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Registration website for youth conferences launches
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.
Passing of Greg Johnson
Greg Johnson, who previously served on the Spiritual Assembly of Eskasoni and the Bahá’í Council of the Atlantic Provinces, passed away on 8 June.
A group from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba prepares to accompany friends of all ages in service
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.
Universal House of Justice responds to National Convention message
The message received from your National Convention brought us much happiness, particularly when we learned of the spirit of determination generated among those present during their purposeful deliberations on the exigencies of the Cause.
Message of the Universal House of Justice regarding World Cup 2014
On 12 June, the Universal House of Justice released a message dated 6 June to the President of Brazil, Ms. Dilma Rousseff, on the occasion of the opening of the World Cup 2014 tournament. Message
Reflections on growth in Regina, Saskatchewan
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:
Celebrating Holy Days and other special occasions
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.”
Drawing of Quebec institute training participants
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.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels to Egypt and the West
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.
Reflection seminars for the junior youth programme in Vancouver and Toronto
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.
