Eloy Anello
Eloy Anello | |
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,_1979.png){kind=spacer} Anello (left) translating for Dr. Muhájir, 1979. | |
| Born | May 14, 1946 |
| Died | October 2, 2009 |
| ABM | Americas ???? - 1985 |
| Counsellor | Americas 1985 - 2005 |
Eloy Anello Rodriguez (May 14, 1946 - October 2, 2009) was an American Baháʼí who served as a Counsellor for the Americas.
Biography[edit]
Anello was raised in Hayward, California, and became a Baháʼí as a youth in 1965. He completed a degree in Latin American Studies at the University of California in Hayward and then moved to Puerto Rico where he completed a Masters degree in Public Health, and he then completed a doctorate at the University of Massachusetts.[1]
In the early 1970s Anello moved to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and by 1979 he was serving as an Auxiliary Board member and translated for Hand of the Cause Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir when he visited Cochabamba one week before his passing that year.[2] In 1982 he founded the Foundation for the Integral Development of Bolivia with Athos Costas[3] and in 1985 he founded the private university Universidad Nur with his brother Francisco. Part of the universities curriculum was a Baháʼí inspired moral leadership program developed by Anello.[4]
Anello passed away in Bolivia in 2009 and was buried in Santa Cruz.[5] The Universal House of Justice sent the following message after his passing:
"With heavy hearts we received the news of the passing of Eloy Anello, indefatigable and valiant servant of Baha'u'llah. Nearly forty years ago, as the Nine Year Plan was drawing to a close, we urged the friends everywhere to emulate the Baha'i youth, "whose recent surge forward into the van of proclamation and teaching" was "one of the most encouraging and significant trends in the Faith" and who stormed "the gates of heaven for support in their enterprises by long-sustained, precedent and continuing prayer."
Among those who had stepped into the vanguard was dear Eloy, who, as a young man, left the United States and settled in Bolivia in the early 1970s, making it his home and dedicating himself to the upliftment of its people. No one who crossed his path could fail to be touched by his unbounded energy, by his sincere love of humanity, which he brought to every enterprise he undertook in service to the Faith. Especially noteworthy were the valuable contributions he made to the progress of the Cause as a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors in the Americas for two decades. How many young people were awakened to the crying needs of humanity as a result of his efforts in this capacity. How many were galvanized to arise and serve the Cause. So dedicated was he to nurturing young minds that he co-founded Universidad Nur in Santa Cruz--an institution striving to apply Bahá’í principles to higher education and to programs for the advancement of the indigenous populations.
May his life of consecration to the Cause serve as an inspiration to those laboring to meet the requirements of the current stage of the Divine Plan. To his family and many friends, we extend our loving condolences. Our most fervent prayers at the Sacred Threshold join yours for the progress of his noble soul throughout the realms of God. We call on all National Spiritual Assemblies in the Americas to hold memorial gatherings in his honor."[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Eloy Anello (Ed.D. 1997) (May 14, 1946 - October 2, 2009)" (PDF). University of Massachusetts. 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 595, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1987). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 679, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ "Eloy Anello (Ed.D. 1997) (May 14, 1946 - October 2, 2009)" (PDF). University of Massachusetts. 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ↑ "Eloy Anello (Ed.D. 1997) (May 14, 1946 - October 2, 2009)" (PDF). University of Massachusetts. 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ↑ "The following stirring message has been received from the Universal House of Justice, following the passing of distinguished servant of the Cause, Dr. Eloy Anello". In memory of Eloy Anello Facebook page. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
