See the August 2016 Headquarters Update for information about: Condolences Tokudo Choralfest Music Service at Hawaii Betsuin HQ Bookstore Update Committee on Social Concerns PBA Building Construction Update: Exciting News! 2016 Peace Day Interfaith Celebration Roman Catholic Deacons’ Visit 2017 HHMH Accession Ceremony Tour To find more issues of Headquarters...
The Saturday, August 13 edition of the Star-Advertiser included a half-page story on the 7th Annual Peace Walk from Hawaii Betsuin to Nagasaki Peace Bell, held on August 9 (see related calendar item). Reporter Pat Gee wrote from the perspective of a participant walking silently with about 40 others, lanterns...
Honpa Hongwanji Bishop Eric Matsumoto was among the speakers at the Hiroshima Peace Bell Ceremony, held on August 6, 2016 in Honolulu’s Chinatown. The event commemorates the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 71 years ago and brings the community together in an aspiration for peace. The event was held outside Izumo...
See the June 2016 Headquarters Update for information about: New HHMH committees formed by 2016 Legislative Assembly action (Green Hongwanji Committee, Technology For Remote Communication Committee) National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Memorial Day Service The 58th Annual Honpa Hongwanji Ministers’ Association Seminar HQ Bookstore Update (“Pictorial Hongwanji”) The Taste...
Earthquakes on April 14 and April 16 in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan killed scores of people and caused extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. Nearly 400 Hongwanji temples suffered damage, up to and including structural collapse. Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (HHMH) is sending an initial donation of $5,000...
On Sunday, May 1, at the Hawaii Music & Book Festival, nineteen panelists in seven sessions will explore diverse aspects of the Buddhist community in Hawai’i. Sessions begin on the hour starting at 10 a.m., with the last panel beginning at 4 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities...
Bishop Eric Matsumoto and Dean Sakamoto, Committee on Social Concerns Chair, presented a monetary donation to the American Red Cross Hawaii State Chapter, on March 21, 2016. The donation was made towards their International Relief Fund to support relief efforts for damage incurred at Fiji caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston...
The IHS, Institute for Human Services, with a mission to support those who need help and to respect all people’s rights to live safely and with dignity, held a faith-based Summit on Homelessness at Central Union Church on March 14, 2016, co-sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of Hawai’i. The intention...
Did you know that 1 out of 5 people, annually, need help in getting food? Yes, according to the Fact Book of the Hawaii Food Bank, 287,000 people, of all ages, receive help in getting food each year in Hawaii. On December 28, 2015, Rev. Blayne Higa, Chair of the...