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the Asia West Pacific Section’s Gathering in April 2011
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Attending the Asia West Pacific Section’s Gathering in April 2011 will be the chance of a lifetime to visit the Philippines in the company of Friends from a wide spectrum of Friendly traditions.
In addition to the Section Business Meetings there will be a programme including two international speakers – Paul Anderson from George Fox University in USA and Janet Scott, from Britain Yearly Meeting – and presentations on FWCC’s Global Change Committee which is looking at ways to project Quakerly views into the international debate on global change.
Friends from around the world responded to John Ocol’s plea for help when the main Friends Church in Manila was inundated by 15 feet of water. The Friends in Manila are hosting the Gathering, and I’m sure will be anxious to show off the work they are doing to reduce the impact of future typhoons. Their young people are recycling rubbish usually dumped in the drains, blocking them, by sorting and selling it to pay for their involvement in the Gathering. At the same time they are learning different ways to tackle a very real problem in their city.
Bonifacio Quirog, an unprogrammed Friend who attended Australia Yearly Meeting in Adelaide last January, has used some of the money donated by Friends to set up a multifaith young people’s group including both Muslims and Christians, which is cleaning up the beaches near Bohol, south of Manila. He has said that he would welcome visits by Friends after the Gathering. Bohol is about an hour’s flight south of Manila, costing approximately USD55 for the round trip, and reasonable accommodation can be arranged in a hotel there. We will be able to see for ourselves how the donations are being used not only for cleaning up their environment, but also to build trust between the two faith groups.
Halfway through the Gathering there will be a choice of three guided excursions –Tagaytay to see lake Taal, created when a massive volcano erupted. If time permits we may continue to Pagsanjan area. There are waterfalls and bamboo rafting through the canyons. If anyone saw the movie Apocalypse Now, the last section was filmed there.
The second trip is to 'old' Manila where a 'must see' is Fort Santiago, within Intramuros, which is the old walled city. In Fort Santiago is a museum dedicated to Dr Jose Rizal. On the 30th December 1896, Rizal was executed, after a mockery of a trial for the underground revolution against the Spanish. Rizal is celebrated as the National hero each 30th Dec with a public holiday at which the President attends the Rizal memorial. There are 400 year old churches/cathedrals and other fascinating architecture.
The third trip is to the famous shopping areas of Manila- in the Marikina area and the 3 or 4 mile long street market at Bacalaren. Then there is China Town, with gold and jewellers stores as well as cloth by the mile. Transport will be using the rapid transit trains.
The venue is a safe Christian Retreat Centre set in gardens on a hill outside Manila. You can book air-conditioned bedrooms (for an additional fee). Full board (including the excursions) will cost AUD400 for the entire time. This is payable either before you arrive in Australian dollars (see below) or after arrival, in Philippine Pesos which are available from ATMs at the airport (approx 40 pesos to the dollar).
There will be provision for both unprogrammed and programmed Meetings for Worship, local speakers, home groups and interest groups.
Because we hope that a number of Friends from countries such as India, Indonesia, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), as well as the Philippines will participate, we are asking Friends from other countries to pay a little extra to cover their costs. In addition we would appreciate it if you could add AUD10 to each payment, to cover bank charges.
If you register before December 31st, the registration fee will be AUD400. After that date there will be an extra charge of AUD50. So the total cost, if you register before December 31st will be AUD810, and after that date, AUD860.
TO REGISTER
Please download the Registration Form from the AWPS website www.fwccawps.org, and under ‘Next AWPS Section Gathering’ click on ‘REGISTRATION FORM 2011’, fill it out, and send it to Valerie@fwccawps.org. Then send your registration fee (with or without your accommodation fee) by bank transfer in Australian dollars, to Westpac Bank at 433, Portrush Rd, Glenside SA 5064, SWIFT Code WPACAU 2S, BSB 035 041, FWCCAWPS account number 182250, adding an extra bank charge of AUD10 for each transfer. Please make sure to include your name in the transfer information.
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2022/08/23
Listening To The Light: Amazon.co.uk: Pym, Jim
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Listening To The Light Paperback – 22 April 1999
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Quakers have long been respected for their simplicity, integrity, truthfulness, non violence and undestanding of the need for silence. This inspirational little book explores Quaker values and shows how - even if we are not members of the Society of Friends - we can bring Quaker practices and ideals into our everyday lives and relationships with others. Including a fascinating chapter on how to use the tools of Quakerism in a business context, there is also much helpful advice on how to slow down, still the mind and 'let the heart create for us'.
