Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa | ||
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| City in Honduras | ||
 First LSA of Tegucigalpa, 1942.
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| Location of Tegucigalpa
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| - | Local Assembly | 1942 |
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| - | Phone | 232-6124 |
| Official Website | http://www.bahaihonduras.net/tegucigalpa.html | |
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Tegucigalpa or Téguz is the capital city of Honduras.
History[edit]
In 1939 Antonio Roca pioneered to Tegucigalpa. During his time there he had a picture of the Wilmette Temple displayed at a National Industrial Exposition for Honduras and he introduced notable Honduras poet Angela Ochoa Velaquez to the Bahá’í Faith. He left Tegucigalpa in early 1940 having lived in the city for six months.[1][2] During his time in the city Lorol Schopflocher also visited as a traveling teacher and a Bahá’í Group was established.[3] On June 5, 1940, the first Unity Feast was held in Tegucigalpa and was attended by five Bahá’ís, with the city having six Bahá’ís total, and a Teaching Committee was formed and began holding public meetings every Saturday.[4]
In 1941 Frances Stewart visited Tegucigalpa from January 21 to February 25 and was able to introduce many people to the Faith, delivering public talks to twenty-seven people and receiving many visitors to her Hotel for inquiries and before her departure the Tegucigalpa Bahá’ís formed a study group Committee to prepare them for electing a Local Spiritual Assembly.[5] In August 1941 Ofelia Mendoza of Tegucigalpa visited the United States to speak at the Louhelen Bahá’í Summer School about the Bahá’í Faiths relations with Latin American problems and progress.[6] In early 1942 John Eichenauer stayed in Tegucigalpa to help the community establish a Local Spiritual Assembly during an extended teaching trip in Honduras,[7][8] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tegucigalpa was established in 1942.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 134, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 136, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 139, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 143, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 146, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 151, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 152, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (July, 1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 154, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
