Quaker Youth Pilgrimage

The Quaker Youth Pilgrimage is a long standing ministry which helps young people aged between 16 and 18 from the United States and Europe to explore their Quaker roots.

The Pilgrimage takes place every two years, alternately in Europe and in the United States. The most recent Pilgrimage took place in 2008 with the theme ‘A Journey through Conflict to Peace’. After home stays in Glasgow the pilgrims travelled to Yealand Conyers, where they explored the ‘1652 Country’ and had three days for facilitated community building exercises. Their next stop was Dublin, where they were involved in a service project before travelling on to Moyallon Quaker Centre in N. Ireland. Among other activities, they were able to visit Quaker House, Quaker Cottage, Stormont and Maghaberry Prison Visitor Centre. The pilgrimage was brought to a close with two days at Wiston Lodge near Biggar, outside Glasgow.

Read the report.

QUAKER YOUTH PILGRIMAGE 2010

Northwestern United States

14 July – 13 August 2010

Planning of this summer’s pilgrimage is well under way. Leaders have been appointed and pilgrims selected. The pilgrims will meet in Seattle, USA & after short homestays will travel to Quaker Cove on Puget Sound where they will spend over a week building their community & being involved in service projects. They will return to Seattle and be welcomed by NSF – North Seattle Friends church & learn about the work of AFSC and about Native American issues. In the third week they move on to Portland, attending a variety of meetings & churches and being involved in service projects before spending a few days at Camp Mugruder on the Oregon Coast.. The pilgrimage will end with a closing retreat hosted by Camas Friends Church.

The pilgrimage happens every two years and is organised jointly by the European & Middle East Section and the Section of the Americas of FWCC, the world body of Friends. It’s an opportunity to promote loving understanding of our diversities within the Quaker worldwide family.

The Pilgrimage brings together 14 Young Friends (aged 16-18) from North America and 14 from Europe with two adult facilitators from each section on a four week journey of exploration. Pilgrims will come from different cultural, language and theological traditions. During your time together you will travel and learn together and seek to nurture your spiritual lives.