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On September 30, the Shinbashira and his wife, Mrs. Harue Nakayama, attended the 10th anniversary celebration of Tenrikyo Oceania Centre (TOC), located in Brisbane, Australia. This was the couple’s second visit to TOC since 1998–a year after its establishment–when they attended a ceremony to mark the completion of Tenri Youth…
The September Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was joyously conducted on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Amid the solemn sounds of gagaku music, the Shinbashira and the other Service performers left the Staff Quarters to pay respects at the Foundress’ Sanctuary…
On August 21, Tenri High School held the ground-breaking ceremony for a new gymnasium–due for completion next year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the high school–in the presence of Tenrikyo’s Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Masahiko Iburi. Established in 1908–when it was called Tenri Middle School in accordance with the…
On August 10, the Boys and Girls Association held its committee meeting and chose Honshibafusa Fife and Drum Corps (belonging to Honriyo Grand Church) as the best band out of the 363 bands, comprising 16,083 members altogether, that participated in the “Fife and Drum Corps on Parade” during this year’s…
On September 14, all eight students in the English class–four from Uganda, two from Australia, and one each from the Philippines and the United States–successfully completed Head Minister Qualification Course One, a 19-day course offered in East Right Wing 4 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex at the Home of the Parent.…
The August Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Great numbers of followers attended the Service despite the August heat wave that brought record-breaking temperatures to Japan, and many of them came with their families since the 26th fell…