 
|
|
Annual Theme Study Materials
1996 Annual Theme:
Individual Consecration, Institutional Maturation, and Bahá’í
Community Flourishing
 The
National Spiritual Assembly has chose the theme “Individual Consecration,
Institutional Maturation, and Bahá’í Community
Flourishing” for Bahá’í Schools for the
year 1996, the opening year of the Four Year Plan.
The Ridván 153 B.E. Message of the Universal House of Justice addressed
to the Followers of Bahá’u’lláh in North America stated that:
In North America, there are opportunities for the advancement of the
process of entry by troops, the like of which presently exist in no other
place on earth. Three unique characteristics combine to give rise to this
condition: the unparalleled strength of your local communities, particularly
evident in the activity of your Local Spiritual Assemblies and in the
consecration of the Bahá’í youth;
the positive impression of the Faith which has been conveyed, not only
to the generality of the population, but also to leaders of thought and
people of influence; and the composition of your nations, which have welcomed
to their shores immigrants, students and refugees from all parts of the
planet, drawn from all the major racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds
of humanity. (The Universal House of Justice, Ridván 153, to the Followers
of Bahá’u’lláh in North America, 15)
We are pleased to share with you the 1996 annual theme document —
a curriculum guide prepared for regional and permanent Bahá’í
schools.
Because the files below
will take time to print from the Web site itself, we encourage you to
first copy the files to your computer and then print them out.
If you are using a PC: 1. Place the curser over the highlighted
title you want to download. 2. Click on the left upper button on your
mouse. 3. Drag down to “Save Target As...” or “Save link
as...” and then save the file to where you want it on your computer.
(You may want to create your own folder for this material.) If you
are using a Mac: Place your curser over the highlighted title you
want to download. 2. Click and hold down the mouse until a pop-up box
appears. Drag down until you see “Download link to disk” or
“Save link as...” and then save the file to where you want it
on your computer.
|
|
|
