
Upcoming Friends of Persian Culture conference
This year’s event will be held from August 28th to August 31st in Chicago.
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.
Here is a translation of the 13 May message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran: 13 May Here is a link to the Persian message: 13 May [Persian]
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.
The National Spiritual Assembly’s annual report makes use of words, statistics and pictures to describe the progress that has been achieved this year in the thematic areas of “Expansion and consolidation,” “Enhancing institutional capacity,” and “Involvement in the life of society.”
It was with great joy that the National Assembly approached this Convention, eager for the opportunity to consult with you who represent such a cross-section of the Bahá’í community, about the momentous developments of the past year.
The newly elected members of the National Spiritual Assembly, called to serve for the coming year, are: (back, left to right): Karen McKye, Mehran Anvari, Deloria Bighorn, Enayat Rawhani and Susanne Tamás; (Front, left to right): Hoda Farahmandpour, Judy Filson, Ciprian Jauca and Élizabeth Wright. The National Assembly’s Chairman is Ms. Bighorn; Vice-Chairman, Ms. Wright; Secretary, […]
From the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World, Ridván 2014: Dearly loved Friends, A full three years have passed since the inception of the current stage in the unfoldment of the Divine Plan, an undertaking that binds together the followers of Bahá’u’lláh in one united spiritual endeavour. Just two years separate the friends […]
As part of ongoing endeavours to enhance the presence of the Faith on the Web, a website with the address universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org has recently been created to act as the official source of information regarding the Universal House of Justice and to make available selected messages, such as the Ridván message, as well as other documents. Department of the Secretariat
We convey to you, our dear brothers and sisters, and beyond you to the people of Iran, our warm and heartfelt greetings on the occasion of Naw-Rúz and the start of the soul-stirring season of spring.