Dates: 14—20 July
Summer School is once more being held at the popular Lorne Centre, Craigavad, County Down.
Theme: “Our Mission—Building a World Civilisation”
Speakers include Lesley Taherzadeh O'Mara, Moojan Momen, Wendi Momen, Peter Hulme, Rob Weinberg, Dan Wheatley, Les Gornall, Michelle Chesters, Jennifer Ioas Chapman.
Further information from Registrar.
Venue: Summer School, Newtown School, Waterford
Date: Thursday 31 July 2008
The ABS in the Republic of Ireland is happy to announce its 2008 Annual Conference which will be held on an "ABS Day" at the Summer School. The conference will consist of the three main sessions for the adult programme that day (two in the morning and one in the evening), and a number of other presentation as an optional supplementary event in the afternoon. We invite expressions of interest in giving papers, presentations and workshops in the afternoon sessions, addressing the theme of "An Ever-Advancing Civilization", and other topics. Presentations can range from 15 to 45 minutes, followed by discussion. If you are interested, please contact Eamonn Moane by 31 May 2008. Details of the programme will be advertised later.
Following suggestions at previous ABS events, a 1-day ABS history conference will be held at the Bahá'í Centre in Drogheda on a Saturday in October 2008. It will feature talks on the local and national history of the Bahá'í Faith in Ireland, and on the importance of archives for the future of the Faith. The ABS Committee would encourage the Friends to examine the history of their own communities and to develop a short presentation if they can. A talk on the history of the Faith at national or at all Ireland level would be particularly appreciated. If you are interested, please contact Kevin Brogan by 31 August 2008. Details of the conference will be advertised later.
The National Spiritual Assembly has announced that Unit Conventions for 2008 will be held over the weekend 6—7 December. This may seem a long way off but the Bahá'í Council asks that you mark the dates in your diaries now—and we are all asked to avoid arranging events on that weekend that could clash with the Unit Conventions and reduce attendance.
Every Sunday morning, 11 am, in the Bahá'í Centre, 5 Clarendon Street.
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