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Jim Pym was born and brought up a Roman Catholic and has had a lifelong interest in religion and spirituality. He became a Buddhist and has been coordinator for the Pure Land Buddhist Fellowship, a member of the Council of the Buddhist Society, London, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and a Buddhist-Christian dialogue group. He teaches meditation and is active in leading retreats and workshops.
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Publisher : Rider; 1st Edition (22 April 1999)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for both Quakers and non-QuakersReviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2012
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The sub-title suggests the purpose of the book: ‘How to bring Quaker simplicity and integrity into our lives’. Jim Pym came to Quakers from Catholicism, via Buddhism, and still describes himself as ‘a Buddhist and a Quaker’ (his form of Quakerism being of the liberal, non-programmed variety). He has been a professional musician, and a publisher and seller, as well as a writer, of Quaker books. Most introductions to Quakers that I’ve read are worthy volumes but, I must say, a little dry for my taste. They tend to be very matter of fact and ‘out there’. Jim Pym ‘s personality and life experience are very much present in this introduction to Quakers and Quaker ways, and a delightfully warm and engaging presence it is.
He identifies three strands in the book - the first ‘personal and even autobiographical’, the second ‘about Quakerism and about Quakers’, the third being something of a ‘how to...’ in that ‘it suggests ways in which you may incorporate ideas into your own life’.
The ‘about Quakers’ strand deals with principles and approaches rather than the nitty gritty of practicalities, but still manages to cover a lot of ground. He talks of meeting for worship as ‘the source from which everything else springs’, and strives to give some insight into ‘what Quakers have learned and experienced over the years’, touching on the idea of ‘that of God’, the implications of ‘the abolition of the laity’, and the importance of the testimonies, as well as processes such as meeting for worship for business, worship sharing,meetings for clearness, and weddings and funerals.
The ‘how to’ strand considers how anyone, even someone who ‘might never go near a Quaker meeting’, could draw on practices of silence and careful listening, and principles such as integrity and simplicity, and integrate them into everyday life.
The book is woven through with quotes from Advices and Queries (which he identifies as ‘a potted guide guidebook to the Quaker life’) as well as from a range of important Quaker writers, and includes the whole Advices and Queries as an appendix. It also has quite an extensive bibliography (which immediately set me chasing off after a couple of volumes). It was written primarily for those new to Quakers, but this old Quaker found it a great read and will certainly be dipping into it again.
Jim Pym says that ‘viewed from the outside, Quakers give the impression of being stolid, serious, and slightly dull’. I doubt that anyone reading this book would come away with that impression. They will have gained some insight into what Quakers are on about, something of their history and current practice, as well as some practical suggestions for engaging with some Quaker principles in daily life.
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for anyone interested in this way of life this is a really good overview/introduction to what it is all about. it is also easy to read and understand. recommended!
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** Godless for God's Sake - Nontheism in Contemp Quakerism By 27 Quaker Nontheists: 2017
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27 Quakers from 13 Yearly Meetings in four countries tell how they combine committed membership of the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in a transcendent, personal and supernatural God.
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As an introduction, this little book serves well. I loved the way that it reflects Quaker practice by presenting a range of viewpoints and personal stories from 27 long-serving Friends. Perhaps (and even hopefully) it will trigger discussion and understanding between those with a traditional view of God and those like me who feel that the real world as revealed by science is awe-inspiring enough without the need for the supernatural. There is so much to discuss and consider on this subject that I hope there will be more books on the same subject. Perhaps I should write one!
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This book is very unique in that 27 atheists reveal why they are still Quakers. This book may seem strange to some because it is highly probable that many will have a stigmatized "Western/European", more precisely "Christian/Theistic", understanding of both religion and secular beforehand.
Current research does indicate that beliefs, behavior, and belonging are simply not congruent in individuals - meaning that what people do does not always follow in a cohesive fashion from what they believe nor do beliefs manifest into behaviors or attitudes automatically in a consistent direction (Chaves, Mark. 2010. SSSR Presidential address rain dances in the dry season: Overcoming the religious congruence fallacy. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49(1):1-14).
Indeed many books on atheism do not seem to emphasize that "atheism" is a major category of religion (the opposite of the major category called "theism") and that both theism and atheism can be split into many subcategories and divisions - usually into specific religions like Taoism or Islam.
These 27 atheist Quakers offer much of their biographies and experiences that have lead them to stay within the Quaker tradition and how they see "religion". They are quite diverse just as theists are about these things and looking at etymology of the word "religion" would help in pinpointing how broad religion is.
