Many Friends in New England have been familiar with the Friends House across its 64-year history as a residential community, an affordable place to stay in downtown Boston, and as the host of occasional public lectures like our annual Ernest & Esther Weed Memorial Lecture.

Over the past few years, Friends House staff members, Board of Managers, and committees have been working to greatly expand our public programming — including lectures, workshops, documentary screenings, and gathering space for local advocacy and community groups — guided by an expanded vision of the Friends House’s potential as an institution that nurtures and supports individual reflection and collective action for a much broader community (of  Friends and others) beyond the current residents.

Now, we are proud of our ever-increasing suite of wide-reaching online programs, video library of past offerings, and ventures into hybrid offerings. We are excited to share them with Friends and others across New England — and beyond. We hope that you find some of the ministry of our programming supportive of spiritual exploration and deepening for you, your Meeting, and others beyond the Society of Friends who may find resonance with its content.