Pendle Hill’s 95th Anniversary Gathering – Saturday Open House & Evening Celebration

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Whether you were a resident student for years, or attended an online program once, join us on campus to connect, renew, and imagine together in community as we celebrate our 95th Anniversary.

On Campus: Pendle Hill 95th Anniversary Picnic Celebration

4:00pm – Open Campus: Play games with Lloyd Guindon, explore arts and spirituality in the Art Studio, walk the trails, and reconnect with your favorite memories on campus.
5:00pm – Welcome and Visions of Pendle Hill with Francisco Burgos
6:00pm – Picnic Dinner
7:30-9:00pm – Skits and Singing in the Barn

Leader(s)

Francisco Burgos is the executive director at Pendle Hill and has facilitated spiritual retreats and  lectio divina sessions for many audiences. Francisco was a De La Salle Christian Brother for almost ten years, serving in Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, and has been a Friend since 2004. He is a member of Harrisburg Friends Meeting and an attender of meetings including Monteverde Friends Meeting in Costa Rica, Adelphi Friends Meeting in Maryland, and Providence Meeting in Pennsylvania.

Lloyd Guindon has carefully tended the Pendle Hill grounds for over 30 years. A graduate of the Barnes Foundation’s Arboretum School, he is trained as an arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture. Lloyd’s love for the natural world was nurtured through his childhood on the dairy farm at Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. Lloyd is a lifelong Quaker and also a poet. 

Lori Piñeiro Sinitzky (Ashkenazi and Caribbean) is an Equity, Justice, and Inclusion educator. She is informed by her identity as a 53-year-old straight, cisgender woman. Lori is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and clerk of the Worship and Ministry committee. She is a graduate of Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, a single mother of two young adult children, and works to create a more liberated and just world. 

Lucy Sinitzky (she/her) is a second year student at Tyler School of Art at Temple University, studying illustration and emerging media. She has a wide variety of studio experience in ceramics, printmaking, painting, and drawing. She is a native Philadelphian and currently lives in the East Kensington area of Philadelphia. 

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