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...
See the August 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner: Peace Day in Hawaii 2019 Message 2019 Peace Day Related Events Ministerial Assignments Young Buddhist International Cultural Student Exchange (YBICSE) program Honouliuli Bon Service Call for Submissions for the HHMH 2020 Calendar PBA Lighting Our Way Banquet: November...
The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (HHMH) Calendar Committee invites individuals and groups to provide photos for the Hongwanji calendar. Deadline is September 23, 2019.
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...
Want to see what Hongwanji youth have been doing? The Hawaii Federation of Junior YBAs (Young Buddhists Associations) has made their quarterly newsletter available on Issuu. This platform allows you to thumb through the newsletter online much as you would a paper copy. As of June 27, 2019, four issues...
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.