The marked progress the Cause has made in recent years in
that country [Canada] should be a source of pride and happiness to all the
friends. The Guardian feels that your Assembly, with the advice and aid of the
regional and the national Teaching Committees, should exert every effort to
increase the number of centres in Quebec, to encourage the visits of prominent
teachers, and to reach—difficult as the task may be—the French-speaking
population of that Province.
The believers of Montreal have contributed many active and
outstanding workers in the Faith, whether teachers, pioneers or administrators;
and Shoghi Effendi assures you all that you are very close to his heart and
often in his prayers.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 24 March 1941
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Baha’is of Montreal; ‘Messages to
Canada’)
