References in the index refer to message and paragraph numbers.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 16.16, 29.3, 133.4, 263.3
assistance of, 17.16, 32.5, 42.3
Greatest Holy Leaf’s devotion to, 43.3
on Indians of Latin America, 1.9, 24.8, 344.4, 379.2
on Panama’s spiritual future, 1.10, 64.1
prophecies regarding Bahia, Brazil, 28.1, 29.8, 381.3
See also Some Answered Questions (‘Abdu’l-Bahá); Tablets of the Divine Plan (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
abortion, left to Universal House of Justice to be legislated, 334.2
Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, 17.4, 270.4
developing understanding of, 6.2–3, 48.2, 134.4, 173.4
establishment of, 1.4, 2.2, 2.7, 12.20, 401.2
local believers assuming responsibility for, 164.2, 167.2, 270.4, 294.3
See also Guardianship; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; Universal House of Justice
Africa, teaching work in, 7.9, 301.3, 324.2
alcohol, Bahá’ís required to abstain from, 213.4
All-America Centenary Bahá’í Convention (1944), delegates from Latin America to, 103.4, 104.3, 111.5, 114.4, 115.7, 125
American Bahá’í Community, 40.3
pioneers from, 29.6, 90.2, 199.2, 8.5
teaching work, 9.15, 162.3, 232.4
See also North American Bahá’í Community
American National Spiritual Assembly, 4.13, 16.15, 61.3, 185.6
seeking advice from, 3.10, 152.5, 213.3, 223.2, 253.2, 278.2, 280.4, 303.2
Antilles, the, 6.9, 12.20, 286
See also Greater Antilles, National Spiritual Assembly; Meso-America and the Antilles, National Spiritual Assembly
Argentina, Bahá’ís of
cablegrams to, 261
formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 7.5
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 72.4, 192.5
letters to, 98, 174, 326, 392, 393
summer schools in, 98.2, 144, 179.2
Temple site, 393
See also Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bahá’ís of; La Plata, Argentina, Bahá’ís of
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, National Spiritual Assembly
cablegrams to, 20
Armstrong, Leonora S. Holsapple
See also Holsapple, Leonora S.
Asamblea Espiritual de los Bahá’ís de Caracas. See Caracas, Venezuela, Local Spiritual Assembly, letters to
Asamblea Espiritual de los Bahá’ís de Guayaquil. See Guayayaquil, Ecuador, Local Spiritual Assembly
Asamblea Espiritual de los Bahá’ís de Medellín (Colombia), letters to, 290
Asunción, Paraguay, Bahá’ís of, teaching work, 116.2, 160.2
Atwater, Marcia Stewart (Steward)
pioneering work, 12.3, 132.2, 146.3, 186.1
Australia, growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 253.3
Austria, growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 30.7
Auxiliary Board, working in conjunction with Hands of the Cause, 12.11
Báb, the
Centenary of birth of Mission of, 401.2
Centenary of Martyrdom of, 12.20
Declaration of, 315.3
See also Shrine of the Báb
Bahá’í Community
consolidation work, 185.4, 281.3
dealing with difficult behavior of members, 232.4, 276.3, 343.4
deepening knowledge of, 58.1, 343.4
importance of unity in, 124.4, 251.5
indigenous believers assuming responsibility for, 164.2, 167.2, 192.2, 270.3–4
See also Bahá’í way of life; believers, new; Funds, Bahá’í; love, among Bahá’ís; unity, in Bahá’í Community
Bahá’í Congresses
Brazil Teaching of 1956, 416
Caribbean (Mexico), 221
Fourth South American, 284
Lima, Peru, 269
San Salvador, El Salvador, 270
See also Second South American Bahá’í Congress (Santiago, Chile)
Bahá’í Cycle, 315.3
Bahá’í Faith
Centenary of founding, 7.15, 11.14, 12.20, 103.4, 104.3, 401.3
consolidation work, 277.3, 328.2
deepening knowledge of, 58.1, 173.4, 292.2, 299.3
God’s protection of, 262.2–3
mysterious power of, 257.3
offering solutions to world’s problems, 86.3, 91.4, 183.2, 216.3, 219.2, 294.2
opposition to, 13.7, 74.4, 83.4, 235.2, 235.4, 351.5
as perfect system, 92.4
purpose of, 124.4
spirit animating, 365.4
teaching through Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, 398.2
Bahá’í National Committee for Indian Work in South America, 340.2
Bahá’í Publishing Trusts, 11.17, 22.7, 26.1–3
Bahá’í way of life, 99.3, 178.5, 334.3, 365.2, 365.5, 365.6–7, 370.3, 395.1
Bahá’í Writings, translations of, 91.2., 94.4, 119.3, 119.5, 127.2, 148.4, 165.5
by Col. Cuéllar, 176.3, 240.4, 246.4
native Indian languages, 11.8–9, 16.9, 153.5, 303.7, 339.2, 346.2, 362.2
Ten Year World Crusade goal, 3.9, 11.8, 11.17
See also under individual titles
Bahá’u’lláh
assistance from, 17.16, 32.5, 36.4, 43.4, 50.2, 55.2, 65.2, 70.2, 71.2, 89.7, 158.5, 217.3, 389.2
Birthday of, 37.1
blessings of, 142.3, 235.3, 251.6
confirmations of, 346.3
Greatest Holy Leaf’s devotion to, 43.3
light of, 84.2
recognition of, 154.3
service to, 21.5, 283.3, 292.1, 312.3, 337.4
teachings of, 197.3, 219.2, 365.6
See also Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’u’lláh), Spanish translation of; Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Portuguese translation of; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Bahá’u’lláh); Kitáb-i-Iqan (Bahá’u’lláh)
Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era (Esslemont), 114.7
Esperanto translation of, 44.4
Portuguese translation of, 29.2, 36.4, 44.3, 60.2, 72.3
Spanish translation of, 30.5, 38.8, 39.3, 41.1, 42.4, 43.5, 43.9, 44.2, 44.6, 45.1, 45.4, 46.1, 46.2, 47.1, 47.5
Bahia, Brazil, Bahá’ís of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s prophecies regarding, 28.1, 29.8, 381.3
first Naw-Rúz Feast in, 28.1
teaching work, 29.6, 35.2, 50.1, 91.4, 233.3
See also Holsapple, Leonora S., pioneering work
Bahia, Brazil, Local Spiritual Assembly
formation of, 40.1, 72.2, 72.7, 111.6
letters to, 291