Caroline Stephen - Wikipedia a writer on Quakerism
Caroline Stephen
Caroline Stephen | |
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Born | Carolina Emelia Stephen 8 December 1834 London, England |
Died | 7 April 1909 (aged 74) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Milly Stephen |
Known for | Philanthropy and writing on Quakerism |
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Relatives | Virginia Woolf (niece) |
Caroline Emelia Stephen (8 December 1834 – 7 April 1909), also known as Milly Stephen, was a British philanthropist and a writer on Quakerism. Her niece was Virginia Woolf.
Life[edit]
Stephen was born on 8 December 1834 at Kensington Gore on Hyde Park Gate in London.[1] She was the daughter of the abolitionist Sir James and Jane Catherine (born Venn) Stephen. Her father was the permanent under-secretary for the colonies.[2]
Her brothers were the jurist Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) who was the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.[2] She was educated by governesses in a literary and religious home. Her home moved from London to Brighton and back to Windsor and then Wimbledon.[1] Her father retired from government work when she was a teenager and she moved again when he became a (mostly honorary) Regis history professor at Cambridge University.[2] Stephen is said to have had a love affair that ended badly in 1857.[1] According to her brother, Leslie, her lover left and died in India. However despite Leslie's expertise as a biographer there does not appear to be any corroboration for this account.[3]
Good works and becoming a Quaker[edit]
Stephen was moved to charitable works in the 1860s and she published "The Service of the Poor" in 1871[4] after discussing her hypothesis with Florence Nightingale. She also began discussions of faith with Robert Were Fox. She decided to become a Quaker and she left behind her parents' evangelical Christianity. She looked after her mother until she died when she co-founded the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants with her cousin Sara Stephen (other claims exist). In 1877 she arranged for a building for women to live in Chelsea. This was Hereford Buildings and it was located on what would become Old Church Street.[1]
In 1879 she had joined the Quakers and she had become a strong supporter of their views. In 1890 she published Quaker Strongholds which set forth her point of view and was well received as a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication.[3] This is despite her brother's description of the book as "another little work of hers".[3] Virginia Woolf grew up with her father calling his sister "Silly Milly" or "The Nun".[3] Her book made her the most well known female Quaker amongst those who read books. She was an anti-suffragist as she considered that the silent majority of women did not want a change to the status quo. Her point of view became slightly more popular after her death as the more militant suffragettes made it difficult for non-violent Quakers to support the popular feminist point of view.[5]
Cambridge[edit]
Stephen moved to Cambridge in 1895 where she was able to witness to students at Newnham and Girton College about the beliefs of Quakers. She was assisted at Newnham by her niece, Katharine Stephen, who was the principal of Newnham College.[1] When Virginia Woolf had a breakdown after her father died in 1904, she recovered at a friend's home and then spent time with her aunt in Cambridge.[3]
Stephen died at her home in Cambridge on 7 April 1909. She left a bequest of £2,500 to her niece Virginia Woolf. This money was credited by her niece as pivotal to her career, as it freed Woolf to be able to concentrate on thinking; the money, she said, "unveiled the sky to me"[6] (see A Room of One's Own). In 1911 Katharine Stephen published The Vision of Faith and other Essays which contained Caroline Stephen's writing.
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Margaret M. Jensen, "Stephen, Caroline Emelia (1834–1909)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2014 accessed 10 Dec 2015
- ^ Jump up to:a b c A. G. L. Shaw, "Stephen, Sir James (1789–1859)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 10 Dec 2015
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Caroline Stephen and her niece, Virginia Woolf, Alison M. Lewis, Journal of the fellowship of the Quakers in the Arts, Issue 21, Spring 2001, Retrieved 10 December 2015
- ^ The Service of the Poor. An Inquiry into the Reasons for and against the Establishment of Religious Sisterhoods for charitable Purposes. London 1871. For an analysis of this work (with a focus Stephen's perception of the German deaconess' movement) see Czolkoss, Michael: „Ich sehe da manches, was dem Erfolg der Diakonissensache in England schaden könnte“ – English Ladies und die Kaiserswerther Mutterhausdiakonie im 19. Jahrhundert. In: Thomas K. Kuhn, Veronika Albrecht-Birkner (eds.): Zwischen Aufklärung und Moderne. Erweckungsbewegungen als historiographische Herausforderung (= Religion - Kultur - Gesellschaft. Studien zur Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte des Christentums in Neuzeit und Moderne, 5). Münster 2017, pp. 255-280, here pp. 269-274.
- ^ Thomas C. Kennedy (2001). British Quakerism, 1860-1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community. Oxford University Press. pp. 230–231. ISBN 978-0-19-827035-5.
- ^ A Room of One's Own, Chapter Two Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, Virginia Woolf, Retrieved 10 December 2015