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Posted by ZAMC 
· October 22, 2021 
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October 2021 Newsletter

ZAC Endowment

Dear community members and friends,

Our religion has an embedded concept of “Ganj-e-Dadar” (Treasury of Dadar Ahuramazda). Our religion teaches us that whatever we possess, be it wealth, knowledge, skills, etc., they all belong to the Treasury of God (Ganj-e-Dadar). We are endowed with these possessions in order to share them with others. We need to judiciously manage this Treasury of God entrusted to us. Happiness comes to those who make others happy!

It gives us great pleasure to announce that ZAC has received our very first Endowment donation from Minoo and Zarin Press for an amount of $50,000. The Endowment is named Putla Dara Press Endowment Fund to perpetuate the loving memory of Minoo’s beloved mother.

This is the largest donation to ZAC since the initial donation from Arbab Rustam Guiv for the construction of the Dar-e-Mehr. We hope that their selfless act of setting up this Endowment fund will motivate others in our community, young and old, to think and plan for their own other Endowment Funds for various causes of their choice to perpetuate fond memories of their beloved ones.

On behalf of the ZAC Board and the entire Chicago community, we are sincerely grateful and thankful to Minoo and Zarin Press for their generous Zoroastrian gesture to support and sustain our ZAC in perpetuity.

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd! May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

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Posted by ZAMC 
· August 6, 2021 

2021 AGM Agenda and Materials

When: Sunday, Aug. 8th, 2021 at 10:00AM CT
Location: Onsite (ZAC) & Virtual Option (Zoom)

Agenda:

  • Benediction
  • Approval of 2020 AGM Meeting Minutes
  • President’s Address
  • Treasurer Report
  • ZAC Awards
  • Committee Reports
  • Endowment Fund Proposal
  • Capital Campaign
  • Open Forum


Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95438445275?pwd=Nkp4dVpzUkJ0L2NmRTlobmVGR1Rudz09

Meeting ID: 954 3844 5275
Passcode: 814094

2020 Financials: Click Here

2020 AGM Meeting Minutes: Click Here

Note: If you are attending in person, please print and bring your own copy of any materials you’d like to reference during the AGM. No printed copies will be provided by ZAC.

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd!
May we be united in strength and righteousness!

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Categories : Announcement
Posted by ZAMC 
· July 26, 2021 

2021 Muktad Registration

As customary, since the opening of our Darbe Mehr in 1983, our Priests will perform the Muktad prayers on all five Gatha days. Names of dear departed family members and friends are to be submitted ahead of time for inclusion in the daily prayers on all five Gatha days.

This year, the schedule of prayers is as follows:

  • Wed, August 11th – 7 pm – Ahunavaiti Gatha
  • Thu, August 12th – 7 pm – Ushtavaiti Gatha
  • Fri, August 13th – 7 pm – Spentamainyu Gatha
  • Sat, August 14th – 11 am – Vohuxshathra Gatha
  • Sun, August 15th – 11 am – Vahishtoishti Gatha / Pateti
  • Mon, August 16th – 5 am – Farewell to the Fravashis

Please complete the Muktad Prayer Form (online or hard copy ) as soon as possible, but no later than August 8th, together with your payment to ZAC for $50 per name. No names will be accepted over the telephone OR once the prayers have started. Click below to access the respective forms:

The online 2021 Online Muktad Form can be filled in by clicking here.

OR

A hard copy 2021 Muktad forms is accessible by clicking here. Please download the hard-copy form, fill it out and mail it to the address within the form.

Payments can be made online or through check irrespective of the medium of the form. Online payments can be made on this website (https://zamc.org/donate). Please select option “2021 Muktad Prayers” as the fund option.

Check payments can be mailed to Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, 8615 Meadowbrook Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527.

For Separate Muktad Prayer Arrangements at the Darbe Mehr, please contact Aban Vazifdar at 630-739-3507. The charge for private prayers is $500, payable to ZAC, with a limit of five names per family. For any questions or if you have trouble accessing the forms please reach out to us by email at zamc@zamc.org

Categories : Announcement
Posted by ZAMC 
· July 23, 2021 
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July 2021 Newsletter

ZAC is open for Summer!

