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)
•	

February
•	Honpa Hongwanji State Legislative Assembly (Giseikai)
•	
March
•	SPRING OHIGAN SERVICE (annual celebration of spring equinox)
•	Spring Bazaar
•	
April
•	HANAMATSURI SERVICE, 1st Sunday. (commemorates birth of Shakyamuni Buddha)
•	BWA’s ESHINNI/KAKUSHINNI DAY SERVICE  (in honor of wife & daughter of Shinran)
•	

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)
•	
JulyAugust
•	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