September 2023

Among the guests who visited Shinmeizan during the month of September, we wish to recall especially:
Rev. Bro. Joseph Oh, OSB, from Korea, monk of Saint John`s Abbey (USA) who visited us on Sept. 12-13. Rev. Fr. Albert Marfil, OFM, from the Philippines, now stationed in Nagasaki, who visited us on Sept. 13-14. Ms. Reiko Aoki, a generous cooperator of the Xaverians at the Regional House of Izumi Sano (Osaka) who stayed with us from Sept. 10 to Sept. 14.

The most meaningful activity in the field of interreligious dialog this month has been the participation by Sr. Maria De Giorgi in the annual International Interreligious meeting of prayer for peace in the world, organized by the Saint Egidio Community, which this year was held in Berlin, on Sept. 10-12.
This event is a precious occasion for contacts with many of our partners in dialog, also from Japan, who regularly attend this meeting.