pioneering work, 13.2, 180.1, 238.1, 241.1, 269
Baker, Frank, pioneering work, 13.2
Bañados, Ricardo, 308.3
Barras [Mr.], Guardian’s greetings to, 188.5
de Barros family, 33.4
Barton, Wilfred, letters to, 63
Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. David H., letters to, 198
Beecher [Mrs.], pioneering post, 13.2
challenges faced by, 31.2, 240.3
declarations of, 55.2, 183.2, 280.3, 363.2
Guardian’s welcome to, 69, 127.2, 127.5, 379.2, 410
Belize
pioneering work, 349.2–3
teaching work, 363.2
Bermuda, and Regional National Spiritual Assembly election, 18.2
Bishop, Helen, letters to, 76
Blackwell, Ellsworth and Ruth, letters to, 74, 88, 106, 385, 398
Blakely, Elsa, letters, 52
Blomquist, [Dr.], 141.3, 148.2, 151.1
Bode, Edward and Mary, letters to, 181, 223, 227
Bogota, Colombia, travel teaching to, 175.5
Bolivia, Bahá’ís of
first Local Spiritual Assembly, 143.1, 143.3
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 131.2, 143
official registration of Bahá’í Faith in, 228.2
pioneers, 265.2
teaching work, 123.4, 127.4, 161.3, 165, 408.2
See also Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, National Spiritual Assembly of; La Paz, Bolivia, Bahá’ís of, teaching work; Sucre, Bolivia, Bahá’ís of
Bolles, Jeanne, cablegram to, 66
Book of Certitude (Bahá’u’lláh). See Kitáb-i-Íqán (Bahá’u’lláh)
Brazil, Bahá’ís of, 22.7, 164.3, 188.2, 223.5–6, 366.2, 367, 411.3
consolidation work, 50.1, 389.2
growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 189, 202.2, 255.1, 295.2, 297.3, 378.3
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, 378.2
letters to, 68, 295, 335, 369, 390, 410, 411
origins of Bahá’í Faith in, 91.4, 378.2, 381.3
pioneers, 11.14, 16.5, 16.6, 31.1–2, 34.6, 35.2, 35.4, 383.2
teaching work, 33.4–5, 33.9, 34.6, 42.2, 43.4, 47.2, 48, 50.1, 164.3, 188.2, 223.5, 243.5–6, 366.2, 367
travel teaching, 164.2, 388.3, 412
See also Bahia, Brazil, Bahá’ís of; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bahá’ís of; São Paulo, Brazil, Bahá’ís of
Brazil, National Spiritual Assembly, future formation of, 356.2, 378.2, 383.2, 416.3
Brazil, National Teaching Committee, letters to, 366
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly
cablegrams to, 25
Brazil, Teaching Congress of 1956, letters to, 389, 416
British Guiana, teaching work, 52.1
British Honduras, teaching work, 363.2–4
British West Indies, pioneers, 13.2
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bahá’ís of
acquisition of Temple site in, 24.6
Bahá’í Publishing Trust established in, 26.1–3
cablegrams to, 190
growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 77, 78, 79, 86.2–3, 98
Kevorkian family’s settlement in, 55.1, 57.3–4
letters to, 321
National Spiritual Assembly’s secretariat must by moved to, 404
South American Congress held in, 190, 191, 193, 194.3, 195.1, 199.2– 3, 315
teaching work, 94.4, 188.3, 188.5
unity of, 78.4, 79.2–3, 86.2, 94.2
See also Argentina, Bahá’ís of
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bahá’í Youth Committee, letters to, 126
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Local Spiritual Assembly, 78.3
cablegrams to, 144
Bulling, Charles Petersen
cablegrams to, 256
letters to, 197
Callao, Peru, Bahá’ís of, teaching work, 195.3, 304.2
Callao, Peru, Local Spiritual Assembly, 298.3
letters to, 300
Canales, Esteban
letters to, 186
pioneering work, 132.3, 133.2, 146.3
teaching trips of, 222.3
Caracas, Venezuela, Bahá’ís of
consolidation work, 354.4
first center opened, 323.2
See also Venezuela, Bahá’ís of
Caracas, Venezuela, Local Spiritual Assembly, letters to, 279, 414
Caribbean Bahá’í Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, cablegram to, 221
Caro, Rosa, letters to, 169
Casavelos, Mr. and Mrs. Juan, 7.5
Caswell, Louise, letters to, 64, 75, 90, 145, 175, 187, 234, 313, 330, 346
Cause of God. See Bahá’í Faith
Ceara, Brazil, teaching work, 34.6
See also Brazil, Bahá’ís of
Center of the Covenant. See ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
centers, Bahá’í
acquisition of, 14.8, 50.1, 162.4, 178.3
in Bolivia, 228.2
establishment of, 35.2, 200.2, 323.2, 335.2, 356.2
multiplication of, 19.17, 10.13, 11.17, 16.2, 22.6, 24.5, 361.3, 380.2, 416.3
Central America, Bahá’ís of
first Local Spiritual Assembly, 87.3
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 95.5, 130.2, 162.3
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, 17.2
Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, 19.14–15
Second Annual Bahá’í Convention, 312, 316.2
teaching work, 76.2–3, 89.2–3, 89.6, 90.2–3, 173.4, 328.5
Ten Year World Crusade goals, 9.9, 9.10–20
travel teaching, 283.2
Two Year Plan, 6.11
See also individual Central American countries
Central America, National Spiritual Assembly
divided into Regional Assemblies, 21.7
formation of, 1.1, 2.1, 4.3–4, 12.20, 18.2, 270.2, 290.3
incorporation of, 6.7
letters to, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19
National Teaching Executive Committee, 12.4
responsibilities to be assumed by, 2.5–6, 13.5, 298.2, 306.3
Ten Year World Crusade achievements, 14.15–16, 17.10–11
Ten Year World Crusade goals, 6.12, 12.19–26, 14.17–20, 17.12–15
Central America and Mexico, National Spiritual Assembly, letters to, 23, 401
Central American Bahá’í Conference (Guatemala City, Guatemala), cablegrams to, 237, 238, 239.4
Chávez, Natalia, 283.2
Cheney, Elizabeth H., 231.1, 283.1
children, Bahá’í, 104.6, 197.2, 339.3
See also youth, Bahá’í
Chile, Bahá’ís of
acquiring endowment, 16.5, 177.2
cablegrams to, 102, 113, 135, 137, 138, 171, 220
consolidation work, 1.12
future formation of National Spiritual Assembly, 207.3, 212.2, 213.3, 361.2
