Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich
City in the United States
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Norwich is a city in the U.S. State of Connecticut. It is located in New London County.

History[edit]

There were some Bahá’ís living in Norwich as of 1931 who conducted their activities under the guidance of the Local Spiritual Assembly of New Haven.[1] By 1936 there was just one Bahá’í in the city, Anna L. Duffy,[2][3] who promoted and proclaimed the Faith through articles in local Norwich newspapers.[4]

In the Summer of 1939 a Norwich Bahá’í Group was established,[5] and in 1940 Dorothy Baker visited the city to speak on the Faith.[6] In 1956 a deepening class for all Bahá’ís in the State of Connecticut was held in Norwich.[7]

The National Teaching Committee made establishing a Local Spiritual Assembly in Norwich a goal by the following year in 1976,[8] and the Assembly was successfully established in 1977 although by October its status was jeapordized due to the low number of Bahá’ís living in the city.[9]

References[edit]

  1. Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 57, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  2. Baha'i News (1939). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 126, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  3. Baha'i News (1936). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 103, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  4. Baha'i News (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 106, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  5. Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 133, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  6. Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 136, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  7. Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
  8. The American Bahá’í (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 7, Issue 11, pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  9. The American Bahá’í (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 8, Issue 12, pg(s) 11. View as PDF.

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