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The house at Cool Spring looked old; its antiquity accentuated by peeling paint and a jungle that had once been a yard.

Bill Robling gives tours of the Free Quaker Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood.

Paula Hills and Eric Starr bought a house last year from a Quaker's group that sold it to them for $1. Spending thousands to make the home more "green," they hope to sell it for $409,900. Some might say Eric ...

In what looks like a modest home among the stately houses on Elm Street, members of the Westerly Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, sit quietly for an hour each Sunday, as they have on First Days for 350 ...

' Elsie Powell stood at her grave in Prospect Park's Quaker Cemetery on Saturday afternoon and told visitors about her life.

Christian Science is sermon subject Mary Baker Eddy, in 1866, discovered the "Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love," and she named that discovery Christian Science.

The Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park will be open to the public Saturday for a play about the people interred ther.

A local Quaker community is bringing an exhibit about the cost of the Iraq War to area residents.

William Oden Jr., a man with controversial views, wants to celebrate the bicentennial.

Haven't you always wondered about the Quaker Cemetery on the south side of Prospect Park? Well, here's your chance to learn more and walk around in it.

More than 1,500 Quakers are expected at the annual gathering of the Friends General Conference, a North American Quaker organization, June 28 through July 5 on the Pitt-Johnstown campus.

A: "Speak truth to power" most often means to tell powerful people things they don't want to hear.

The Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, is offering a series examining the denomination's history, beliefs and faith practices, starting 9:15 a.m. Sunday.

COMMENT By Marcia Z. Nelson Religion News Service Saturday, May 31, 2008; Page B09 Shooting rampages at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University left almost 40 people dead and prompted intense discussion ...

Religious Society of Friends , 497 Highland Ave., 329-9400, meet Sundays at 10 a.m. For other events or more information, check out www.renofriends.org . I like spirituality's "where the rubber meets the road" ...

Dillon will be an assistant to the editor; her responsibilities will include researching, writing and editing stories for the fall issue and working on the website and grant proposals.

'Fur das Kind' - preview It was with a great sense of privilege and gratitude that, as a Quaker, Audrey B Insley of South Manchester LM went to the unveiling of a sculpture in memory of the Kindertransport in ...

Wardens suffer as Meetings fall foul of metal thieves - preview Oliver Robertson investigates the increasing instances of Quaker Meeting houses being targetted for their lead roofing Quaker Meeting houses have ...

Two Caravans at BYM - preview It's 'curtain up' again for the Friend's presentation of scenes from Two Caravans, Marina Lewycka's savagely funny tale of migrant workers suffering in the English countryside.