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Guadeloupe: Pioneers, Quote re: Pioneers travel teachers Quote re: travel teachers and Events,  1965 to  1977

PIONEERS TO GUADELOUPE

Complied by Patricia Paccassi as of 1988, revised 1991, October. 1994: March 2010, July 2011, September 2012

Note: data in brackets  or parenthesis is the sources:  see source page for details  SOURCES

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PIO: 1965: As of June to July 1969: Mr. & Mrs. Jean Desert  & family from Haiti, (USA pioneer) to Point-a-Pitre:  Note; Mr. Jean Desert is the only one listed in US records. Newsletter reports both. [NL/03.b;AF/01.a]

PIO: 1965: As of June; Sidney Friday from British Guiana [NL/03.b] __________________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1970: May-December; Jean Sablon, from Haiti {USA PIO.} __________________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1972: September. to July '1973; William Allan Hurt, USA,  [AF/01.a]

PIO: 1972: December. to September. 1973; Dr. John & Charlotte Yates,  USA[AF/01.a] __________________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1973: January; Charles & Betty Fitzsimmons, Canada, listed as US  pioneers, via Antigua [PF/25-04aEstall] Later to St. Barthelemy  and then Martinique {from Daniel Caillaud}

PIO: 1973: July-May 1975; Patricia Truit , USA [AF/01.a] ____________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1974: ??/??; Stanley & Florence Bagley, USA, to Pointe-a-Pitre [AF/01.a] Later to St. Barthelemy and then Martinique {from Daniel Caillaud} 

PIO: 1974: ??; Daniel Caillaud, Canada. ___________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1975: January-September; James & Patricia Habegger, USA to Pointe-a-Pitre .[AF/01.a]first to Guadeloupe, later to Martinique (1983 - 1997)  {from Daniel Caillaud}

PIO: 1975: November to May 3, 1976 Nancy Hart & Gale Burland [PF/25-0.5] ___________________________________________________________________________

PIO: 1976: April 6, Robert Hanevold, USA [PF/25-0.5]

PIO: 1976: May 3-26, Elizabeth Asbury, Canada [PF/25-0.5  _______________________________________________________________________________________

1977?  Pat and Cam Dodds from Canada in Guadeloupe and Marie Galante island. {from Daniel Caillaud}

PIO:  1978, 3 March - December 1979: Arrived Pointe-a-Pitre as travel teacher, later staying in Saint Anne.

PIO: 1979 -1984: Saturday, 13 January  Mama Bahá’í  arrived Pointe-a-Pitre - returned as pioneer.

Note:  Mama Bahá’í was a descendant of Mirza Muhammad-Quli, the faithful half-brother and  companion in exile of Bahá’u’lláh [From Office of Pioneering Canada] ______________________________________________________________________________________

1979: Micaela Fox, m. Charles Fitzsimmons - Martinique  {from Daniel Caillaud}

1979: Dorothy Scott  

1979: October to June 1991: Farhad and Michelle Arbab Farhad, Michelle and baby, Sandra arrived in Guadeloupe in October 1979: left in June 1991;

1979: September to 1980: Mrs Monavar Arbab (Farhad's mother) arrived in Guadeloupe in September  and passed away in Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) in September 1987.  (from Farad and Michelle Arbab)

1979-1980 - other Persian family, stayed a few months only. ?????  (from Daniel Caillaud) 

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TRAVEL TEACHERS:

1977: 31 October to 4 November: Dr. Sirus Homayun

1978: February: Roya Kamran

1978: 25 March to 1 April: Dr. Sirus Homayun

1980: 19 March to 26 October: Dr. Sirus Homayun

1980: December, Michael and Chris Day, New Zealand

GUADELOUPE EVENTS

Key: LSA = Local Spiritual Assembly

NSA = National Spiritual Assembly 

1965: As of June; First pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Desert and Sidney Friday have arrived.  Two declarations reported shortly afterward. [NL/03.b] __________________________________________________________________________________

