Messages to Canada

Messages to Canada by Shoghi
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Title: Messages to Canada
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook #19278]
Language: English
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Messages to Canada

by Shoghi Effendi

Edition 1, (September 2006)

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CONTENTS
Baha'i Terms of Use THE GUARDIAN'S FIRST LETTER TO
CANADA. 1923 THE GUARDIAN'S FIRST LETTER TO CANADA.

1923 THE BIRTH OF THE INDEPENDENT CANADIAN BAHÁ'Í
COMMUNITY AND THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. 1948-53 THE BIRTH
OF THE INDEPENDENT CANADIAN BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY AND
THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. 1948-53 Letter of April 14, 1948
ELECTION OF FIRST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIVE YEAR PLAN Letter of November 4,
1948 AVOID BLANKET RULINGS IMPLICATIONS OF PLAN
TREMENDOUSLY VAST EXECUTION OF THE PLAN (Cablegram)
May 1949 INCORPORATION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY
PARLIAMENT ACCLAIMED Letter of June 19, 1949 FIRST
GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE OFFICIAL STATUS
OPERATION OF THE PLAN GATHERS MOMENTUM Letter of
June 23, 1950 SETTLEMENT OF PIONEERS IN
NEWFOUNDLAND TEACHING THE CANADIAN INDIANS A
GREATER UNANIMITY IN SACRIFICE REQUIRED Letter of
January, 1951 SHRINE OF THE BÁB Letter of March 1, 1951
CONTACT WITH ARCTIC ESKIMOS STIRRING EXAMPLE OF
BRITISH PIONEERS FUTURE OF CANADA VERY GREAT
IMPERISHABLE RECORD OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
CO-HEIR OF THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN Letter of
October 30, 1951 PIONEER TO GREENLAND CRITICAL FINAL
PHASE OF FIVE YEAR PLAN UNUTTERABLY PRECIOUS
OPPORTUNITY Letter of June 8, 1952 CHARLOTTETOWN MUST
BE MAINTAINED LAURENTIAN BAHÁ'Í SCHOOL
HAZÍRATU'L-QUDS TO BE ESTABLISHED HAND OF THE
CAUSE SUTHERLAND MAXWELL Letter of September 19, 1952
CANADA'S
PART IN THE TEN YEAR WORLD
SPIRITUAL CRUSADE. 1953-57
CANADA'S
PART IN THE TEN YEAR WORLD
SPIRITUAL CRUSADE. 1953-57

(Cablegrams) April 22, 1953 ANNOUNCEMENT OF GOALS OF
TEN YEAR CRUSADE Letter of May 1, 1953 Letter of June 20, 1953
ACQUISITION OF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND SHRINE
INITIAL STAGE OF GLORIOUS MISSION TWO PARAMOUNT
OBJECTIVES FUTURE ROLE CONTINGENT ON
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS PLAN Letter of May 6, 1954 NO
PIONEER SHOULD LEAVE HIS POST CENTRE ATTENTION ON
OBLIGATIONS OF CRUSADE Letter of June 15, 1954 HAND OF
THE CAUSE SIEGFRIED SCHOPFLOCHER JURISDICTION OF
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CRITERIA FOR TEMPLE SITE
CONSOLIDATION OF THE HOMEFRONT THE TEN YEAR
CRUSADE: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
NEWLY-ESTABLISHED ISRAEL BRANCH OF NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY Letter of September 5, 1954 VIRGIN TERRITORIES
ADMINISTRATIVELY SEPARATE Letter of December 4, 1954
LAND TITLE TRANSFERRED TO ISRAEL BRANCH Letter of
March 3, 1955 DEPRIVATION OF VOTING RIGHTS Letter of July
16, 1955 DIFFICULTIES IN PURCHASE OF TEMPLE SITE TASKS
STILL UNACCOMPLISHED ÍRÁNIAN PERSECUTIONS MUST
ACT AS STIMULUS Letter of January 13, 1956 Letter of March 10,
1956 Letter of June 26, 1956 PIONEER REACHES ANTICOSTI
GRAVE OF MARION JACK BAHÁ'Í MARRIAGE LAW
VASTNESS OF NEW FIELD PRESENTS CONTRAST WITH PAST
DEEPENING OF NEWLY-ENROLLED BELIEVERS Letter of
December 14, 1956 TEACHING FRENCH CANADIAN
CATHOLICS Letter of December 22, 1956 DEAL WITH EACH
CASE INDIVIDUALLY TEACHING MINORITIES Letter of March
30, 1957 DEFINITION OF COVENANT-BREAKING Letter of
October 19, 1957 IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING THE INDIANS
Letter of July 18, 1957 MOST URGENT TASKS DEADLY
INFLUENCE OF MATERIALISTIC CIVILIZATION INFERTILE
FIELDS EQUALLY VITAL VINDICATE INDEPENDENT
CHARACTER OF THE FAITH THIS COMMUNITY MUST FORGE
AHEAD

THE GUARDIAN'S FIRST LETTER TO CANADA. 1923

THE GUARDIAN'S FIRST LETTER TO CANADA. 1923
The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout
Canada.
Care of the members of the Spiritual Assembly in Montreal
Dear Friends,
It is a great pleasure and privilege to me to enter