Montreal, Quebec
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Montreal is home to Quebec's largest Bahá'í community and the only Canadian city to have been visited by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His visit to North America.
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[edit] History
Montreal is the only Canadian city to have been visited by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His visit to North America, from August 30 to September 9, 1912. May Bolles Maxwell, mother of Ruhiyyih Khanum, is considered to be the "mother" of the Montreal Baha'i community; although she was not the first believer to live in Montreal, her service and sacrifice helped to unite and consolidate the community in its infancy, establishing it as the first major stronghold of the Baha'i Faith in Canada. Upon the advice of Shoghi Effendi, the Maxwell home is currently maintained by the Canadian Baha'i Community as a shrine.[1].
In 1927, the first youth group in the West was formed in Montreal by two young men, Rowland Estall and Emeric Sala; this group, meeting at the then-established Montreal Baha'i Centre on Union Street, attracted many like-minded youth, gradually resulting in an increase of enrollments in the Montreal Baha'i community[2].
[edit] Contact
Louis-Bourgeois Baha'i Centre (West Island)
4747, boulevard Saint-Charles
Pierrefonds, QC H9H 3C7
Phone: (514) 696-7694
Email: cblouisbourgeois[at]qc.aibn.com
Montreal Baha'i Centre
177, avenue des Pins Est
Montréal, QC H2W 1N9
Phone: (514) 849-0753
Email: centrebahaimontreal[at]bellnet.ca
LSA Email: montreal[at]bahai-quebec.org
Bahá'í Shrine
1548, avenue des Pins Ouest
Montréal, Québec
[edit] References
- ↑ The Bahá'í Shrine in Canada. Baha'i Community of Canada. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
- ↑ Van den Hoonaard, Will C. The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948, pp.78-79.
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