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1953 Oct |
Enoch Olinga arrived in Victoria (Limbé) and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the British Cameroons. [BW13:449]
The first Cameroonian to become a Bahá’í in British Cameroon was a youth, Jacob Tabot Awo.
The first Cameroonian adult to become a Bahá’í was Enoch Ngompek of the Bassa tribe.
The first Cameroonian woman to become a Bahá’í was Esther Obeu, the wife of David Tanyi.
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Victoria (Limbe); British Cameroon; Cameroon; Nigeria |
Enoch Olinga; Knights of Bahaullah; First Bahais by country or area |
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1955 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Seychelles was formed in Victoria. |
Victoria; Seychelles |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa was formed with its seat in Victoria, (now Limbe) in the Cameroon Republic and had the following countries under its jurisdiction: Spanish Guinea, Fernando Po Island, Corisco Island, São Tomé and Principe Islands, Nigeria, Niger, Dahomey, Togo, and Ghana.
[BW14p96] |
Victoria; Cameroon |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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1967 21 Feb |
The Universal House of Justice established the International Bahá’í Audio-Visual Centre in Victor, New York. William Richter was named the manager. [BW14:91–2]
The first assignment of the International Bahá’í Audio-Visual Centre was to arrange for audio-visual coverage of the six Intercontinental conferences that were held the following October.
A counterpart of the International Bahá’í Audio-Visual Centre was established at the World Centre throught the creation of an Audio-Visual Department responsible directly to the Universal House of Justice. The first secretary was Juan Cabán. |
Victor; New York; United States; BWC |
Audio-Visual Centres; Universal House of Justice; William Richter; Juan Caban |
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1967 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Cameroon Republic was formed with its seat in Victoria, (now Limbe) Cameroon. It had Spanish Guinea, Fernando Po, Corisco and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands assigned to it.
[BW14p96; Ridván 1966]
The remainder of the group of nations that formed part of the National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos. Within its jurisdiction was Nigeria, Dahomey, Togo, Niger, and Ghana. [BW15p189 Note 1] |
Victoria; Cameroon |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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1971 (In the year) |
The ‘Lake Victoria Plan’, a joint venture among the National Spiritual Assemblies of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi designed to carry the Faith to all the peoples and tribes living within Africa’s largest lake basin, was inaugurated at the suggestion of Hand of the Cause Dr Muhájir. [DM96–8] |
Lake Victoria; Africa |
Rahmatullah Muhajir; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities |
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1972 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Seychelles was formed with its seat in Victoria. [BW16:156]
For picture see BW15:157.
The "Mother Assembly", the National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean, was left with Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar, the Malagasy Republic, Comoros and Réunion. [BN no608 November 1981 p11] |
Victoria; Seychelles |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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1980 Mar |
The first Bahá’í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic was held in Victoria. [BW18:166] |
Victoria; Cameroon |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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2020. 2 Jun |
The passing of Hossain Banadaki Danesh in Victoria, BC
His major publications were:
- The Violence Free-Society: A Gift for Our Children. Bahá’í Studies. Vol. 6. 1979.
- Unity: The Creative Foundation of Peace. Bahá’í Studies Publications, Ottawa 1986.
- The Psychology of Spirituality. Paradigm Publishing, Manotick, Ontario 1994.
- The Violence Free Family. Building Block of a Peaceful Civilization. Bahá’í Studies Publications, Ottawa, Canada 1995.
- Conflict-Free Conflict Resolution (CFCR): Process and Methodology. with Roshan Danesh. Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall. (March 21, 2004).
- Unity of Faith and Reason in Action 2010.
- The Unity-Based Family. An Empirical Study of Healthy Marriage, Family, and Parenting. H.B. Danesh, MD, FRCP(C), with Azin Nasseri, PhD. Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 1 edition (1 April 2017).
For a more complete list see his website.
Documents by Hossain Danesh on Bahai-library.com.
YouTube.
