for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2023

    Quaker Theological Discussion Group (QTDG) is welcoming registrants for their 2023 meeting. These panel discussions will be held via Zoom on December 1–2, 2023 at 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT (find the time in your time zone). These events are free! 

    The theme for QTDG 2023 is “Tradition & Transformation: Quakerism 400 Years After the Birth of George Fox.” This will be part of a year-long conversation and celebration organized by Friends World Committee of Consultation, with events all over the world recognizing George Fox’s 400th birthday.

    Image credit: Marcela Teran, Liberation Works
    • Panel 1, Dec 1: Reconsidering Fox’s Rejection of Rituals
      Panelists: Alice Elliott-Sowaal and Diego Navarro, Barbara Birch, George Busolo Lukalo, Welling Hall

      • “Why We Need to Return to Practices that Can Move Us Beyond Inadvertent Somatic Individualism,” Alice Elliott-Sowaal and Diego Navarro
      • “Throwing out the Baby,” Barbara Birch
      • “Worship Tradition and Transformation Among Kenyan Friends,” George Busolo Lukalo
      • “Insights into Quaker Silence from Otto, Thurman, and Panikkar,” Welling Hall
    • Panel 2: Dec 2: A Great People Gathered? Quakers in Global Context
      Panelists: Emma Condori Mamani, Mark Russ, Rhiannon Grant, Robert J. Wafula

      • “Bolivian Indigenous Quakerism,” Emma Condori Mamani
      • “Whiteness and the Roots of the Quaker Universalist Discourse,” Mark Russ
      • “Theological Diversity as Growth and Foundation,” Rhiannon Grant
      • “New forms of orientation for the 21 century Africa Quaker movement,” Robert J. Wafula
    • Business meeting, Dec 2: if you can, stay after the panel on Saturday to learn more about Quaker Theological Discussion Group and Quaker Religious Thought, and help us brainstorm topic ideas for next year.

     

  • Upcoming Event: An Introduction to the History of Quakers in Canada

    Upcoming Event: An Introduction to the History of Quakers in Canada

    Winnipeg Monthly Meeting is hosting an online religious education event open to everyone on the history of Quakers in Canada. The event will be facilitated by Elaine Bishop on Thursday, November 30th.

    Some quiz questions for an Introduction to the History of Quakers in Canada:

    1. Who were the earliest Quakers in Nova Scotia?
    2. How many Winnipeg Monthly Meetings have there been?
    3. How many Yearly Meetings have had the word ‘Canada’ in their names?

    You can let Elaine know ([email protected]) what you want to know about Canadian Quaker history! If you would like to attend this event, please email Glenn to signal your attendance and to receive the online link ahead of time at [email protected].

    About the speaker: Elaine Bishop has been involved with Canadian Quakers for most of her life, having been taken to Quaker Camp NeeKauNis as a child shortly after her parents brought her to Canada from England in 1951. She has worked for Quakers in Scotland and Canada. Her interests include Quaker history and Indigenous rights, including reparations and relationships between land and peace through the lens of Quaker peace testimony. She now Clerks the Canadian Yearly Meeting Archives Committee which oversees the Canadian Quaker Library and Archives.  

  • Save the Date! AGM on Saturday, September 24

    Save the Date! AGM on Saturday, September 24

    This year, CFHA’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 24th.

    The business portion of the AGM will take place from 1:00 – 2:00pm EDT. All members are encouraged to attend.

    The business portion will be followed by the program portion from 2:30 – 3:30pm EDT and is open to everyone.

    More information and a link to the online meeting are forthcoming. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us!

  • Moore Family Reunion & Presentations

    Moore Family Reunion and Presentations 2021
    July 17, 2021 via Zoom

    All are welcome to attend the upcoming 2021 Moore Family Reunion, which includes three presentations that are of note to CFHA members. This event is a gathering of the descendants and friends of Samuel Moore I, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Province of New Jersey, born c. 1630, and his great-grandson, United Empire Loyalist Samuel Moore of Upper Canada, formerly of the Provinces of New Jersey and Nova Scotia, born 1742, died 1822, Norwich Upper Canada.

    Saturday, July 17, 2021
    Informal meet and greet, 1:30-2:00 p.m., ET

    Welcome, Introductions
    3 Presentations, each followed by discussion and a break
     (topics below)
    2:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET

    Presentation topics:
    1 – “The Flushing Remonstrance: An Examination of Founding Contributions Made by the Colonial Ancestors of the Moore and Hicks Families to the Establishment of Now Universally Recognized Rights and Freedoms, Including Freedoms of Speech, Assembly and Religion” by John Hicks.

    This talk addresses the Flushing Remonstrance, a 1657 petition to the Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, where thirty residents of Flushing (now a neighbourhood in NYC) requested an exemption to the ban he implemented on Quaker worship. This was an area where Quaker missionaries were often sent, and where Quaker Robert Hodgson was was arrested and imprisoned for preaching. Though none of the signees were Quakers, they believed in the fundamental right of freedom of religion. The Flushing Remonstrance is often regarded as a precursor to the freedom of religion clause in the 1789 US Bill of Rights. The Flushing Remonstrance begins with:

    Remonstrance of the magistrates and inhabitants of Flushing, L. I. (with names), against the law against Quakers, 27 December 1657. Photo courtesy of the New York State Archives.

    Right Honorable, You have been pleased to send unto us a certain prohibition or command that we should not receive or entertain any of those people called Quakers because they are supposed to be, by some, seducers of the people. For our part we cannot condemn them in this case, neither can we stretch out our hands against them, for out of Christ God is a consuming fire, and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

    2- “Whence Cometh Samuel?: Tracing the Lineage of the Honourable Samuel Moore I, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Province of New Jersey” by Bob Moore.

    3- “Colonialism, Fundamental Freedoms, and Connection to the Land: How Understanding the Ancestors Deepens Our Sense of Belonging in the New World” by M. Jane Fairburn.

    We look forward to sharing stories and insights into the rich historical tradition of the Moore family in North America, all without the distance restrictions!
    Please share this invitation with those who might be interested.

    You can attend this Zoom reunion via computer or telephone
    (computer preferred so you can see the participants and presenters)
    Contact Donna Moore to receive the Zoom link
    ([email protected])
    519-850-7224
    Donna Moore