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Date 1953-05-03, sorted by date, descending

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1953 3 – 6 May
195-		 The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Chicago. [BW12:133]
  • For the texts of Shoghi Effendi's messages to the conference see BW12:133–41 and MBW142–6.
  • Twelve Hands of the Cause were present. The Guardian was represented by Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum. [BW12:143; CBN No 82 November, 1956 p3]
  • At the conference, five members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States resigned from that body in order to go pioneering: Elsie Austin, Dorothy Baker, Matthew Bullock, Mamie Seto and Dr William Kenneth Christian. [ZK102]
  • Extract from the second message to All-American Intercontinental Conference from Shoghi Effendi... [MBW150]
    .....the lands contributed in Latin America for a similar purpose approximate one-half of a million square meters, ninety thousand of which have been set aside near Santiago, Chile, for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of South America..
    		• - Conferences, Intercontinental; - Hands of the Cause; - Pioneers; Chicago, IL; Chile; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; Dorothy Baker; Elsie Austin; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Mamie Seto; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Santiago; Matthew Bullock; Pioneering; Purchases and exchanges; Santiago, Chile; Teaching; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); United States (USA); United States (USA); William Kenneth Christian first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in South America
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