Tenri University, in conjunction with Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, organized “Tohoku Japan Earthquake Relief Project.” Eleven followers from the United States as well as 27 students from Tenri University visited Miyagi, Japan, from August 1 through 4. The participants had a get-together with people in Nanagahama-cho and cleaned…
On August 25, the noon service was performed at the Main Sanctuary, and some 2,000 Yoboku and followers came to attend the service despite heavy rain. Many of them were members of the pilgrimage groups who returned to Jiba to attend the next day’s August Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church…
The Oyasato Seminar Korean Course, sponsored by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, was held from August 5 through 17. The Oyasato Seminar, which was launched in 1984 to help nurture successors of the path living outside of Japan, opened the Korean Course five years ago. Seventeen students (11 boys and 6 girls)…
This year’s High School Division of the Students Training Course was held at the Home of the Parent between August 9 and 15 with a total of 1,362 participants (619 male students and 743 female students) from all parts of Japan. The course was supported by about 600 staff members,…
This year’s Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba was held between July 26 and August 4 under the theme “Filled with Joy! Hinokishin!” During this 10-day period, a total of 233,804 children and adult leaders returned to the Home of the Parent, including participants from 16 overseas countries and regions: Brazil, Canada,…
The Oyasato Seminar was held once again this summer in the Home of the Parent. The Portuguese Course, the Chinese Course, and English Courses I and III began on July 10, and the Korean Course began on August 5. The seminar is an annual summer event giving young people from…