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 96.2, 177.2, 197.3, 199.3, 209.2, 212.2, 242.2, 308
letters to, 209, 243, 311, 337, 355
pioneers, 169.3
Regional Bahá’í Committee for, 252, 289, 311, 337, 361, 370, 372, 400
teaching work in, 1.11, 113, 130, 132, 133, 146, 150.4, 162.3–4, 184, 224.5, 225.5, 231.5, 252.2, 272.2, 273.2–3, 361.4, 370.2
Temple site, 249.3
See also Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, National Spiritual Assembly; Punta Arenas de Magallanes, Chile, Bahá’ís of; Quilpué, Chile, Bahá’ís of; Santiago, Chile, Bahá’ís of; Valparaiso, Chile, Bahá’ís of
churches
Bahá’ís to sever ties with, 185.3
unable to solve world’s problems, 216.3, 296.4
Cienfuegos, Cuba, Bahá’ís of
Bahá’í center, 200.2
Cienfuegos, Cuba, Local Spiritual Assembly, formation of, 208.2, 287
circumcision, no Bahá’í teachings on, 342.2
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Bahá’ís of
letters to, 375
pioneers, 278.3
Ciudad Trujillo, Mexico, Bahá’ís of, pioneers, 360.2
clergy, proclaiming Bahá’í Faith to, 276.4
Cochabamba, Bolivia, teaching work, 193.2, 210.4, 229.2, 299.3
Collins, Amelia (“Millie”) (Hand of the Cause), 98.4, 101.2–3, 190.2, 240.2
Colombia, Bahá’ís of
first Bahá’í Conference of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, 257
Regional Teaching Committee, 257
teaching work, 225.4, 234.4, 239.3
travel teaching, 175.5
See also Asamblea Espiritual de los Bahá’ís de Medellin (Colombia); Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly
Colón, Panama, establishing Local Spiritual Assembly in, 187.2–3
Comité de Enseñanza Bahá’í para Sudamérica, 244.1–2, 244.4, 255.2
Comité Nacional de Enseñanza Bahá’í para los Indígenas, letters to, 296, 303
Comite Regional Bahá’í para Chile. See Chile, Regional Bahá’í Committee for
Concepción, Chile, Local Spiritual Assembly of, 175.3
Congresses. See Bahá’í Congresses
consolidation, work of, 6.2, 14.7, 185.4, 332
See also under individual countries
Constante, Raquel Francois de, letters to, 294
Contreras, Guido, 87.1
conventions, Bahá’í. See National Spiritual Assemblies, election of; and under individual regions and countries
Corgas [Mr.], 283.2
Cortazzi, Theodore, letters to, 397
Costa Rica, Bahá’ís of
formation of first Local Spiritual Assembly, 69.3, 70.2, 80.2, 82.2, 82.4, 82.7
teaching work, 70, 80, 82, 95, 158.5, 213.7, 232.2
See also San José, Costa Rica, Local Spiritual Assembly
Costa [Snr.], translation work, 29.2
Covenant, Bahá’í, 23.9, 281.3, 321.2
Covenant-breaking, 251.5
Cuba, Bahá’ís of
future Local Spiritual Assembly in Santa Clara, 166.2
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 112.2, 112.5, 141.2, 253.4, 280.2
teaching work, 62.2, 85.3, 148, 151.2–3, 180.2, 206.5, 219.3, 245.2
See also Havana, Cuba, Bahá’ís of
Cuéllar, Col. Arturo de
declaration of, 127.2
greetings to, 143.5, 210.1, 210.4
translation work, 176.3, 240.4, 246.4
Cuéllar, Yvonne de
greetings to, 143.5, 210.1, 210.4, 224.4
letters to, 123, 127, 176, 193, 216, 228, 240, 246, 265, 277, 299, 408
teaching work in Sucre, Bolivia, 165.3, 266.3
cults, severing ties with, 6.3, 7.8
Dawn-Breakers, The (Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam)
importance of study of, 79.5
translation of, 45.2
Declaration of Trust (Universal House of Justice)
Local Spiritual Assemblies to ratify, 9.3
Portuguese translation of, 227.1–2
Divine Plan. See Tablets of the Divine Plan (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
Divine Reality, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Writings on, 263.3
divorce, Bahá’í teachings on, 4.16, 203.5, 406
Dominican Republic, Bahá’ís of
cablegrams to, 139
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds for, 375.2
See also Ciudad Truillo, Dominican Republic
Dutch Guiana, Bahá’ís in
letters to, 368
teaching Muslims, 11.6
Ecuador, Bahá’ís of, 303.2–4, 303.6, 308.3
Bahá’í Conference of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, 257
cablegrams to, 140
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 131.2
letters to, 84 teaching work, 303.8
See also Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly; Guayaquil, Ecuador, Local Spiritual Assembly; Quito, Ecuador, Bahá’ís of
Eichenauer, John
pioneering to El Salvador, 65, 71.2–3
Eichenauer, Marshall, 93.2
Eisenberg, Gertrude, 160
Ellice Island, pioneers to, 17.7
El Salvador, Bahá’ís of, 386
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds for, 386.2
pioneers to, 409.2
teaching work in, 65
El Salvador, Local Spiritual Assembly, 71.2–3
encouragement, letters of, 109, 110
endowments, Bahá’í
Central America, 17.2
England, Bahá’í pioneers from, 198.4
Erê, Ubiratan Kupira, letters to, 379, 388
Esperanto Congress (Geneva), Bahá’í connections with, 30.8
Espinosa, Pedro, tending Convention, 61.5
Esselmont, J. E., passing of, 30.6
See also Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era (Esslemont)
Europe
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 253.3
pioneers to, 203.1
See also individual European countries
Ezeiza, Argentina
Bahá’í summer school, 1.7, 4.12
teaching work, 201.4
Fabrega [Mrs.], 234.2
Faḍl, Mírzá Abu’l, book by, 276.7
Falkland Islands
teaching work, 352.3
Farrand, Quentin H., letters to, 409
Feast, Bahá’í. See Nineteen Day Feast, Bahá’í
Fernie, Elena Marsella
letters to, 278
pioneering, 17.7
Fernie, Roy, pioneering, 17.7
Finland, teaching work, 206.3–4, 206.5
fireside meetings, 352.3, 372.2
First Seven Year Plan (1937–1944), 1.1–2, 1.11–12, 11.14, 12.20, 68.2, 90.3, 401.2
See also Second Seven Year Plan (1946–1953); Ten Year World Crusade
Fitz-Henley, Randolph, 9.7
