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 Welcome to the website of the Bahá’í Faith in Canberra. Here you will find information about our activities, news and services and introductory information about the Bahá’í Faith. Everyone is welcome to partcipate in our activities such as children’s classes, youth spiritual empowerment courses, devotional meetings and adult study groups. The . . . → Read More: Welcome  Article contributed by Niloofar Davidson “Arise, and proclaim unto the entire creation the tidings that He Who is the All-Merciful hath directed His steps towards the Ridván and entered it.” (Bahá’u’lláh 1990, Gleanings from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 31) The end of April is beautiful in Canberra. . . . → Read More: 149 Years Later …  The Bahá’í Community of Canberra invites you to join us to celebrate Naw-Rúz – the Bahá’í New Year. Date: 21 March 2012 Australian MPs recently called on parliamentarians in Iran to protect the human rights of Baha’is and other citizens in their country. Read the full story . . . → Read More: Plight of Baha’is in Iran raised in Parliament  The ACT Baha’i Community warmly invites you to a commemoration of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Keynote Speakers: Dr. Helen Watchirs Mr. James Ghaeni Date: Saturday 10th December RSVP: humanrightsdayact@gmail.com by 5th December 2011 A PDF version of . . . → Read More: Human Rights Day 2011 
For a number of years an Australian Bahá’í resident in Singapore has been accompanying a group of young people aged 12 to 18 to visit the historic community of Bahá’ís in Daidenaw village in Burma. The Burmese Bahá’í community occupies a special place in the history of the Faith and its 800 strong population in Daidenaw . . . → Read More: Burmese Days The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Julia Gillard MP, has sent a message to the Australian Bahá’í community on the occasion of the Festival of Ridván – the anniversary of the establishment of the Bahá’í Faith. MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD I am very pleased to provide this message to the Australian Bahá’í community for this . . . → Read More: Australian Bahá’ís receive Ridván greetings from Prime Minister Julia Gillard  “Glad Tidings” Bahá’í Radio Programme in Tuggeranong Since January this year Bahá’ís have been broadcasting a weekly two hour programme in both Farsi and English on a community radio station that serves mainly residents in the Tuggeranong Valley, south of the City Centre. Valley FM 89.5 broadcasts to the Tuggeranong Valley and Woden which has a population of approximately . . . → Read More: Glad Tidings in the Tuggeranong Valley  “From little things big things grow” might be the motto for what grew out of a junior youth spiritual empowerment program in Belconnen. Learning how to develop their capacities, improving their power of expression and finding ways to be of service to the community were all key elements of this program which a group of young Sudanese . . . → Read More: Multicultural Youth Radio is on the Air! 
Bahá’í New Year Celebrations Hit a High Note Every year Bahá’ís around the world celebrate their New Year on 21st March. It’s a time when friends get together to mark Naw Rúz, literally the “new day”, that has begun. It also marks the end of the annual period of 19 days of fasting. In . . . → Read More: Bahá’í New Year Celebrations Human Rights Day 12 December 2010 Speak Up: Stop Discrimination The Baha’i community of Canberra warmly invites you, your family, friends and colleagues to a commemoration of the Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be held on 12 December 2010 at 3pm at the ACT Baha’i Centre, 18 Hickey Court, Weston, ACT. Join us for keynote addresses . . . → Read More: Invitation to Human Rights Day Commemoration in Canberra |
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