In consultation with the Honpa Hongwanji Committee on Social Concerns, Bishop Eric Matsumoto is re-releasing his “Statement Against the Separation of Families,” originally issued on June 20, 2018. While an executive order (coincidentally also issued on June 20, 2018) purportedly ended family separation at the border, in the year that...
Bishop Eric Matsumoto and the Honpa Hongwanji Committee on Social Concerns hereby re-release their statement on gun violence, originally issued March 14, 2018. A tally in Wikipedia records 541 additional mass shootings since that date, 194 of which included at least one fatality — including the recent mass shootings in...
The 30th Annual Hiroshima Commemoration and Peace Service Ceremony was held August 6, 2019, at Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii in Honolulu’s Chinatown. The Hiroshima Peace Bell, a gift to Honolulu from the Prefecture of Hiroshima in 1985, is sited at the shrine. The keynote speaker for the event was...
From July 9-11, 2019, HHMH participated in an international gathering of hospital chaplains and medical professionals to learn how to integrate spiritual care with medical treatment.
See the July 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner: A Whole New World Opens Up Before Your Eye Sadako’s Paper Crane (Another) Finds a New Home on Board the USS Missouri Spiritual Care Is Health Care: Learning How to Care for the Whole Person at the 2019...
How fortunate we are in Hawaii! A second paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki has found its home here in the Islands, manifesting her aspiration for peace, “I shall write Peace on your wings and you shall fly all over the world.” Sadako died of leukemia in the aftermath of...
An extended issue of the HQ Update including reports from the various districts and a report from the World Jodo Shinshu Coordinating Council meeting.
On June 9, Hongwanji participated in the 2019 Pan Pacific Festival Parade and highlighted our 130th Anniversary, Peace Day (September 21), and this year's "Walk in Peace" theme.
See the April 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner : Eshinni/Kakushinni Day Hawaii Kyodan Scholarship Students Condolences PBA Baccalaureate and Graduation (May 9 & 10) YBICSE – Young Buddhist International Cultural Study Exchange (see also Young Jodo Shinshu Buddhists invited to apply for cultural study exchange in...
See the March 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner : New Zealand tragedy, self-awareness, 2019 slogan, 130th anniversary, reaching new audiences Legislature recognizes HHMH during Native Hawaiian Caucus Week YBICSE (Young Buddhist International Cultural Study Exchange) is July 15-27, 2019 Committee on Social Concerns: donations PBA Taiko...