Ford, Amalia
formation of Local Spiritual Assembly of Costa Rica, 80.2, 80.4
Formative Age of the Bahá’í Faith, first and second epochs of, 1.4, 2.1
See also Heroic Age, closing years of
Franca, Dinah, 235.4
letters to, 235
France, teaching work, 123.4, 246.5, 408.3
Freemasonry. See Masons, Bahá’ís to withdraw from membership in
French, Nellie, letters to, 57
French Guiana, Bahá’ís of, letters to, 376
Funds, Bahá’í
Bahá’ís only can contribute to, 178.4, 243.3
Bahá’í youth contributing to, 278.4
supporting teaching work, 225.3
See also Shrine of the Báb, contributions to
Gail, Marzieh, book by Mírzá Abu’l Faḍl, 276.7
Gambetta, Léon, death of, 250.3
Geneva, Switzerland
Esperanto Congress, 30.8
Mrs. Stannard pioneering in, 30.12
Georgetown, Guyana, Local Spiritual Assembly of, letters to, 371
Germany, progress of Bahá’í Faith in, 30.7
Gilbert Island, pioneers to, 17.7, 18.5
Ginés, Eugenio, 120.2
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’u’lláh), Spanish translation of, 240.4
“Goal of a New World Order, The” (Shoghi Effendi), Portuguese translation of, 72.3
God
assistance from, 99.3, 103.3, 106.2, 112.4, 231.2
service to, 365.7
spiritual force from, 142.3
as unknowable essence, 263.3
God Passes By (Shoghi Effendi)
Spanish translation of, 230.3, 230.4, 240.4, 246.4
study of, 134.5
Greater Antilles, National Spiritual Assembly
Greatest Holy Leaf (Bahíyyih Khánum), 28.1, 33.8, 40.4, 43.2–3
Greece, contact with prophetic sources, 133.4
Grossmann, Hermann, 30.7, 44.4
groups, Bahá’í
Chile, 252.2
formation of, 1.2, 16.12, 94.4, 225.3
multiplication of, 10.13, 12.9, 24.5, 361.3, 416.3
Guatemala, Bahá’ís of
cablegrams to, 237
consolidation work, 241.3
pioneers, 82.3
teaching work, 241.3
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Local Spiritual Assembly
Guevara, Emerita, 75.4
Guillon, Fabienne, 11.4
Guyana, Bahá’ís of, letters to, 371
Haifa, Israel, Bahá’ís of, 11.4, 40.3, 40.6, 55.3
Haiti, Bahá’ís of
future National Spiritual Assembly, 385.3
growth of Bahá’í community, 88.3
letters to, 274
opposition to Faith, 74.4
pioneers, 398.3
Spiritual Assembly of, 106.2
teaching work, 385
Hamaty [Mr.], letters to, 218
Hands of the Cause
Auxiliary Board working in conjunction with, 12.11
visits by, 11.3, 23.2, 24.4, 329.2, 330.3
Havana, Cuba, Bahá’ís of
establishing National Spiritual Assembly in, 208.2
greetings to, 339.5
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 120.2, 151
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, 382.2
teaching work, 104.1, 166.2, 166.5
See also Cuba, Bahá’ís of
Havana, Cuba, Local Spiritual Assembly, letters to, 112, 245, 253, 382
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds
acquiring, 14.8–9
Argentina, 374
Brazil, 378.2
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 374
Central America, 17.2
Dominican Republic, 375.2
El Salvador, 386.2
Havana, Cuba, 382.2
Nicaragua, 377.3
South America, 16.8
teaching Bahá’í Faith through, 399.2
Venezuela, 22.9
See also Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs; Temple, Wilmette, Illinois; Temple sites, acquiring
healing / health, 247, 249.4, 251, 258, 275
Hernandez, Julio C., letters to, 310
See also Formative Age of the Bahá’í Faith, first and second epochs of
Herrigel [Mr.], 30.7
Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Portuguese translation of, 29.2
Higman, Jessie M., 46.3
Holley, Horace, 38.7
Holsapple, Leonora S.
appeals regarding House of Bahá’u’lláh, 31.6, 31.7
letters to, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 59, 60, 72
magazine published by, 31.3, 31.7, 32.5, 33.2, 33.4, 34.4
Martha Root corresponding with, 33.2
pioneering work, 30.3, 34.6, 35.2, 35.4, 38.4–5, 38.7, 43.4, 47.2–3, 48.1, 55.1, 233.3, 266.3
translation work, 29.1–2, 30.5, 33.10, 36.4, 38.8, 39.3
travel teaching, 35.2
Wilfred Bartons’ meeting with, 63.3
See also Armstrong, Leonora Holsapple
Holy Year (1952–1953), 6.12, 7.14–15, 314.2
Honduras, Bahá’ís of
first Local Spiritual Assembly, 93.3
letters to, 301
Hottes, Flora E., letters to, 143, 161, 230, 250, 282
Houses of Worship. See Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs; Temple, Wilmette, Illinois;
Temple sites, acquiring
Huancayo, Peru, pioneers to, 344.2
Illescas, Octavio, visit from, 206.2
Indians, Latin American
teaching, 1.9–10, 1.11, 3.11, 4.10, 11.5, 11.17, 12.14, 23.4, 24.8, 152.4, 330.4, 344.2–4, 351.3, 362.3, 363.3, 379.2, 390, 408.2
translating Writings into languages of, 11.8–9, 16.9, 153.5, 303.7, 330.5, 346.2, 362.2
See also Bahá’í National Committee for Indian Work in South America; Comité de Enseñanza Bahá’í para Sudamérica
Inter-America Committee
Bahá’í publications and, 72.4, 81.4
consulting with, 60.2, 63.3–5, 67.3, 82.3, 127.2, 226.2, 243.1, 267.5, 276.7
teaching campaign, 61.1–2
intercalary days, 120.5
Intercontinental Conferences, 7.16
New Delhi, India, 12.15, 333.2
Western Hemisphere, 7.16
Wilmette, Illinois, 10.5–6, 11.3, 309.2, 313.2
Iran
persecution of Bahá’ís in, 13.13–14, 14.23, 357.3, 359.3, 361.4, 369.2
pilgrims to Brazil from, 16.5, 16.6
Irwin, Beatrice, letters to, 56
Itatiaia, Brazil, Teaching Conference in, 366.2, 367
Iverson, Clarence, letters to, 65, 71
Jamaica, and formation of Central American National Spiritual Assembly, 18.2
Jesus Christ, disciples of, 29.4, 327.2
Juk, book of, 215.4
Kevorkian, Antranik, letters to, 155
Kevorkian, Haik, 54.1
letters to, 55
Kevorkian, Marie, letters to, 179, 201
Kevorkian, Nazar, 57.3–4
Khadem, Zikrullah (Hand of the Cause), visits from, 23.2, 330.3
Khalili, [Mr,], conversion of, 55.2
Khánum, Bahíyyih. See Greatest Holy Leaf (Bahíyyih Khánum)
