Tenri Seminary A joint graduation ceremony was conducted on March 9 for the 121 graduates of Tenri Seminary’s three courses: Graduate Seminary (6), Junior Seminary (91), and Daini Junior Seminary (24). Tenri Seminary, whose principal goal is to nurture human resources who can take the lead in single-hearted salvation, has…
The February Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was solemnly conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Although it is usually still cold at this time of year, the occasion was blessed with fine weather, and the temperature reached a high of 16ºC (60.8ºF). In front…
Women’s Association Tenrikyo Women’s Association Headquarters held a seminar for chairwomen of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters on January 27 and 28. Convened in the 4th-floor auditorium of the Oyasato-yakata’s South Right Wing 1, the seminar drew 776 women including not only chairwomen of directly supervised chapters and diocese…
May I express my sincere appreciation for the trouble you have taken in returning to Jiba to attend today’s Spring Grand Service for the 170th year of the Teaching. As we have just been able to duly perform the Service, I would like to take this opportunity to share some…
The Shinbashira led the congregation in the Spring Grand Service on January 26 at the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters. The Service commemorated the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887, the day that Oyasama withdrew from physical life. Carrying on the momentum that had maintained a lively atmosphere at…
In his address at the New Year’s meeting, held by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in the Assembly Hall after the evening service on January 4, the Shinbashira asked the participants to try their best to enrich their activities in ordinary times as Tenrikyo starts anew toward the next milestone. He suggested…