1966: April; Ridván message calls for formation of NSA OF LWVI in April, 1967 [NL/03.g]

1966: April; LSA elected in Pointe-a-Pitre. [check location]  [NL/03.g]____________________________________________________________________________________

1967: Early; 13 members hold Feasts, firesides, Wed/Sat. LSA meets once a month [NL/03.j]

1967: May, June ?; Early believer; Clement Angelique, Pointe-a-Pitre

1967: August. ?: Early believer; Joseph ??? [NL/21.c]

1967: September. Sign with principles posted on Jean Desert's door receives much attention. L/21d ____________________________________________________________________________________

Note: the photos below , of events, have no further information, any given to me will be appreciated!

1974: L to R: Roland and Vivian Estall, Hedy Deuschle

1973: 2nd Left: Darlene Hodge 3rd. Right: Terry Madison

L to R: Magda Smith, Francis Foss, Ethel  Harris,.... 

 Pauline Paul,  Bill Nedden,  Alan Smith.....

NSA Meets in Guadeloupe

1975: National Convention

1977: April 22-24: Formation of 1st NSA of French Antilles, Dr. Varqá, UHJ representative.

Left to Right: Daniel Caillaud, Florence Bagley, Dr. 'Ali-Muhammad Varqá

CBC  Rowland Estall.  Talks were given by Guy Martail, Lea Nys, Francis Griffith on history of French  Islands (was this session taped?) Friday, 22nd the national Hazira was dedicated, 48 rue Francois, ARAGO, Pointe-a-Pitre [pr/5c]

Hand of the Cause Varqá far Left

1978: 25 March to 1 April: Dr. Sirus Homayun: Firesides, Deepenings and a radio and television interview was held during this visit. On the afternoon of the first day, the 3 daughters of Mrs. Gary enrolled.

1980: 19 March to 26 October: Dr. Sirus Homayun: Firesides, Public Meetings,  Deepenings, with a radio interview lasting 30 minutes on the subject “ Status of Women in Iran”. Also an article for the newspaper “War, Economy and the Bahá’í Faith.”

1984 First National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guadeloupe  

Back row Left to Right: Robert Hanevold,  Darlene Hodge,  Marian Barnes,  Daniel Caillaud,  Allan Fuller

  First row: Left to Right:  Aurel Andre,  Florence Bagley,  Barbara Guy,  Jose Saint Prix

Marie Galante: 1967 to 1983

Marie Galante

NOTE: Marie Galante is an island just south of Guadeloupe and a goal of the Nine Year Plan.

1967: May/June?, Received visits from Point-a-Pitre ,Guadeloupe believers, good interest shown  [is this the first Bahá’í visit to the island?, check it][NL/21.b]

 1967: November. First believer; Miss Ermite Joseph [NL/21.d,pg.11]____________________________________________________________________________________

1968: March. 2nd. Bahá’í, Gustave Janvier (transferring from Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe),[NL?21.f]

 1968: August. Enrollment listed, but no name given. [NL/21.h]____________________________________________________________________________________

 TT : 1983: November 2 days, Linda O'Neil, Canada [PF/25-0.6]

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NOTE: My goal  was to trace the growth and development of the Faith in the islands  from their beginnings, as far as I could find, up to the  formation of  each ones own National Spiritual Assembly.

This document is neither exhaustive nor definitive, we learn as we go, but  what I have can be added to or changed as necessary.

Hopefully, I can put this material into a form which, through the medium of oral  history, will breathe the life into the bare facts and statistics.  I   feel that it is our stories and impressions and feelings that help to  convey the enormous process that is taking place in the Bahá’í World during this period of development. I am only sorry that it was not done  earlier, we have lost so many stories already.

I truly appreciate all the help given to me in this research and can only hope it is helpful to others.

  PP... November 1994

8 June 2012

Published with the permission of the Administrative Committee of Guadeloupe

Postal Address: BP 660 97169, Pointe-a-Pitre,

Location Address: 48 Rue Francois, Arago, Pointe-a- Pitre

Office Phone: 490 831289

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