Kingston, Jamaica, Bahá’ís of, letters to, 285
Kingston, Jamaica, Local Spiritual Assembly, cablegrams to, 402, 403
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Bahá’u’lláh), 1.13–15, 2.3, 105.3
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Bahá’u’lláh)
importance of studying, 40.1
Spanish translation of, 45.1, 50.4, 51.2–3, 51.5, 53.1, 59, 60.1
Swedish translation of, 53.2
Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, 8.16
Kramer [Mr.], 303.1
Kruka, Josephine
greetings to, 180.4
letters to, 85, 104, 120, 141, 148, 166, 206
Lamb, Artemus, 222.1, 294.2, 409.2
cablegrams to, 129
letters to, 128, 132, 162, 184, 199, 207, 231, 305
La Paz, Bolivia, Bahá’ís of, teaching work, 240.3, 277.2
See also Bolivia, Bahá’ís of
La Paz, Bolivia, Local Spiritual Assembly, 143.3, 204, 268
La Paz Conference, Bolivia, cablegram to, 260
La Plata, Argentina, Bahá’ís of
Bahá’í group established in, 179.2
See also Argentina, Bahá’ís of
Larson, Evelyn, letters to, 158
Latin America, Bahá’ís of
assuming responsibility for teaching work, 11.5, 207.2, 222.3, 224.3, 234.3, 270.3–4, 283.2, 289.3, 291.2
formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 91.5, 180.2
growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 1.4, 7.9, 111.4, 125.3, 164.2, 174.2, 239.4, 244.3, 254.3, 257.2, 320.2
letters to, 125
pioneers, 96.2–3, 149.4, 350.2
qualities of, 6.2–3, 79.5, 94.3, 95.4, 112.2, 156.4, 165.4, 167.2, 168.2
Shoghi Effendi’s love for, 225.6
teaching work, 1.16, 226.3, 251.5, 257.4, 301.3, 346.4
See also Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, local believers taking responsibility for; Six Year Plan (Latin America); teaching, local believers assuming responsibilities for
Latin America, National Spiritual Assemblies
conventions, 286
formation of, 9.18, 10.13, 195.2, 241.2, 257.2, 277.2, 278.5, 284.3, 301.3
goals for, 2.4–5
seeking advice from, 387.3
Latin American Regional Congress (Argentina), cablegrams to, 191
Lawrence, Emma P., letters to, 351
laws
local, 4.19
See also obedience to government, Bahá’í principle of
Leonard, John, letters to, 352, 391, 394
Liancourt, Haiti, new Bahá’í community in, 398.2
Lima, Peru, Bahá’ís of
Ḥaẓiratu’l-Quds in, 11.17
letters to, 154
teaching work in, 224.5
See also Peru, Bahá’ís of
Lismore, Viva C., 206.5
letters to, 219
Local Spiritual Assemblies
all-Indian, 24.8
bringing problems to, 415
Declaration of Trust to be ratified by, 9.3
formation of, 2.2, 9.17, 13.3, 14.7, 16.2, 16.12, 40.1, 187.2, 225.3, 365.5, 378.4, 384.2, 416.3
incorporation of, 7.6, 11.17, 23.6
maintenance of, 3.5, 91.3, 111.3, 236.2, 337.3, 355.3
maturation of, 245.3
membership requirements, 133.5–6, 276.5
multiplication of, 6.13, 10.13, 12.9, 17.3, 22.6, 24.5, 174.3, 185.4, 361.3, 380.2
seeking advice from, 387.3
sufficient number needed for National Assemblies, 347.3, 356.2
voting age for, 240.5
See also Local Spiritual Assemblies under individual localities
Loncoche, Chile
land acquired for Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, 11.3
summer school in, 4.12, 222.3, 222.5
Lovaton, Albert
greetings to, 198.7
letters to, 195
love
attracting others to Bahá’í Faith through, 178.5, 194.2, 279.3, 302.2
among Bahá’ís, 4.6, 10.5, 17.5, 124.4, 1252, 150.3, 173.4, 252.3, 274.2, 312.2, 314.2, 318.2, 320.3, 366.4
Lozier, Joan, letters to, 354
Magallanes, Chile, 1.12, 207.5
Bahá’í Faith established in, 248.2–3
cablegrams to, 135
importance of, 4.11
pioneers, 115.2, 132.3, 207.5, 231.3, 249.2, 263.1
publicity given Bahá’í Faith in, 133.1, 231.3
teaching work in, 128.2, 184.2, 184.5, 222.4, 224.2, 311.1
travel teaching to, 391.2
See also Punta Arenas, Chile, Bahá’ís of,
Managua, Nicaragua, growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 173.2
See also Nicaragua, Bahá’ís of
Manifestation of God, 23.6, 263.3
Manje, Isaac, death of, 228.5
Marangella, Philip, letters to, 62, 134.2
Marie, Queen of Rumania, 33.9
marriage(s), 62.3, 99.3, 358.2–3
asking Guardian for advice on, 114.5, 122.3–4
Bahá’í, 155.3, 155.4, 166.3, 198.2–3, 217.3
Bahá’u’lláh teachings on, 122.4, 347.3
companionate not condoned, 27.2, 406.3
government recognition of Bahá’í certificates, 25
service to Bahá’í Faith not reason for abandoning, 203.5, 348
Martinez, Emilia, greetings to, 250.2
Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs
Central America, 9.14–15
South America, 10.14
See also Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds; Temple, Wilmette, Illinois; Temple sites, acquiring
Masons, Bahá’ís to withdraw from membership in, 15.2–3, 18.4, 365.3, 365.8
Mathews, Edward Roscoe, 61.3, 61.7
Mathews, Loulie, 49.7
Matthisen, Nina, letters to, 353
Maxwell, May Bolles
grave of, 7.7, 24.7, 24.12, 77.4, 190.2
memorial meeting for, 73.1–2, 73.5
teaching work in Buenos Aires, 78.8
Maxwell, Sutherland, passing of, 7.7, 319.2
McBean, [Mr. and Mrs.], 88.4
McKinnon [Mrs.], 391.5
going on pilgrimage, 352.4–7
greetings to, 391.5
meditation, 369.3–4
See also prayer
Meso-America and the Antilles, National Spiritual Assembly, letters to, 2, 3
Mexico, Bahá’ís of
pioneers, 282.2, 350.2–4, 360.2
teaching work, 58, 76.2, 76.8, 134.7
travel teaching, 56
See also Central America and Mexico, National Spiritual Assembly
Mickle [Miss], 29.8
Miessler, Margot, letters to, 318
Miessler, Muriel, letters to, 366
minorities, Latin American, teaching, 12.14, 21.4, 24.8, 152.4, 163.2
Moffet, Ruth, 285.1
letters to, 280
Moffet [Mr.], 280.6
Monterrey, Mexico, pioneering to, 350.4
Montevideo, Uruguay, Bahá’ís of
Buenos Aires Bahá’ís to offer assistance to, 94.4, 98.2
consolidation work, 161.3
greetings to, 250.5
summer school, 63.5
