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Reflections on growth in Regina, Saskatchewan

Reflections on growth in Regina, Saskatchewan

| 2014/06/13

Here is an account that describes the process of starting a programme of growth in Saskatoon, Sask. and how the friendships built among the friends contributed to this aim:

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Celebrating Holy Days and other special occasions

Celebrating Holy Days and other special occasions

| 2014/06/12

The growth of the Bahá’í community consists of a number of “interacting processes, each of which contributes its share to the movement of humanity towards Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of a new World Order.”

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Drawing of Quebec institute training participants

Drawing of Quebec institute training participants

| 2014/05/28

This drawing by Adrian Brulé of Val-D’Or, in Abitibi, Que., is of 20 francophone youth between the ages of 14 to 16 who studied the junior youth text Power of the Holy Spirit during a regional camp in Quebec in January.

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‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels to Egypt and the West

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels to Egypt and the West

| 2014/05/26

During the August 2010 to December 2013 centenary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels to Egypt and the West, Bahá’í Canada produced a series of 12 articles which recounted some of the stories from that “glorious chapter” [1] of Bahá’í history, referred to some other significant historical events of that time, and suggested some possible links with the work of the Bahá’í community today.

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Reflection seminars for the junior youth programme in Vancouver and Toronto

Reflection seminars for the junior youth programme in Vancouver and Toronto

| 2014/05/22

Canada is home to two learning sites for the junior youth spiritual empowerment programme, in Toronto and Vancouver. These communities will soon be welcoming friends from clusters across Canada and the United States who are involved in the coordination of the junior youth programme. Toronto’s seminar is taking place from 21 to 26 May and Vancouver’s from 6 to 15 June.

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Delegates at Canada’s National Convention focus on oneness

Delegates at Canada’s National Convention focus on oneness

| 2014/05/22

The 157 delegates at Canada’s 66th National Convention – held in late April at the Toronto Bahá’í Centre – have a variety of life experiences and come from a diversity of places.

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Message to the Bahá’ís of Iran

Message to the Bahá’ís of Iran

| 2014/05/20

Here is a translation of the 13 May message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran: 13 May Here is a link to the Persian message: 13 May [Persian]  

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Construction, worship and service

Construction, worship and service

| 2014/05/17

“Construction, Worship and Service,” the fifth in a series of video newsreels showing the progress of the construction of the House of Worship in Santiago, Chile, is available in English and Spanish on the official website.

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Prominent individuals inside and outside Iran speak out on anniversary of arrest of Yarán

Prominent individuals inside and outside Iran speak out on anniversary of arrest of Yarán

| 2014/05/16

Influential Iranian human rights activists, journalists, and one prominent religious leader gather in an unprecedented show of solidarity to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the imprisonment of the former members of the Yarán.

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National Spiritual Assembly reflects on the past year’s achievements

National Spiritual Assembly reflects on the past year’s achievements

| 2014/05/16

The National Spiritual Assembly’s annual report makes use of words, statistics and pictures to describe the progress that has been achieved this year in the thematic areas of “Expansion and consolidation,” “Enhancing institutional capacity,” and “Involvement in the life of society.”

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