Sister Cities
Wilmette's sister city in Australia is Mona Vale in Pittwater Council, New South Wales and they participate in an annual student exchange program between their high schools. Mona Vale and Wilmette are connected spiritually as well, each is home to a continental Bahá'í House of Worship, of which there are seven in the world with an eighth under construction.
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“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
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