Madame Ruhiyyih Rabbani, widow of the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, presided over the inaugural events at the Baha'i House of Worship in Sydney, Australia, September 1961. "Its doors are open to the peoples of all creeds, all races, all nations and all classes," she told those gathered at the first public services. "It is the hope of the Baha'is that everyone will feel free to come and pray in this temple and share with us in its services of praise to the God we all love..."