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Messages to Canada

  • Author:

  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • Bahá’í Canada Publications
  • Pages:
  • 276
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Pages 192-193

Letter of 29 March 1954

29 March 1954

To the New Territories Committee

Dear Bahá’í Friends:
Your letter of March 15th has been received by the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.
He is very sorry to hear that Anticosti is proving so extremely difficult to get into. Perhaps if Mr. Rakovsky1 succeeds in going on a hunting trip there (providing his recent flight there has not shown him some other way of ingress to the land, or one of the other friends), he will find some means of contact and a possible opening.
There is no doubt that a few of the islands and territories embodied in the Plan are extremely difficult “nuts to crack”. As he attaches great importance to filling all the goals as soon as possible, he feels sure your Committee will continue to do its utmost.
He was very happy to hear of the pioneers who are going to Labrador and Magdalen Islands. The Canadian Bahá’ís are certainly pushing their Plan forward successfully and effectively.
He assures you of his loving prayers for your success, and his appreciation of your unflagging efforts.

With warm Bahá’í love,

R. Rabbani

[From the Guardian:]

May the Beloved bless, guide and sustain you in your meritorious activities, and aid you to promote, at all times, the vital interests of His Faith,

Your true brother,

Shoghi
1.Albert Rakovsky—first Bahá’í to visit Anticosti Island, member of the National Spiritual Assembly 1953–56.  [ Back To Reference]