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Date 2003-05-0, sorted by date, ascending

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2003 May
200-		 The publication of For the Celebration of My Praise by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette the celebration of, to quote the inscription in the inside cover, the "Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Dedication of the First Mashriqu'l-Adhár of the Western World to Public Worship Wilmette, Illinois.May 1955-May 2003. The book contained writings from Bahá'u'lláh, Àbdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice as well as stories and prayers for the Mashriqu'l-Adhár as well as a pictoral history from 1907 to 2002. Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette
2003 May
200-		 The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the appointment of Siamak Hariri of Toronto, Canada, as architect of the Bahá'í Temple to be built near Santiago in Chile. [BWNS223]
  • See Ted Talk by Siamak Hariri entitled How do you build a sacred space?
    		• - Architects; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architecture; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Chile; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Santiago; Santiago, Chile; Siamak Hariri; Toronto, ON
    2003 9 May
    200-    		 The passing of David Hofman (b.1908 in Poona, India) in Oxford, England. [BW03-04p234-235]
  • He was one of the nine elected members of the Universal House of Justice when that institution came into being in 1963.
  • He presented the first statement from the supreme Baha'i administrative body in April 1963 to the World Congress in London. Twenty-nine years later, in 1992, he delivered the opening address to the second Baha'i World Congress in New York, an event attended by some 30,000 people.
  • He served as a member of the Universal House of Justice for 25 years, until he left in 1988 at the age of 80. [BWNS209, BW'03-'04pg234, UK Bahá'í Journal]
  • See a brief biography in The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963 p462-464 and for the story of his learning of the Faith, p452-453
  • His published works included:
    • Selections from Bahá'í Scriptures (1941)
    • The Renewal of Civilization (1945)
    • God and His Messengers (1953)
    • George Townshend, A Life (1983)
    • A Commentary on the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1983)
    • Baha'u'llah, the Prince of Peace: A Portrait (1992)
    		• - Biography; - In Memoriam; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í World Congress, First (1963); David Hofman; United Kingdom; Universal House of Justice, Members of
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