Naperville, Illinois
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Naperville is a city in the U.S. State of Illinois. It is also considered a suburb of Chicago. There has been a Bahá’í community in Naperville since the 1960's which became more formally established in the 1990's.
History[edit]
In 1947 nine students studying the history of Religion at the College of Naperville visited the Chicago House of Worship.[1] There were Bahá’ís residing in the city as of the early 1960's,[2] however the community remained small having just four members as of 1978.[3]
In 1984 the city was noted as a goal area for homefront pioneering for the American Bahá’í community.[4] In 1993 a Bahá’í Summer School for the Illinois Heartland began to be held in Naperville annually,[5] and as of 1998 a Local Spiritual Assembly of Naperville had been established.[6]
The Naperville community remains active participating in the Du Page County River Sweep annually,[7][8] hosting regular devotional meetings,[9] and in 2024 it established an Annual Race Amity Day potluck dinner event.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 152, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 1014. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Baha'i, Vol. 9(Feb), p 8
- ↑ The American Baha'i, 15(1), p 11
- ↑ The American Baha'i, 24(8), p 8
- ↑ The American Baha'i, Vol. 29, p 27
- ↑ https://naperville.local.bahai.us/news/2023-du-page-county-river-sweep-10285
- ↑ https://naperville.local.bahai.us/news/2024-dupage-river-sweep-10310
- ↑ https://naperville.local.bahai.us/news/donuts-devotions-central-park-10288
- ↑ https://naperville.local.bahai.us/news/first-annual-amity-day-potluck-10298
