Upcoming Friends of Persian Culture conference
This year’s event will be held from August 28th to August 31st in Chicago.
Features
Prominent individuals inside and outside Iran speak out on anniversary of arrest of Yarán
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.
Participants at regional gathering consult about creating mutually supportive environments
“The gathering was a beautiful display of young and old working shoulder to shoulder,” one participant commented.
Letter to the Universal House of Justice from the National Convention
We, the delegates at the sixty-sixth Canadian National Convention have had the bounty of electing our beloved National Spiritual Assembly, the ninth pillar of the Supreme Body of the Faith. We bow down before the Blessed Beauty and pledge to rededicate ourselves to the imperatives of the remaining two years of the Five Year Plan.
Films capture insights from the 114 youth conferences
The Bahá’í World News Service recently posted a series of 10 short films, entitled To Serve Humanity,which capture insights from a few of the more than 80,000 youth around the world who attended the 114 youth conferences called by the Universal House of Justice. The films show the ways in which young people can contribute to […]
Bahá’u’lláh’s Marriage Law
“When, therefore, the people of Bahá undertake to marry, the union must be a true relationship, a spiritual coming together as well as a physical one,
Youth Conference fundraiser in Montreal
In late December, a group of youth studying Book 5 and their tutors organized a fundraising dinner on the West Island of Montreal to help recuperate the costs of the three youth conferences in Canada, in response to the call from the National Spiritual Assembly.
Seven imprisoned former members of Yarán send letter to Iranian president
The seven imprisoned former members of the Yarán – a group that looked after the affairs of the Bahá’í community in Iran – wrote a letter in mid-December to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, commenting on his proposed “Charter of Citizens Rights.”
Young homefront pioneers share their experiences
Following a regional training that provided them with a greater understanding of the period of youth and how to nurture the latent potential of that age group, a team of three youth pioneered to Parry Sound, Ont., accompanied by regional institutions every step of the way.
Forming a junior youth group and talking to parents
At the Montreal youth conference, two youth were inspired to see the difference that children’s classes and junior youth groups are making in the world.They teamed up with a young couple who had recently moved to Montreal to begin a junior youth group in their neighbourhood, taking advantage of the structure provided by a city-wide […]
Collaboration and support from the community and institutions in Sherbrooke, Que.
The Montreal youth conference took place at a key point in the development of our cluster in the Estrie region of Quebec.
