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Tenrikyo Participates in Interreligious Meeting in Naples, Italy
The 21st International Meeting of Prayer for Peace, organized by the Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio, was held in the southern Italian city of Naples from October 21 to 23. Attending the meeting were representatives of approximately 50 of the world’s major faiths, including those from the Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, Russian…
Young Men’s Association Holds 83rd Convention
On October 27, the day after the Autumn Grand Service, the 83rd Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association Convention was held, drawing some 15,000 participants. The association will observe its 90th anniversary next year. The members of the association who assembled at the convention pledged to advance toward the upcoming anniversary, reaffirming…
Sermon at the Autumn Grand Service
May I begin by thanking all of you most sincerely for the efforts you are devoting to the cause of the path in your daily lives. I wish also to express my heartfelt appreciation for the fact that so many you have returned to Jiba to attend today’s Autumn Grand…
The Autumn Grand Service for the 170th Year of the Teaching: Followers Pledge to Strengthen Implementation of Salvation Work
Commemorating the founding of the Teaching, the Autumn Grand Service was solemnly performed on October 26 in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. The Tenrikyo community has spent the past 10 months since concluding the year of the 120th Anniversary of Oyasama…
Doctrinal Study Seminars I and II Held in Brazzaville
Tenrikyo Congo-Brazzaville Church, located in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, sponsored doctrinal study seminars I and II in August and September. These seminars were developed as part of the local human resources development program in the Congo and were first organized in 2002, when the nation was in the…
Tenrikyo Nioigake Day–Yoboku Sprinkle the Fragrance of Tenrikyo, the Teachings of the Joyous Life
Tenrikyo Nioigake Day was observed from September 28 to 30 to wrap up the month when followers in Japan were asked to concentrate their efforts toward nioigake–sprinkling the fragrance of the teachings. The Mission Department of Church Headquarters designated September 28 this year as the day for church head ministers…