Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2026: Love Crosses Borders

A lecture on immigrant accompaniment, intentional community, and radical hospitality. 

Anton Flores-Maisonet’s lecture, Love Crosses Borders, will weave stories from a twenty-five-year journey alongside immigrant communities whose resilience, faith, and struggle have reshaped his understanding of God, neighbor, and belonging. Drawing on experiences of accompaniment, intentional community, and, most recently, a six-year experiment in radical hospitality that has welcomed hundreds of migrants into a Quaker meetinghouse, he will consider how love calls us beyond the borders that divide us and into deeper practices of solidarity, faithfulness, and belonging. 

To learn more with Anton, sign-up for a participatory conversation with him about his book in October. 

The Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture was endowed by Norval and Ann Reece and established in 2004 in concert with Pendle Hill’s publication of Steve Cary’s memoir, The Intrepid Quaker: One Man’s Quest for Peace.

This and our other lectures are streamed live and available as recordings on our YouTube channel.