See his website. iiiii
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Victoria BC; Canada |
Hossain Danesh |
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1908. 22 May |
Thornton Chase was the first Bahá'í to visit Victoria, BC. [OBCC34] |
Victoria, BC |
Thornton Chase |
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1920 (Summer) |
The arrival of well-known Bahá'í scholar and travel teacher Jináb-i-Fádil accompanied by Ahmad Sohrab. They travelled with Marion Jack and Martha Root and visited Saint John, NB, Montreal, QC, Gagetown, PE, Woodstock, NB, Brockville, ON, Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC and Victoria, BC. [SoW20Aug1920, OBCC193] |
Saint John, NB; Montreal, QC; Gagetown, PE; Woodstock, NB; Brockville, ON; Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC |
Jinab-i-Fadil; Marion Jack; Martha Root; Ahmad Sohrab |
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1937 Apr 1938 |
The Vancouver community developed a series of 12-minute radio programs broadcast on CJOR radio. The subject was "World Order". Along with an accompanying brochure on the 12 principles and study classes for the public, the program attracted from forty-five to sixty interested persons. The programs were heard in Victoria, Comox, Armstrong and Vernon. [OBCC215] |
Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Armstrong, BC; Vernon, BC |
radio |
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1948 1 Feb |
The election of the 12th, 13th 14th, and 15th and spiritual assemblies in Ottawa, Scarboro, West Vancouver and Victoria. [OBCC224, 223, 219, 308] |
Ottawa, ON; West Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Scarboro, ON |
Local Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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1953 Oct |
Florence Mayberry of Santa Paula, California made a tour of Western Canada with stops in Victoria, Vernon, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Moose Jaw and Brandon. [CBN No 47 December, 1953 p4] |
Victoria, BC; Vernon, BC; Saskatoon, SK; Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Regina, SK; Moose Jaw, SK; Brandon, MB |
Florence Mayberry; travel teaching |
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1958. 16 Dec |
The government of British Columbia issued the first certificate of Registration under the Marriage Act which certified that the Chairman of the Local Spiritual Assembly was legally authorized to solemnize marriage. [CBN No 109 February 1959 p4] |
Victoria, BC |
Bahai Marriage, Legal recognition |
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1970. 12 Jan |
An animated presentation entitled "The Community of Baha'u'llah" made its initial presentation at the Art Centre in Ottawa. They had just come from their trial run in St. Lambert, Quebec and had a plan to visit Oshawa, Hamilton, Guelph, North Bay, Fort William (Thunder Bay), Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Kelowna, Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria before doing their final presentation in Toronto just before the National Convention.
The hosts for the presentation were: Al Houdek, Gerry Bourassa; Leslie Houdek, Sandra Kostaschuk, Garry Berteig; Larry Brown, and Valerie Berteig with Dick Stanton as the Tour Manager.
Travelling exhibit was intended as a vehicle to introduce the Message of Baha'u'llah. They utilized film, sound and slides, as well as traditional art forms. The plan was to have the local communities integrate interested person into the community after the team had made the initial contact. The eight member team made the three month trip in two vehicles, an Econoline van and a station wagon. [CBN No 236 January-February 1970 BE 126 p1]
The tour continued into the Maritimes for several more months with some changes in the team to include Gale Bundy, Fred Ward, and Bob Kingdon. The tour ended at Rochdale College in Toronto. [email exchange with Garry Berteig 4 January 2020] iiiii
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St Lambert, QC; Ottawa, ON; Oshawa, ON; Hamilton, ON; Guelph, ON; North Bay, ON; Fort William, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Brandon, MB; Regina, SK; Saskatoon, SK; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Kelowna, BC; Vancouver, BC; Nanaimo, BC; Victoria, BC; Toronto, ON |
Proclamation; The Community of Bahaullah; Al Houdek; Gerry Bourrassa; Leslie Houdek; Sandra Kostaschuk; Gary Berteig; Garry Brown; Valerie Berteig; Dick Stanton; Fred Ward; Gale Bundy; Bob Kingdon |
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2020. 2 Jun |
The passing of Hossain Banadaki Danesh in Victoria, BC
His major publications were:
- The Violence Free-Society: A Gift for Our Children. Bahá’í Studies. Vol. 6. 1979.
- Unity: The Creative Foundation of Peace. Bahá’í Studies Publications, Ottawa 1986.
- The Psychology of Spirituality. Paradigm Publishing, Manotick, Ontario 1994.
- The Violence Free Family. Building Block of a Peaceful Civilization. Bahá’í Studies Publications, Ottawa, Canada 1995.
- Conflict-Free Conflict Resolution (CFCR): Process and Methodology. with Roshan Danesh. Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall. (March 21, 2004).
- Unity of Faith and Reason in Action 2010.
- The Unity-Based Family. An Empirical Study of Healthy Marriage, Family, and Parenting. H.B. Danesh, MD, FRCP(C), with Azin Nasseri, PhD. Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 1 edition (1 April 2017).
For a more complete list see his website.
Documents by Hossain Danesh on Bahai-library.com.
YouTube.
See His website.
See article by his son Roshan Danesh about the passing of his father and his son. [Times Colonist 30 July 2020] iiiii
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Victoria, BC |
Hossain Banadaki Danesh; In Memoriam |
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2022. 19 Nov |
The passing of Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford (neé Moar)(b. 17 March 1929 Indian Head, SK) from complications after falling and hitting her head in Victoria.
She had earned a medical degree at the age of 52 and practiced as a family and palliative-care physician.
In 1984 she became active in the nuclear disarmament movement and a member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada and co-wrote a book, Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War.
Awards she received over the years include the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from the Governor General, the Gandhi Prize, the Award of Excellence from Doctors of B.C. and, with Down, the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. [Condolences; Times Colonist 18 December 2022] |
Victoria; BC; Indian Head; SK |
Mary-Winne Ashford; In Memoriam |
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from the Main Catalogue
- Seventy Five Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Victoria, Australia, by Graham Hassall (1998). History of the Bahá'í community of Victoria, Australia. [about]
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