The Mexico City Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers) holds Quaker Meeting for Worship each Sunday morning at
11 am in the Casa de los Amigos.
For more information about the Mexico City Friends and Quakers
including Friend in Residence opportunities here, please visit the
meeting website: www.mexico.quaker.org. The site includes a variety of downloadable
Quaker materials in Spanish.
Quakers are Friends!
Everyone is invited to come and share an hour of silent worship in the
manner of Friends. Newcomers are especially welcome! For an introduction
to Quakers and the Quaker Meeting, please come a half-hour early on
Sunday morning.
Quakers gather together each Sunday in expectant silence, waiting upon
God. They believe that there is that of God in everyone, and through
quiet worship one is offered not only a sense of divine Presence and
peace, but also guidance and continuing revelation. Thus, those present
may occasionally rise and deliver a message to the Meeting. Sometimes
the hour is completely silent, but it is not empty. The silence vibrates
with God’s presence, and with the love and unity among us. This
worship is at the center of all Quaker practice and action, and has
led to the Quaker testimonies for which Friends are best known: simplicity,
peace, integrity, community, equality, and unity with nature.
Meeting for Business (Monthly Meeting) is held on the second
Sunday of each month, following the Meeting for Worship. All are invited.
We have a potluck lunch on the first Sunday of each month, following
the Meeting for Worship. All are invited to bring some food to share.
The Mexico City Friends Meeting was founded in 1946 and is affiliated
with Pacific Yearly Meeting, which is comprised of Quaker Meetings in
California, Nevada, Hawaii, Mexico City and Guatemala and meets each
August. Mexico City Friends also participate in the Annual Meeting of
Friends in Mexico (Reunión Anual de los Amigos en México),
the Section of the Americas of the Friends World Committee for Consultation,
and other gatherings of Friends in Latin America.
The
George Fox Library (Biblioteca Jorge Fox) is maintained jointly by the
Casa de los Amigos and the Mexico City Friends Meeting. The Library
has a rich collection of materials on Quakerism and religious studies,
and human rights, peace and nonviolence studies. About one quarter
of the collection is in Spanish. The Library is open to the public
during Casa hours.
