The mission of the house is to provide information and education about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). In addition to supporting the residential community as they learn to live together, Beacon Hill Friends House offers the following programs:

Quaker Studies Program

In partnership with Salem Quarterly Meeting, the House sponsors the Quaker Studies Program. Each year a varied set of programs are offered, usually in the form of a one day program or short series of evening seminars. The courses are open to anyone desiring to learn more about the Religious Society of Friends and Quakerism. They are for new or casual attenders as well as regular attenders and experienced Friends. For a listing of the currently scheduled programs and registration information please visit the Quaker Studies Program web site.


Radical Witness
Our 2008 Fall Lecture Series
Autumn 2007

This fall, Beacon Hill Friends House in Boston offers an opportunity to hear compelling voices from our own Yealy Meeting, Young Adult Friends and Friends to whom we too often forget to listen. Let us Listen and hear what truth rises among us. The theme of the series is Radical Witness.. Learn more!


Ernest and Esther Weed
Memorial Lecture

Ernest and Esther Weed were long time co-directors of the House during its formative years. In their memory Beacon Hill Friends House presents an annual lecture delivered by a distinguished Friend on an aspect of Quakerism of interest to the wider Quaker community. This lecture is presented in earlyspring of each year.

Trayce Peterson will deliver the
2009 Weed Memorial Lecture
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 1:00 PM


NewsLetters

Twice a year Beacon Hill Friends House publishes a newsletter for its alumni and friends. They contain news of from those who have lived here, happenings at the House, and some other articles of interest. The most recent are here in PDF format and can be downloaded. If you need the program to display the newsletters please see the free readers available at adobe.com. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please drop a line to the directors.



Publications:

Beacon Hill Friends House publishes a variety of publications. For more information on our publcations, see:

New Titles
BHFH-1008

    On Being Grafted Into The Root

Debbie Humphries
BHFH-1010


   A Road Less Traveled:  Living Pastoral Ministry
  among  Friends in New England

Maggie Edmondson
BHFH-08

  Facing Unbearable Truths

Dr. Harold Weaver