See also Uruguay, Bahá’ís of
Morente [Srta.], 282.4
Mulchén, Chile, Bahá’ís of, 199.1
Muslims, 11.6
Nairobi, Kenya, growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 324.2
Nassau, Bahamas, Bahá’ís of
formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies, 18.3
native believers, 353.2
National Spiritual Assemblies
administrative manuals, 9.10
bringing problems to, 415
election of, 12.6–8, 13.8, 13.11, 14.5, 192.2, 315.2
future formation of, 11.3, 11.16, 11.17, 23.6, 131.2, 173.4, 184.3, 185.4, 207.3, 244.3, 283.3
incorporation of, 9.5
increasing number of, 76, 407.3
Local Spiritual Assemblies as foundation of, 17.3, 23.6, 347.3, 383.2, 407.3
as pillars of the Universal House of Justice, 1.4, 7.3, 13.11, 14.16, 23.9, 24.11
responsibilities of, 9.4
See also under individual countries and regions
native believers. See Indians, Latin American
Naw-Rúz, Feast of, 28.1, 106.1, 400.1
Negroes, teaching, 21.4, 24.15, 371.4, 401.3
See also minorities, Latin American, teaching
New History Society, 232.4
New Territories Committee, 11.7
newsletters, Bahá’í, 9.4, 55.3, 126.1
newspapers, publicity on Bahá’í Faith in, 93.1, 115.1, 120.2, 149.3, 201.1, 229.1, 339.4
Nicaragua, Bahá’ís of
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, 377.3
Nichols, Valeria, letters to, 212
letters to, 100, 121, 147, 224, 248, 266, 293, 298, 304, 317, 322, 340
pioneering to Punta Arenas, 231.3
Nieto, Felipe Madrigal, letters to, 69
Nineteen Day Feast, Bahá’í, 84.1, 101.2, 158.3, 276.5
Niteroy, Brazil, teaching work in, 223.5
See also Brazil, Bahá’ís of
North American Bahá’í Community
Latin American Bahá’ís’ bonds with, 1.6, 1.11, 2.3
teaching campaigns initiated by, 2.1, 11.14
See also American Bahá’í Community; American National Spiritual Assembly
Nourse, [Mrs.] E. Boice, 73.2
obedience to government, Bahá’í principle of, 4.16, 391.4
Oliver, Cora H.
and first Local Spiritual Assembly in Panama, 145.2
letters to, 64, 75, 152, 163, 267, 349
teaching work, 90.7
Ollino, José, 11.10
oneness of mankind, Bahá’í principle of, 63.4
See also unity
Orbison, Virginia, letters to, 101, 105, 116, 131, 142, 164, 182
Osorno, Chile, growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 308.3
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of
Oyacoto, Ecuador, school building offered to Bahá’ís in, 303.2–4, 303.6
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of
Paghaharian [Miss], marriage to Antranik Kevorkian, 155.3
Panama, Republic of, Bahá’ís of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá citing importance of, 1.10
Bahá’í conference held in, 201.3
Canal Zone, 1.10, 152.3–5, 347.2
consolidation work, 157.2–3
letters to, 214, 215, 331, 347, 357
teaching work in, 64, 75, 152, 157.3, 187, 215.2–3, 234.3, 324.3
Temple site in, 9.15–16, 12.2, 14.9, 14.13, 23.5, 324.3
travel teaching in, 35.2
Panama, Republic of, Local Spiritual Assembly
seeking advice from, 267.5
Panama City, Local Spiritual Assembly, letters to, 262
Paraguay, Bahá’ís of, 116.6
pioneers, 155.2
teaching work, 83.2–6, 98.2–3, 273.2–3
See also Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, National Spiritual Assembly; Asunción, Paraguay, Bahá’ís of, teaching work
Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, future Local Spiritual Assembly in, 368.2
Peru, Bahá’ís of
cablegrams to, 117
consolidation work, 121.4
first Bahá’í marriage in, 198.2–3
formation of Local Spiritual Assembly, 117, 121.2, 122.4, 122.2
pioneers, 298.4
teaching work, 100.2, 147.3, 195.3, 298.3
youth, 154
See also Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly; Lima, Peru, Bahá’ís of
Petersen, Carlos Bulling, letters to, 168, 308
pilgrimages
by Central American Bahá’ís, 352.4–7, 373.4
by Latin American Bahá’ís, 11.4, 12.15, 17.6, 209.3
pioneering / pioneers
accomplishments of, 121.3, 158.2
becoming financially independent, 19.1, 128.3
compared to early Christians, 84.3
encouraging, 13.3, 24.5, 109, 110, 214.3
indigenous believers assuming responsibility for, 224.3
persevering, 12.12–13, 40.2, 42.1, 42.4, 118, 119.4, 123.4
preparation of, 1.7
during Ten Year World Crusade, 8, 9.14–15, 11.7
to virgin territories, 10.9, 10.11–12
unity of, 120.2
See also Holsapple, Leonora S., pioneering work; and under individual regions and countries
Poghaharian, Marie, letters to, 77, 79, 86, 94
politics, Bahá’í principle of non-involvement in, 14.3, 77.5, 153.2, 153.3, 185.3, 232.1, 265.3, 294.2
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Bahá’ís of
seat of Greater Antilles National Spiritual Assembly to be located in, 21.3
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Local Spiritual Assembly of, letters to, 359
See also meditation
publicity, Bahá’í, 151.3, 157.1–2, 372.2
avoiding opposition in response to, 14.6
regarding Bahá’í marriage, 166.3–4
related to Second South American Bahá’í Congress, 225.5
of visits by Bahá’ís, 180.1
See also newspapers, publicity on Bahá’í Faith in; radio broadcasts, Bahá’í
Punta Arenas, Chile, Bahá’ís of, 207.5
Bahá’í Faith established in, 248.2–3
cablegrams to, 135
pioneers, 115.2, 132.3, 207.5, 231.3, 249.2, 263.1
publicity given Bahá’í Faith in, 133.1, 231.3
teaching work in, 128.2, 184.2, 184.5, 222.4, 224.2, 311.1
travel teaching to, 391.2
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of
See also Magallanes, Chile
Punta Arenas de Magallanes, Chile, Local Spiritual Assembly, 1.12, 4.11
establishment of, 87.4, 95.3, 150.2
formation of, 107, 108, 133.2, 178.3
greetings to, 150.6
letters to, 146, 178, 307, 319, 338, 364
maintenance of, 236.2, 272.2, 307.2
Quilpué, Chile, Bahá’ís of
Regional Committee Conference, 361
teaching work in, 310.2, 308.5
