"The basic purpose of all Bahá’í Summer Schools, whether in East or West, is to give the believers the opportunity to fully acquaint themselves, not only by mere study but through whole-hearted and active collaboration in various Bahá’í activities, with the essentials of the Administration and in this way enable them to become efficient and able promoters of the Cause…."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, September 25, 1933: Centers of Bahá’í Learning, p. 8, a compilation of the Universal House of Justice, Wilmette, 1980 ed.)
