On April 26, the April Monthly Service was solemnly conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. The Service was attended by a great number of followers, including many who had returned to Jiba from overseas to participate in the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service and the…
On the eve of the Women’s Association Convention— which is to say, April 18, which marked Oyasama’s 202nd birthday—the association organized a nighttime illuminated parade to commemorate its 90th anniversary. Featuring dancers, marching bands, and decorated floats and involving 5,000 participants altogether, the colorful parade heightened the festive mood and…
Tenri France-Japan Cultural Association recently moved to a new office, and a ceremony to mark its opening was held on April 7 with the presence of Rev. Masahiko Iburi, Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs of Tenrikyo. Approximately 270 guests were also present at the ceremony. They included representatives from the Japanese…
It has been seven months since the Taiwan earthquake killed or injured over 12,000 people. While Taiwan is gradually recovering from the disaster, a new problem is arising: how to ease the anxiety of victims, especially children. Making use of the fund that had been collected by the Overseas Department’s…
Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion is now sponsoring a public lecture series on “Family Environment and Tenrikyo Theology—Way of Living as Taught in the Anecdotes of Oyasama.” The first lecture of the series was held on April 25. Instruction One states, “the weakening ties between husbands and wives…
On April 19, the day following the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service, the 82nd Convention of Tenrikyo Women’s Association was conducted in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters in commemoration of the association’s 90th anniversary. More than 100,000 women gathered in the Home of the Parent to celebrate that festive occasion.…