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of
Quito, Ecuador, Bahá’ís of
teaching work, 196.3
See also Ecuador, Bahá’ís of
Quito, Ecuador, Local Spiritual Assembly, 194.4, 399
radio broadcasts, Bahá’í
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 98.2
Havana, Cuba, 120.2
See also publicity, Bahá’í
Ramos, Vivaldo, letters to, 255
Recife, Brazil, Bahá’ís of, 33.4, 81.2, 91.2, 111.7, 227.3
Regal, Julie, letters to, 157
Regional Spiritual Assemblies, Latin America
emergence of, 13.8, 16.18, 401.1
formation of, 12.5, 17.12, 18.2, 23.3, 24.2, 347.3, 370.2
Greater Antilles, 21.9
National Assemblies superseding, 17.3
Reid, Alexander, letters to, 249, 263
Remey, Mason, visit to Cienfuegos, Cuba, 211.2
Ribeiro, Faria, translation work, 29.2
Rice-Wray, Sheila
letters to, 273
teaching work, 360.2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bahá’ís of
Bahá’í Publishing Trust established in, 11.17, 26.1–3
cablegrams to, 172
letters to, 189, 356, 378, 383, 407
teaching work in, 164.3, 164.4, 318.2
See also Brazil, Bahá’ís of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Local Spiritual Assembly
Declaration of Trust ratified by, 227.2
Rodriguez, Mr. and Mrs. Mario, letters to, 344
Roll of Honor (Knights of Bahá’u’lláh), 8.16
Root, Martha (Hand of the Cause)
grave of, 24.7
Leonora Holsapple corresponding with, 33.2
travel teaching, 1.3, 2.1, 11.14, 13.20, 30.12
Rosenzweig, Simon, first Uruguayan Bahá’í, 63.5
Rosicrucians, Bahá’í s to withdraw from membership in, 15.2–3
Sala, Emeric and Rosemary
letters to, 156
visit to Cuba, 180.1
San Blas Islands, Panama, Bahá’ís of, 267.3
San José, Costa Rica, Bahá’ís of, letters to, 292
San José, Costa Rica, Local Spiritual Assembly
cablegrams to, 345
purchase of Temple site by, 345
See also Costa Rica, Bahá’ís of
San Salvador, El Salvador, Bahá’ís of, letters to, 373
Santa Clara, Cuba, Bahá’ís of, future Local Spiritual Assembly in, 166.2
Santiago, Chile, Bahá’ís of
Amelia Collins’ visit to, 101.2–3
cablegrams to, 102
first South American Mashriqu’l-Adhkár to be located in, 10.14
newspaper clippings from, 133.1
summer school, 1.7
teaching work, 103.5, 115.7, 128.2, 184.2
Temple site in, 10.14, 11.3, 177.2
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of; Second South American Bahá’í Congress (Santiago, Chile)
Santiago, Chile, Local Spiritual Assembly, 102, 103.2–3, 105, 171, 243.2
Santos, Clotilde Martins dos, letters to, 412
São Paulo, Brazil, Bahá’ís of
contributions to Shrine of the Báb from, 295.1
letters to, 202
teaching work in, 160.3, 240.2
See also Brazil, Bahá’ís of
São Paulo, Brazil, Local Spiritual Assembly, cablegrams to, 205
São Paulo, Brazil, Teaching Conference, letters to, 336
Schulder, Millicent B. de, letters to, 186
Second Seven Year Plan (1946–1953), 12.20, 225.5, 401.2
Bahá’í centers developed during, 11.14, 12.20, 320.2, 401.2
goals of, 1.4–10, 1.12, 2.4–5, 2.5–6
See also First Seven Year Plan (1937–1944)
Second South American Bahá’í Congress (Santiago, Chile), 222.5, 224.3, 231.2
cablegram to, 220
letters to, 225
“Security for a Failing World” (Shoghi Effendi), Portuguese translation of, 72.4
Sholtis, Gwenne D.
greetings to, 176.4
letters to, 183, 210, 229, 281
Shrine of the Báb
contributions to, 6.1, 194.1, 196.1–2, 243.4, 295.1, 300.1
Sifter of Wheat (early hero of the Faith), 24.5
Silver, Jean, letters to, 104, 120, 180, 200, 218
Six Year Plan (Latin America), goals of, 21.8, 21.11–14, 22.13–16, 23.12– 13, 24.14–16, 401.3
Small [Mr.], welcome to, 353.2
Small, Rachel, 46.3
Smyth, [Mrs.], 132.3, 134.6, 134.7
Sneider, Mabel, letters to, 324
Socrates, 133.4
Some Answered Questions (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
printing of, 299.2
translations of, 33.10, 38.2, 45.2, 72.4, 263.1
South America, Bahá’ís of
Fourth Bahá’í Congress, 284
growth of Bahá’í Faith in, 11.14–17, 130.2
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in, 16.8
increase in Assemblies and Centers, 380.2
letters to, 2
Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in, 10.14
maturation of, 199.2
One Year Plan, 7.13
Teaching Committee, 222
teaching work, 49.3–4, 60.1, 60.2, 68.1, 76.3, 76.5, 173.4, 230.3, 328.5, 354.2
Ten Year World Crusade goals, 10.11–17, 11.14–17, 13.8–12, 16.3, 329.3–5
See also individual South American countries
South America, National Spiritual Assembly, 242.2
achievements of, 16.2–3, 16.15–16, 16.20–22
cablegrams to, 8
conventions, 4.1–2, 5.2, 7.4, 8, 288, 314, 380.2
divided into Regional Assemblies, 21.7, 22.2, 22.4, 24.11
formation of, 1.1, 2.1, 4, 11.14, 174.3, 177.3, 181.5, 194.4, 199.2, 201.3, 290.3, 372.2
incorporation of, 10.4
letters to, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16
responsibilities to be assumed by, 2.5–6, 11.11, 13.5, 289.3, 298.2, 305.2, 326.3
Second Seven Year Plan goals, 1.4
seeking advice from, 303.4, 304.3
Ten Year World Crusade goals, 11.11, 13.8–12, 16.17–19
South American Congress (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 190, 191, 193, 194.3, 195.1, 199.2–3, 314
Spain, pioneering to, 175.4, 182.4
Spiritual Assemblies. See Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies
Spiritualism / Spiritualists, 16.11, 29.3
Sprague, Philip, 77.3, 78.5, 111.6
Stearns, John
pioneering to Ecuador, 130.2, 149.4
letters to, 386
Stewart, Francis Benedict, 61, 63
Inter-America teaching campaign, 61.1, 63.4
travel teaching trips, 61.4, 61.7
Stewart, Marcia. See Atwater, Marcia Stewart (Steward)
study groups, 98.2, 200.2, 201.2, 299.3
See also Bahá’í Faith, deepening knowledge of
Sucre, Bolivia, Bahá’ís of, 131.2, 143.3, 210.4
de Cuéllars’ teaching work in, 176.2, 183.3
