Messages to Canada   By: Effendi Shoghi (1897-1957)

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