Upcoming Friends of Persian Culture conference
This year’s event will be held from August 28th to August 31st in Chicago.
Institutions
Message from the National Spiritual Assembly – 23 March 2020
“Many friends have been inquiring about how to make contributions to the funds of the Faith, as well as payments to the Right of God, since the Feast, as one way to contribute, is not being celebrated face to face in many communities.”
Message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World – Naw-Rúz 177
“Seldom has it been more evident that society’s collective strength is dependent on the unity it can manifest in action…and we know that you are giving your support to the essential efforts being made in this regard to protect the health and welfare of all.”
Message from the National Spiritual Assembly to the Bahá’ís of Canada – 16 March 2020
“The National Assembly has been receiving many inquiries about the measures that should be taken by the Bahá’í community to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…”
Message written on behalf the Universal House of Justice regarding pilgrimage – 12 March 2020
“The current situation and the escalating measures being taken by governments and airlines have now necessitated the suspension of pilgrimage and brief visits to the Holy Land until such time as circumstances permit them to resume.”
Message from the National Spiritual Assembly to the Bahá’ís of Canada – 31 January 2020
“In the final months of the Plan, we have no doubt that Canada’s goal of establishing an intensive programme of growth in 119 clusters will be won. Tens of those clusters will be working with the larger numbers that begin to affect the culture, the very spirit of a place.”
Message regarding developments in the construction of the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The National Spiritual Assembly is delighted to share the following news from a letter…written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, about the progress that has been made in the construction of the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Message from the National Spiritual Assembly regarding Canada’s support of the Continental Fund
“…Shoghi Effendi has written that ‘the progress and execution of spiritual activities’ is ‘conditioned upon material means’. Thus, your contributions both help sustain the activities and channel financial resources in ways that promote the well-being of humanity.”
Message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World – 8 November 2019
“The measure of what you have achieved—not only in the last few weeks, but during a two-year period of remarkable advance now brought to a stunning climax—compels us to address you who are the visible hosts of a movement that has proved itself irrepressible.”
Reporting bicentenary activities
“[T]he National Spiritual Assembly wishes to capture, however inadequately, the inspiring ways in which the Canadian community has marked this momentous period in our history”
The passing of ‘Ali Nakhjavani
“We mourn the loss of an extraordinary figure who leaves behind a distinguished legacy of uninterrupted service to the Cause of God.”
