Joan Catterson (1932-2018)
The following obituary was prepared on behalf of the Local Spiritual Assembly after Joan’s passing in August 2018. Minnie Josephine …Continue reading →
View ArticleElsie Bowers
I was born in Liverpool in November 1927. I was 34 years old in 1961 when I first heard of …Continue reading →
View ArticleGareth Jones
I was born in Swansea in 1967, the youngest of four children, into a pretty traditional Christian household. My dad …Continue reading →
View ArticleChristine Wagg
Beauty is truth and truth beauty – Keats The jewel, a deep maroon warm of ruby facets, glimmered in the …Continue reading →
View ArticleSusan Phillips
I became a Bahá’í on a bus. It may not be the time-honoured way of beginning these stories but hey …Continue reading →
View ArticleDorothy Bruce
My story begins with St. Christopher, patron saint of travellers. I feel he led me on a long journey to …Continue reading →
View ArticleDominick Browne Lord Mereworth
TRANSFORMATION OF DOMINICK BROWNE To start to find out who you are it is necessary to go back to the …Continue reading →
View ArticleJoy Sabour
Part 1: 1959 – 1978 My parents, Carl and Joyce Card, started investigating the Bahá’í Faith in the autumn of …Continue reading →
View ArticleLally Warren
Molalanyana I was born in October 1945 in the village of Serowe in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. I was …Continue reading →
View ArticleIlaria Quattrone
“I want to go and find out if there is one universal truth or if everything is relative.” I said …Continue reading →
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Viv Bartlett
Viv Bartlett in 2018 The death of my brother, Peter, smashed into our family like a comet hitting the earth. And the repercussions of that tragic event are still operating nearly sixty years later....
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Sharon Forghani
Sharon with husband Faran (middle) and Dermod KnoxDevon, June 2019 People have often asked me when, how and why I became a Baha’i, as I was not born into a Bahá’í family, was happy with what I had been...
View ArticleAdam Thorne – Eulogy
The following is the text of a eulogy given by Dr Stephen Vickers on the occasion of a memorial event for Adam Thorne on 16 November 2019. The text has been reviewed and approved by Adam’s wife...
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Iain Palin
The year 1968 was marked by widespread unrest, riots in major cities across Europe and America, and a generalised dissatisfaction with the way things were done and yearning for something better. My...
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Jonathan Martin (1954-2019)
Jonathan was born on 10 July 1954 in Liverpool to Katherine and Ernest Martin. His parents came from very different backgrounds, his mother being Roman Catholic and his father Jewish. His father was...
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Kathleen Coates
Kathleen and John Coates at the Bahá’í Summer School in Waterford,Republic of Ireland I was born in County Durham on 16 October 1928, to parents Tom and Lilian Davidson. I had a weak chest as a child,...
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Peter Dowson (1938-2019)
I was born on 16th September, 1938, in Goole. My spiritual journey started when I was aged twelve. I was sitting on a bus on Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, heading for Park Avenue and the Junior College...
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Maureen Melville (1936-2020)
Maureen was born on 27 September 1936, in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 40 hours after her twin brother Jeffrey. Her family later moved to Norwich.Maureen’s secondary school was a convent where she was...
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Carol Forrest
Carol Forrest (L) with her sister My first name is Elizabeth but I am known by my middle name, Carol, chosen by my mother because I was born in December quite close to Christmas Day. I am the eldest...
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Janet Pooran
All praise be to Thee, O Thou, the Desire of every understanding heart! Bahá’u’lláh There are many people, places and events in my life which are links to my accepting the truth of Bahá’u’lláh. This...
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