GUESTS
Among the visits to Shinmeizan during the month of February, we wish to mention in a special way that of our Bishop, His Excellency Mgr. Josep Abella (Feb. 7-8), that of Fr. Renato Filippini, sx (Feb. 8.9) and that of Fr. Daniele Giolitti, a Consolata Missionary working in Mongolia, who came on Feb. 17 and will stay with us until March 4.

Also this year, at Shinmeizan, we began the new year with the celebration of the Eucharist followed, at daybreak, by the ritual, so dear to the Japanese, of watching the first sunrise of the year, with prayer, hymns and… silence!

Dear friends and supporters of Shinmeizan!

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of the Nativity of Christ, Christmas, we wish to share with you the joy and gratitude for the journey we have made together during this year, celebrated by the Catholic Church as a Holy Year or ‘Jubilee Year’.
In the silence that surrounds us on this mountain, we have experienced the quiet coming of the Lord through the encounter with the many people who have come to visit us.