Tenrikyo Women’s Association held its 100th convention in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters on April 19, the day after the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service. The occasion drew some 40,000 members. The convention was blessed with clear blue skies. When the registration desks opened at 8:00 a.m., groups of members…
On April 8, the International Network for Mutual Help, an international aid organization based in the Overseas Department, held its annual charity bazaar on the department’s premises, drawing about 500 people. The organization collects and provides information on international aid in cooperation with the department’s overseas mission facilities and various…
From last August to late March this year—a period in which the Seminar for Successors took place in 25 sessions in Japan drawing a total of 21,252 participants—overseas sessions of this seminar were attended by 1,272 participants in 25 countries and regions. Three venues in Africa are scheduled to host…
The 44th English Class of Shuyoka (the three-month Spiritual Development Course) began in the Home of the Parent on April 1 as part of the 924th session of Shuyoka. This year, there are 19 participants from nine countries: four from the United States (three from the mainland and one…
On March 28, this year’s Students’ Spring Pilgrimage to Jiba, cosponsored by the Students Association and the Students Advisory Committee, was held in the Home of the Parent under the slogan “Let us nurture ourselves to become Yoboku who will lead the next generation.” Honored by the presence of the…
Tenri Seminary, which nurtures human resources that will serve as the core for the future of the path, held its graduation ceremony on March 9 with the Shinbashira and Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama in attendance in East Right Wing 1 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex. Tenri Seminary, since its establishment in 1900,…