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.
See the May 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Gomonshu’s message on the 850th anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s birth and the 800th anniversary of the establishment of the Jodo Shinshu teaching (plus the schedule of services at Honzan) Bishop’s Corner Message from the Governor General of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-Ha,...
The Hawaii Buddhist Council (HBC) will participate in this year’s Hawaii Book & Music Festival the weekend of May 4 & 5, 2019. The festival goes from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days on the Civic Grounds by Honolulu Hale. Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii will sell books at...
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...