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Baha'i
Dear Friends,
A message from the National Spiritual Assembly, with information on the Bahá’ís in Haiti as well as guidance on how to contribute to the relief effort there has been posted to the administrative website and to The American Bahá’í online at: http://bit.ly/5FOsuo (you’ll need to logon to the site to access the message).
As you can imagine, it has been difficult to obtain information from Haiti. From the news we have received so far, it appears that the members of the Haitian Bahá’í community are accounted for, and none thus far have been reported killed. Of course, many others are suffering terribly at this time and a special prayer service for Haiti will be held at the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette on Sunday afternoon.
We hope you find comfort in the words of Shoghi Effendi as quoted in the following story posted on the public website:
www.bahai.us/Haiti_2010.
"... When such a crisis sweeps over the world no person should hope to remain intact. We belong to an organic unit and when one part of the organism suffers all the rest of the body will feel its consequence. This is in fact the reason why Baha'u'llah calls our attention to the unity of mankind. But as Bahá'ís we should not let such hardship weaken our hope in the future... "
With loving regards,
Office of Communications
U.S. Baha'i National Center
A message from the National Spiritual Assembly, with information on the Bahá’ís in Haiti as well as guidance on how to contribute to the relief effort there has been posted to the administrative website and to The American Bahá’í online at: http://bit.ly/5FOsuo (you’ll need to logon to the site to access the message).
As you can imagine, it has been difficult to obtain information from Haiti. From the news we have received so far, it appears that the members of the Haitian Bahá’í community are accounted for, and none thus far have been reported killed. Of course, many others are suffering terribly at this time and a special prayer service for Haiti will be held at the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette on Sunday afternoon.
We hope you find comfort in the words of Shoghi Effendi as quoted in the following story posted on the public website:
www.bahai.us/Haiti_2010.
"... When such a crisis sweeps over the world no person should hope to remain intact. We belong to an organic unit and when one part of the organism suffers all the rest of the body will feel its consequence. This is in fact the reason why Baha'u'llah calls our attention to the unity of mankind. But as Bahá'ís we should not let such hardship weaken our hope in the future... "
With loving regards,
Office of Communications
U.S. Baha'i National Center
