Message to the Bahá’ís of Canada

29 January 2026 / 12 Sovereignty 182

To the followers of Bahá’u’lláh in Canada

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

With the unit convention approaching, and but three months remaining until the conclusion of the first phase of the Nine Year Plan, the National Spiritual Assembly was drawn to this passage from the 4 January 2026 letter of the Universal House of Justice:

This moment of progression is an ideal time to engage with the numerous souls in whose company the Plan was launched four years ago, and whose number has since expanded to include countless new friends who have been attracted to devotional meetings, educational activities, and other Bahá’í initiatives. We invite all to reflect together, whether in dedicated spaces, at regular community gatherings, or within one another’s homes, on what has been learned and what has been accomplished.

This invitation allowed us to see in the unit convention one such space where, in addition to the election of delegates, the friends can undertake this reflection: thoughtful, deliberate and conducive to purposeful action. While attendance at the unit convention is limited to those registered as Bahá’ís, many kindred souls, whether enrolled believers or not, have contributed to “what has been learned and what has been accomplished”. As you prepare to participate in the unit convention, we urge you to create or seize opportunities to reflect with those fellow-believers, friends, neighbours, family, and co-workers with whom you have been in conversation over the last four years, on the distance travelled, and the “devoted, spirited, diverse efforts being made to carry to every receptive heart what the True One has revealed—to offer hope to a trouble-gripped humanity, to offer the means of being a conscious agent in the work of worldwide spiritual renewal”.

We look forward with eagerness to unit conventions that are enriched by the insights generated in these conversations, and to the action they inspire.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Karen McKye, Secretary