Rev. Yoshiko Shimabukuro’s Appreciation Service was held on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at West Kauai Hongwanji Mission (the resident minister is Rev. Tomo Hojo and the president is Mr. Alton Miyamoto). It was a great honor to have Rev. Shimabukuro’s Appreciation Service. We presented her with an...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2016 Rev. Chikai Yosemori, the retired 14th Bishop of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was 84 years old. For all of his 42 years as a minister and his work after retirement, the foundation of Rev. Yosemori’s...
The April 2, 2016 edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser includes a 5-column article on the project now underway to construct a new classroom building for Pacific Buddhist Academy. The article, written by reporter Pat Gee, is entitled “School starts work on $6.5M campus expansion” and appears in the Keeping Faith...
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...
On March 10, 2016, the Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS) honored our Rev. Dr. Alfred Bloom with the 2016 President’s Award. The President’s Award recognizes an individual’s support for the Institute since its founding in 1949. Previous recipients have been Prof. Taitetsu Unno (2014) and Prof. Lewis Lancaster (2015). The...
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...
The 104th Giseikai, the Legislative Assembly of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, was held at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin on February 12-13, 2016. A total of 148 delegates and observers (temple representatives) from throughout the Hawaiian Islands had gathered to discuss the resolutions including the Mission budget for the...
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...
Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii announces the following updates to ministerial assignments: Rev. William Masuda, a retired minister of the Buddhist Churches of America, will be assigned to Makawao Hongwanji Mission as its resident minister as of February 1, 2016. This will be a temporary assignment (at least 2 years)...