The Calgary Buddhist Temple is putting on its annual dinner on Saturday, October 21, 2017 and we need your help. The dinner is our biggest fundraiser and we need volunteers to fill various positions to make this a success.
Generally volunteers will work the entire
Interested in Buddhism and how it can be a part of your daily life?
Then join us on Thursdays, 7:30 – 8:30 pm as the fundamentals of Buddhism will be introduced and discussed.
There will be 8 consecutive sessions beginning October 12 through November 30,
Our Temple will have two booths at the Calgary Japanese Festival “Omatsuri” (Hosted by Calgary Japanese Cultural Association).
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2017
Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Max Bell Centre 1001 Barlow Trail S.E.
Details:
Sales Table: We will be selling gently used Japanese
The Momiji Society and Japanese Medical Support Network in Canada are co-sponsors of an upcoming workshop on dementia and are offering a 3 hour dementia volunteer training in Calgary on Sunday, July 23! They are preferably targeting caregivers or volunteers for seniors programs. The temple
A new season of Dharma Time for Kids will be starting in September! The goal is to host an activity for the kids every Sunday. Lessons will be approximately every-other week, and informal play time/social time for the kids with games and puzzles will be
(Japanese Flower Arrangement) Five classes are being offered by Rika Saruwatari, who trained under Ms. Takato Yokoyama. Rika became a certified shihan (teacher) in 2012.
Classes will be held Saturday mornings 10:00 am -12:30 pm on September 16 & 30, October 14 & 28, and
was held on Saturday, June 3rd – thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting this successful Temple fundraiser!
Total sales were an impressive $1,646.25 which is almost $450 more than last year so exceeded expectations!
Thank you to the volunteers who worked Thursday
We are celebrating St. Shinran’s birthday (Gotanye) and honoring our Temple’s senior members (Keirokai) on Sunday, May 28th. Please join us for a luncheon following the service. We would like to ask volunteers for some side dishes and some fruit to compliment Japanese curry.
Please
A representative from Alberta Health Services will be doing a presentation about advance care and personal directives. Advance Care Planning is a way to help you think about, talk about and document wishes for health care in the event that you become incapable of consenting
Interested in Buddhism and how it can be a part of your daily life?
Then join us on Thursdays, 7:30 – 8:30 pm as the fundamentals of Buddhism will be introduced and discussed.
There will be 8 consecutive sessions beginning October 12 through November 30,
Our Temple will have two booths at the Calgary Japanese Festival “Omatsuri” (Hosted by Calgary Japanese Cultural Association).
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2017
Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Max Bell Centre 1001 Barlow Trail S.E.
Details:
Sales Table: We will be selling gently used Japanese
(Japanese Flower Arrangement) Five classes are being offered by Rika Saruwatari, who trained under Ms. Takato Yokoyama. Rika became a certified shihan (teacher) in 2012.
Classes will be held Saturday mornings 10:00 am -12:30 pm on September 16 & 30, October 14 & 28, and