Temple Calendar 2022
...Resuming in-person services and activies as of June 5. Events and Services may be
cancelled at any time. Please call 808-661-0640 to confirm...
FEBRUARY 2023
05 KHM Rev to KHM
12 9:30am Sunday svc
09 hnl Board of Directors mtg
10,11 hnl Giseikai
12 9:30am Sunday svc
19 9:30am Monthly Memorial svc
26 9:30am Sunday svc
09 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
23 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
MARCH 2023
05 KHM Rev to KHM
12 9:30am Monthly Memorial svc
12 whm MUBWA Rep mtg
19 9:30am Spring Higan svc
25 ?TBD LHM SPRING BAZAAR
26 cancel Sunday svc/ after Bazaar
09 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
23 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
APRIL 2023
01 whm MUBWA Spring Luncheon
02 KHM Rev to KHM
09 9:30am Monthly Memorial svc
16 9:30am Sunday svc
21 facility Social Hall use
23 9:30am Eshinni Day svc
30 cancel Sunday svc (5th Sunday)
13 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
27 Lahaina Jodo Farmers’ Mkt
MAY 2023
SERVICES: 5/7 cancel, 5/14 cancel, 5/21 monthly memorial, 5/28 Fujimatsuri
May 10,11,12,2023 – BWA World Conv (Kyoto, Japan)/May 7-22
May 28, 2023 – FUJIMATSURI at LHM
August 11,12, 2023 – LHM Obon
Please call Lahaina Hongwanji for information(808)661-0640
Services
• REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES: Sunday services are scheduled the first four weeks of the month, unless
cancelled and announced in the monthly newsletter. Service begins at 9:30 a.m. Duration of service
is approximately one hour.
• MONTHLY MEMORIAL SERVICES: One Sunday each month will be designated as a time when families
and friends of the deceased will have the opportunity to observe the passing of a loved one who
passed away in that particular month. Instead of a "public" family service, families observing
"special memorial anniversaries" are encouraged to arrange for a private home or temple service
with the resident minister.
• ANNUAL EVENTS and OBSERVANCES: (See calendar for dates)
January• New Year’s Eve Service (Dec. 31st … Jan. 1st)
• New Year’s Party and Installation of Kyodan officers & Buddhist Women’s Association (Fujinkai)
officers and General Membership meeting
• HOONKO SERVICE, 3rd Sunday (memorial honoring Shinran Shonin)
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February
• Honpa Hongwanji State Legislative Assembly (Giseikai)
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March
• SPRING OHIGAN SERVICE (annual celebration of spring equinox)
• Spring Bazaar
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April
• HANAMATSURI SERVICE, 1st Sunday. (commemorates birth of Shakyamuni Buddha)
• BWA’s ESHINNI/KAKUSHINNI DAY SERVICE (in honor of wife & daughter of Shinran)
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May
• GOTAN-E SERVICE, 1st Sunday (commemorates birth of Shinran Shonin)
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June
• Mid-year Temple Cleanup and Omigaki (polishing of brass religious articles)
• Annual Obon Service and Festival, 2 nights. (sometimes in July or August, contingent on schedule
rotation with Maui Buddhist temples)
• HATSUBON coincides with Obon (1st obon following death of a family member)
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July
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August
• LHM O Bon Festival & Hatsubon
September
• AUTUMN OHIGAN SERVICE (annual celebration of autumn equinox)
• PEACE DAY OBSERVANCE - as scheduled (September 21)
October
November
• EITAIKYO (Sangha Memorial) SERVICE, 4th Sunday (to honor those in whose memory special donations
were made to the Eitaikyo fund, the purpose of which is to ensure perpetuation of the temple)
• Annual visitations to hospital, Hale Makua, etc.
December
• BODHI DAY SERVICE, 1st Sunday (to celebrate the enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha)
• BWA (Fujinkai) Memorial (for BWA members who passed away during the year)
• Year-end Cleanup and Omigaki
OTHER AVAILABLE SERVICES (officiated by Resident Minister)
Columbarium (Nokotsudo)
Funeral Services
Home & Hospital visitations
Infant’s Initiatory Rites
Memorial Services
Weddings