Opportunities to Engage
Attend a Baha’i conference or retreat center for an afternoon or a weekend. Find a family-friendly summer or winter camp near you. Take an online course or meet Baha’is through a video chat. Browse the calendar below for these and other opportunities to engage that are open to everyone.
FIND ACTIVITIES NEAR YOU
Most Baha’i community activities—prayer gatherings, study circles, activities for children and teens—take place in homes and community centers in towns and cities across the United States.
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9:15 am
Morning Devotions
Devotions consist of prayers and other sacred writings. They are recited, chanted or sung, without sermons or commentary.
Find out more »12:30 pm
Afternoon Devotions
These brief daily devotional programs consist of prayers and other sacred writings. They are recited, chanted or sung, without sermons or commentary.
Find out more »4:00 pm
The Great Migration: Celebrating Robert Sengstacke Abbott
The afternoon's events are part of Out of the African Diaspora to Evanston, an Evanston community project exploring historical movement and moment in black lives. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Book Release Party "Robert Sengstacke Abbott, A Man, a Paper, and a Parade" written by Susan Engle and illustrated by Luthando Mazibuko. Robert Sengstacke Abbott
Find out more »About the Bahá’í Calendar and Holy Days
The Baha’i Faith has its own calendar, called the Badí’ Calendar. It is a solar calendar consisting of 19 months of 19 days each (361 days), plus “Intercalary Days” (four in ordinary years and five in leap years) to adjust the calendar to the solar year. The days and months are named after the attributes of God. The Nineteen Day Feast, the primary community gathering for Baha’is in each town and city, is held on the first day of each Baha’i month. Eleven Holy Days mark significant events in Baha’i history.
