Association for Bahá’í Studies specialized seminars
In the days leading up to its annual conference, the Association will hold a number of specialized two-day seminars.
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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.”
Letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies – 1 December 2019
“It will be apparent that the precepts the friends observe in the course of their general interactions with those around them must also characterize, sometimes even more scrupulously, their communication carried out via social media.”
Bahá’í Councils 2019-2020
On 26 November, the Day of the Covenant, a new term of service began for Regional Bahá’í Councils in Canada. Councils are institutions that were brought into being by the Universal House of Justice to carry forward the teaching work and minister to the needs of a rapidly growing Bahá’í community.
Celebrating the bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb: Photos from the Atlantic Provinces
Photos from celebrations of the bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb from New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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”
Fall 2019 issue of Bahá’í Canada
The Fall 2019 issue of Bahá’í Canada: The spirit of the dawn-breakers
Message to Canada’s Bahá’ís and those at their sides in the field of service
“How might each team, each family, each community celebrate the Holy Days themselves in settings small and large, as part of the worldwide wave that will encircle the planet?”
Design for the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“The structure that is envisaged in the design seeks to honour ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s unique position as the Centre of the Covenant, and to reflect at once His lofty station and His humility.”
Heroine of Zanján
Zaynab’s fearlessness during the Zanján upheaval demonstrates the power of the Báb’s Revelation to tear away the veils of past traditions.