Dear community members and friends,

As we are in the thick of summer, we hope you are all enjoying the warmer weather and are grateful for the ability to cautiously reconvene in larger gatherings in various settings.  We in ZAC have been doing our part to continue moving back to a pre-COVID world.  The June 26 Grand Reopening of our Darbe Mehr was a great example of a much-needed celebration and time for us to reconnect with many after over a year apart.  That said, we are happy to announce that our Darbe Mehr is now open for business!  We look forward to seeing our members, both present and future, at our upcoming events.

Looking ahead, as the Shenshahi Zoroastrian New Year is approaching next month immediately after our upcoming Gathas (by the way, Muktad prayers will be conducted in-person at ZAC) we look forward to welcoming a new year full of more opportunities for us to come together as a community with a renewed spirit of togetherness and hope for an enriching future.  Be on the lookout for future updates on our events via e-blast and in this and our upcoming newsletters.

We would also like to provide this kind reminder to renew your ZAC memberships. 

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd! May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

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Posted by ZAMC 
· June 22, 2021 
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June 2021 Newsletter

ZAC’s Grand Reopening!

Dear community members and friends,

As we approach the mid-point of 2021, many of us are inching through this year with mixed emotions.  In many ways, the first half of 2021 has not seen many changes from 2020.  For our families and friends across the globe in India and other regions where the situation remains challenging, we send our prayers for relief from the pandemic-related hardships.  For us in the US, through the blessings of Ahura Mazda we embark on the latter half of 2021 with cautious optimism.   Indeed, the ZAC is working toward finding ways to safely bring us back into each others’ presence.  Our Arbor Day event on April 22 was a grand example of one of our first ZAC events which featured in-person attendance since we went on lockdown in early 2020.  

We next look forward to the grand reopening of our Darbe Mehr on June 26 (details have also been communicated by email about this exciting event).  As we continue to work through the various considerations in bringing our ZAC community back together in-person, we remain in constant gratitude to our priests, religion school teachers, and other volunteers who remain devoted to their great service to our community.  

With all this renewed anticipation of a return to normalcy, we also wanted to take this opportunity to remind our members to renew your ZAC membership online.  

Stay tuned for more information from our ZAC Board as we cautiously chart the course for a safe return to increased in-person operations and events at ZAC.

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd! May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete June 2021 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· April 17, 2021 
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Feb – Mar 2021 Newsletter

Happy Nowruz!

Dear community members and friends,

Wishing you all a very Happy Nowruz!  May this spring bring freshness to our lives and allow us all to be together in person soon! It was nice to see some of our community members who were able to attend the Nowruz event held on March 20th.  In an effort to get the community together, our events committee, in a very short time, orchestrated a very creative virtual event for that day. We would like to thank Er. Pesi Vazifdar for leading the prayers which was followed by an art show by our very own talented children.  Another creative event was our Dar-ni-pori bake along and we saw great participation from our community at large. We have had success with the virtual events and will keep working on adding more virtual activities. Feel free to reach out to Jamshed Rivetna if you have fresh ideas on virtual events. The Board has also been working on a plan to reopen our center and have been closely monitoring the CDC guidelines and are very hopeful that we should be able to meet each other sooner than later.  

It is worth noting that our membership dropped 20% from 2019 to 2020. We realize that many of our members paid their membership at the Nowruz event and since we did not have it last year, it might have slipped your mind.  Memberships are a major source of our income for the year and we would like to bring our membership back to pre pandemic times. So we strongly urge and encourage everyone to become a member, if you already haven’t.  If you had forgotten to pay your membership last year, you can always donate that amount towards the many ZAMC funds. If you are not sure whether you have paid your membership, email us on zamc@zamc.org and we will let you know of your membership status. We would like to thank you all once again  for everything you do for ZAMC.

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd! May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete March 2021 newsletter

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