Please visit our new site: PasadenaBahai.org

Posted on August 12, 2011 by webmaster
The Baha'is of Pasadena invite you to attend their community activities and to learn more about the Baha'i faith at our new website: PasadenaBahai.org
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Happy Birthday Pasadena!

Posted on July 23, 2011 by webmaster
In May 2011 the Baha'is of Pasadena congratulated the City of Pasadena on the occasion of the celebration of its 125th anniversary. Happy Birthday Pasadena! We are particularly gratified with the great strides achieved in Pasadena since the momentous visit of Sir Abdu'l-Baha' Abbas, Exemplar of the Baha'i Faith in October 1912. Our prayers are for a future filled with success and outstanding achievements for our community. Read more [...]
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A Day of Service: Saturday, February 20, 2010

Posted on February 27, 2010 by webmaster
This past Saturday a number of members of the Pasadena Baha'i community and their friends came out in the rain to serve the community at the 28th Annual Black History Parade and the Pasadena Marathon Health & Fitness Expo. Black History Parade & Fair Each year, Pasadena Baha'is support the Annual Black History and Parade with volunteers.  Marching in the Parade were students from Pasadena City College Ujima Program, headed up by PCC counselor and community member Chiara Thomas.  Also Read more [...]
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Pasadena supports the release of the Baha’i prisoners in Iran on January 12, 2010

Posted on January 8, 2010 by webmaster
The Pasadena Baha'i Community is sponsoring a prayer gathering on Monday, January 11th at 7:30pm to pray for the release of the seven Baha'i prisoners facing trial in Iran.  Location will be at a private home:  3330 San Pasqual, Pasadena, 91107.  For more info please contact  John 626-298-1603. The trial of the seven leaders of the Baha'i Faith in Iran is currently scheduled for Tuesday, January 12th in Tehran.   To summarize, these individuals Read more [...]
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Dear Pasadena: please support the Baha’is of Iran on Wednesday, August, 12th 2009

Posted on July 29, 2009 by webmaster
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re writing you because seven of our dearly loved Baha’i brothers and sisters in Iran are in grave danger, and possibly face execution. They have been held in Tehran's Evin prison for over a year with no access to their lawyer, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi. Their crime: being Baha'is.

7 Baha'i Leaders imprisoned in Iran

The US State Department, the UK Foreign Office Minister, Read more [...]
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Back in the Saddle again (almost)…

Posted on July 28, 2009 by webmaster
Hi there, I know it's been a long time since I last wrote. But I had to take a break. Summer vacation from the blog is a much needed thing.  Writing can be draining, especially if one has a demanding full-time job. No vacation from said demanding job, though.  Too many vacations in '08.   But I napped when I could.   According to my doctor, I should stay in bed one day a month.  I asked doc if I was ill.  Doc said, "No, but you crazy advertising folks are way too overstimulated Read more [...]
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Newsweek again: Let’s Talk about God editorial

Posted on June 3, 2009 by webmaster
So I received my latest issue of Newsweek--June 8th--today in the mail. The Take, a regular editorial by Lisa Miller Newsweek's religion editor, featured a book with an interesting title, "The Evolution of God" by Robert Wright. Miller's article was well-written, and I'm dying to read Wright's book when it's released next week. Wright's book has a premise--that the idea of God has evolved through history--that resonates strongly with me and correlates closely with a Baha'i perspective. However, Read more [...]
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Dear Newsweek magazine: Everything You Think You Know about Iran is Incomplete

Posted on June 2, 2009 by webmaster

Mr. Sourpuss

On the cover of the latest issue of Newsweek magazine, I was faced with a sullen Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the provocative title, "Everything You Think You Know About Iran is Wrong." Excited to think that I might discover something new about Iran in this issue, my excitement diminished after reading the same old story again: that the Iranian people are good but misunderstood; that the government is bad, Read more [...]
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Freed journalist Roxana Saberi mentions meeting Baha’is while in Evin Prison, Tehran

Posted on June 2, 2009 by webmaster
From our friend, On the Chopping Blog: Part 1: Part 2:
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Pasadena celebrates the Declaration of the Bab this Friday, May 23rd

Posted on May 20, 2009 by webmaster
On May 23, the Bahá’ís of Pasadena will join Bahá’ís throughout the world in observing the anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb, the Prophet-Herald of the Bahá’í Faith. The Pasadena Bahá’í community’s celebration of the Declaration of the Báb will be held at a private home starting at 8pm on Friday. The event is open to the general public. Please contact this blog for the address.
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