Ceuta

Ceuta
City in Spain
First Local Spiritual Assembly of Ceuta, 1955.
Location of Ceuta
History: Firsts
-	Pioneers	1953, Alyce Janssen 1953, Luella McKay 1953, Earleta Fleming 1953, John Fleming
-	Local Assembly	1955
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Ceuta is a city located on the northern coast Morocco. Administratively it was part of Spanish Morocco until 1956 when it became an autonomous city of Spain. A Bahá’í community was established in the city in the 1950s.

History

When the Ten Year Crusade was launched in 1953 Spanish Morocco was named a goal territory for the establishment of a Bahá’í community. Several pioneers arrived in the region in late 1953 with Alyce Janssen, Luella McKay, and Earleta and John Fleming settling in Ceuta and being named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. By 1954 the pioneers had secured a villa where they lived together.

As of 1955 two Spanish Moroccans and two Spaniards had become Bahá’ís on the island through the efforts of the pioneers, and in April that year the Local Spiritual Assembly of Ceuta was established with the community having eleven Bahá’ís. The community was facilitating several activities by the time the Assembly was formed, hosting study classes, running a Boys Club which taught carpentry and art and a Ladies Sewing Circle, facilitating play classes for children, and running a First Aid Clinic.