Joy Stevenson
Joy Stevenson | |
|---|---|
 Mrs. Joy Stevenson | |
| Born | Marion Stevenson March 17, 1919[1][2] |
| Died | April 25, 2016[1] |
| NSA member | Australia, 1964 - 1980 |
| Counsellor | Australasia, 1983 - 1988 |
| ITC member | 1988 - 1998 |
| Spouse(s) | John Stevenson[3] |
Marion "Joy" Stevenson (March 17, 1919 - April 25, 2016) was a Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre for ten years from May 19, 1988 to 1998.[4][5][6] She served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia, and as a Continental Counsellor for Australasia - appointed in 1983[7] - and an Auxiliary Board member in Australasia. She passed away in Queanbeyan, Australia on 25 April 2016. When she died the Universal House of Justice requested that Baha'i communities around the world convene "commemorative gatherings in her honour."[1] In 1985 she was a Trustee of the Continental Fund[8] and one of nineteen Continental Counselors for Asia.[8]
1960s[edit]
The first two children's camps at the Yerrinbool School were organized by John and Joy Stevenson, Madge Painter and John Milne in 1963 and 1964.[3] The site of the summer school in the small village of Yerrinbool was purchased by "Stanley and Mariette Bolton, for the purpose of holding Bahá'í summer schools" and officially opened on 2 May 1937 by "one hundred delegates and observers attending the national Bahá'í convention in Sydney ...[who] "traveled down the winding Mittagong Road to the small village of Yerrinbool."[3]
The first Bahá'í House of Worship to be raised in the Antipodes, located in Ingleside, New South Wales in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia was dedicated on September 17, 1961.[9][10] In her description of the inaugural service which concluded the ceremony of the opening of the Temple, Stevenson quotes the words of Rúḥíyyih Khánum who warmly welcomed everyone from all religious backgrounds to offer prayers in the newly-constructed Temple.[11][12][13][14]
1980s[edit]
When the Universal House of Justice increased the number of Counsellor members to serve on the International Teaching Centre for a five-year term to begin on May 23, 1988, Joy Stevenson was appointed along with Dr. Farzam Arbab, Dr. Magdalene Carney, Hartmut Grossmann, Mas’ud Khamsi, Lauretta King, Donald Rogers, Isobel Sabri and Peter Vuyiya.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bahá'í International Community (April 25, 2016), "Joy Stevenson, 1919-2016", Bahá'í News Service, Haifa, Israel, retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ "Marion Stevenson Tribute", The Canberra Times, April 30, 2016, retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hassall, Graham (1988), "Yerrinbool Bahá'í School 1938 - 1988: An Account of the First Fifty Years", CPN Publications, Canberra, Australia, retrieved July 21, 2016
{{citation}}: External link in|location= - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1986-2001: Appointment of International Teaching Center Members, Bahá'í works, 19 May 1988, retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ The International Teaching Center appointed by the Universal House of Justice in May 1988, Bahá'í Historical Facts, 23 May 2012, retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ "List of Counsellors appointed to the International Teaching Centre for a five-year term", Bahá'í Library Online, 23 May 1993, retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ "Appointment of Continental Counselors", Universal House of Justice, To all National Spiritual Assemblies, June 27, 1983
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "439.2c ASIA (19 Counselors): Appointment of Continental Counselors", Universal House of Justice, To the Bahá'ís of the World, October 24, 1985
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia (2006). "Bahá'í House of Worship: Construction". Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia (2006). "Bahá'í House of Worship: Facilities". Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ Stevenson, Joy, Public Inagural Services Conclude Ceremonies (PDF), Bahá'í World (1954-1963), vol. 13-XIII, p. 0732Bahá'í Era 111-119
- ↑ Stevenson, Joy, Public Inagural Services Conclude Ceremonies, Bahá'í World (1954-1963), vol. 13-XIII, p. 0732
{{citation}}: Text "https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_World/Volume_13/4" ignored (help) Full-text - ↑ Stevenson, Joy (14-17 September 14-17, 1961), "Dedication of the Mother Temple of the Antipodes", Australian Baha’i National Archives
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "50th Anniversary of the Sydney Baha'i Temple". Stumbling Through the Past: Delving into History. September 24, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
