French prayer book now available in ePub and Mobi formats
A selection of 292 prayers by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Here are some reflections from participants in the Vancouver Island youth conference which took place from 11 to 13 July.
The video above shows some of the participants in the Saskatoon, Sask. conference singing “Know ye the value of this time,” and “Strive ye with all your hearts.”
This past weekend, more than 200 youth such as those in the video attended youth conferences called by the National Spiritual Assembly, convened by the Regional Bahá’í Councils and hosted by the communities of Halifax, N.S., Saskatoon, Sask. and Victoria, B.C.
This past weekend, the communities of Halifax, N.S., Saskatoon, Sask. and Victoria, B.C hosted youth conferences to lend impetus to the growth of Bahá’í communities across Canada.
The registration website for the youth conferences that will take place in Canada this summer has launched: http://conf2014.ca. There will be ten youth conferences across the country, in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna B.C.; Calgary, Alta.; Saskatoon, Sask., Toronto, Waterloo, and Ottawa, Ont.; Montreal, Que.; and Halifax, N.S.
A group from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba came together in late May to prepare for the upcoming youth conferences in the region and to learn to accompany friends of all ages in service to their communities.
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:
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.
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.
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.