growth of Bahá’í Faith, 302.2
teaching work, 131.2, 165.2–3, 193.1, 210.1, 240.3, 246.2–3, 265.6, 266.4, 277.2
See also Bolivia, Bahá’ís of
Sucre, Bolivia, Local Spiritual Assembly, 131.2, 165.3, 204
summer schools, Bahá’í
Cuba, 339
maintenance of, 4.12
Montevideo, Uruguay, 63.5
Sweden, pioneering to, 206.3–4
Switzerland, progress of Bahá’í Faith in, 30.8
Tablets of the Divine Plan (‘Abdu’l-Bahá), 1.9–10, 1.12, 2.1, 7.14, 9.20, 10.11, 12.20, 307.2
fulfillment of, 159.3
United States as chief executors of, 8.5, 10.4, 401.4
See also ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Taetz, Rangvald, letters to, 271
teaching
Bahá’í Fund supporting work of, 225.3
correspondence method of, 232.2
of diverse populations, 76.5, 236.2
by example, 279.3
importance of, 15.3, 17.3, 21.5, 23.4, 69.3–4, 369.3
Inter-American campaign of, 61.1
local believers assuming responsibility for, 22.5, 22.10, 130.4
by mature teachers, 6.4
preparation for, 1.7, 222.3, 222.5
related to Second South American Bahá’í Congress in, 225.5
during Ten Year World Crusade, 389.2
of youth, 32.2
See also believers, new; Latin America, Bahá’ís of, assuming responsibility for teaching work; travel teachers / travel teaching
Temerity Ranch, (Colorado), International School at, 1.7, 92.2
Temple, Wilmette, Illinois
contributions to, 243.4
Temple sites, acquiring, 9.15–16, 22.3
in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24.6
in Costa Rica, 345
in Panama, 12.3, 14.9, 14.13, 23.5
in Santiago, Chile, 10.14, 11.13, 177.2
See also Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds; Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs
Ten Year World Crusade
consolidation during, 389.2
forming National Spiritual Assemblies, 9.10–20, 361.3, 401.3
goals, 8, 9.9, 9.10–20, 12.19–26, 323.2, 335.2, 336.2, 346.5, 371.2, 374, 376.2
launched during Holy Year, 7.15
progress of, 11.2
teaching plans, 328, 329.3–5, 330.4, 389.2
See also First Seven Year Plan (1937–1944); Second Seven Year Plan (1946–1953)
Theosophists, 15.2–3, 29.3, 127.5
Thompson, Juliet, letters to, 134
Thornton [Mrs.], pioneering to Chile, 128.4
Tormo, Mr. and Mrs. Salvador, 7.5, 11.10, 144
greetings to, 188.5
travel teachers / travel teaching, 52.2, 56, 114.7, 156.1–2, 384.2
in Central America, 283.2
in Colombia, 175.5
Francis Benedict Stewart, 61.4
Loulie Mathews, 61.3
by native Latin Americans, 1.7, 231.4
Wilfred Barton, 63.2
See also teaching
“Unfoldment of World Civilization, The” (Shoghi Effendi), Spanish translation of, 53.3
United Nations Regional Conference, 294.2
United States (U.S.), Ambassador to Iran, 356.2
See also American Bahá’í Community; American National Spiritual Assembly; American Teaching Committee
unity
attracting others to Bahá’í Faith through, 178.5, 194.2, 279.3, 302.2
in Bahá’í community, 1.5, 10.5, 17.5, 124.4, 150.3, 251.5, 252.2–3, 270.4
among Bahá’ís, 77.6, 79.2–3, 124.4, 173.4, 274.2, 312.2, 314.2, 318.2, 320.3, 366.4
Bahá’u’lláh’s gift to the world, 94.2, 103.4
blessings flowing from, 120.2
giving to Fund as sign of, 3.8, 4.8
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds fostering, 382.2
as primary objective of Bahá’í Faith, 153.2
teaching work fostering, 14.2, 16.4
See also oneness of mankind, Bahá’í principle of
Universal Friendship Club (Lima, Peru), 154.2, 155.4
Universal House of Justice, 1.4, 7.12, 13.11, 14.16, 23.9, 24.11
unopened territories. See virgin territories, Latin America
Uruguay, Bahá’ís of
first believer in, 63.5
pioneers, 161.3
See also Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, National Spiritual Assembly; Montevideo, Uruguay, Bahá’ís of
Valparaiso, Chile, Bahá’ís of
greetings to, 197.4
teaching work, 400.2
See also Chile, Bahá’ís of
Valparaiso, Chile, Local Spiritual Assembly
formation of, 146.3, 168.3, 169.4, 170
Varqá, ‘Alí-Muhammad (Hand of the Cause), visit from, 24.4, 329.2
Venezuela, Bahá’ís of
first Conference of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, 257
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in, 22.9
letters to, 323
teaching work, 354
See also Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly; Caracas, Venezuela, Bahá’ís of
virgin territories, Latin America
appointing National Teaching Committees for, 18.6
apportioning among National Spiritual Assemblies, 26.4
establishing Bahá’í Faith in, 175.3, 409.3
forming Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 1.2, 18.2
publicity in, 13.7
settlement of, 8, 326.4, 329.4, 376.2
Vodanovi, Rosy, letters to, 150, 244
voting rights, removal of, 10.8, 315.9
Warde, Shirley, letters to, 159, 188, 192, 349
West Indies, teaching in, 285.3
Willems, Wilhelmina, 248.3
Will of God
acceptance of, 413
complete association with, 365.6
winter schools, Argentina, 179.2
letters to, 70, 80, 125, 239, 309, 380
world conditions / problems, 42.2–3, 265.3, 348.3
Bahá’í Faith offering solutions to, 86.3, 91.4, 183.2, 216.3, 219.2, 294.2
World Crusade. See Ten Year World Crusade
World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 134.4, 183.2, 213.5
See also Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh
“World Religion, The” (Shoghi Effendi), Portuguese translation of, 72.3
Worley, Margot
Wilfred Barton’s meeting with, 63.3
Worley, [Mr.]
greetings to, 235.4
translations done by, 379.1
youth, Bahá’í, 93.2, 153.1, 211.3, 328.4
in Bahia, Brazil, 381.2
in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 77.5, 77.7, 126
contributing to the Fund, 278.4
in Haiti, 106.2
in Lima, Peru, 154
on Local Spiritual Assemblies, 142.2–3
Persian Bahá’í Youth Committee, 126.6
Zamenhof, Lydia, 44.4
Zuniga, Adriana, 346.3