Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation
Pendle Hill is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center located on a 24-acre (9.7 ha) campus in suburban Wallingford, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. It was named for Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England, that the first Quaker preacher described as the site of his calling to ministry.[1] Founded in 1930, Pendle Hill offers programs to people of all faiths.
Directors
- Henry Theodore Hodgkin (1877–1933),[2] director 1928–1933[3]
- John Hughes
- Howard Brinton
- Richard Gregg
- Anna Cox Brinton & Howard Brinton
- Dan Wilson, 1952–1970
- Robert Scholz / Colin Bell, 1971–1974
- Edwin Sanders, 1974–1981
- Robert Lyon, 1981–1986
- Margery Walker, 1986–1991
- Daniel Seeger, 1991–2000
- Steve Baumgartner, 2000–2005
- Ken and Katharine Jacobsen, 2005–2007
- Lauri Perman, May 2007[4][5] – ?
- Jennifer Karsten, 2011–2019[5]
- Traci Hjelt Sullivan (interim) 2019-2020
- Francisco Burgos 2020–present[6]
References
- ^ Pendle Hill Beginnings Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Henry Hodgkin: The Road to Pendle Hill by Ormerod Greenwood (1980), Pendle Hill Publications] (Wallingford, Pennsylvania) Pendle Hill pamphlet No.229 ISBN 0-87574-229-7
- ^ Inventory of Pendle Hill records at Swarthmore College- Historical background
- ^ Lauri Perman - biographical note, 2004, prior to her service at Pendle Hill; Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, and Pendle Hill News item - Perman appointment Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b W. Clinton Pettus. "Lauri Perman released on Disability Leave; Jennifer Karsten named Interim Executive Director". Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ "Francisco Burgos Named Executive Director of Pendle Hill". 30 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
External links
- Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation
- Google maps
- Dodson, Shirley (June 1, 2011). "Pendle Hill Timeline: 1915–2011". Philadelphia, PA: Friends Journal.