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THE 2018 GRAND FESTIVAL COMMEMORATING THE HOLY MOTHER GODDESS IN THE CAO DAI TAY NINH HOLY SEE, VIETNAM
Updated 2018-11-13 08:02:32
(Reported by Nguyen Tuan Em, CaodaiTV – Edited by Joe Hobbs – Sep. 30, 2018)
The 2018 Grand Festival Commemorating the Holy Mother Goddess (in Vietnamese Hội Yến Diêu Trì Cung) was held on the 15th and 16th of the lunar month of August 2018 (24th and 25th of September in the Gregorian calendar). Hosted by the Sacerdotal Council of the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Holy See, this successful celebration attracted more than 250,000 pilgrims and tourists from all over Vietnam and many countries abroad.
A major component of the Mother Goddess Festival is the “Grand Banquet” (Hội Yến Diêu Trì) in the Diêu Trì Palace (Diêu Trì Cung), hosted by the Holy Mother Goddess herself.
PARTICIPATION OF CAO DAI DELEGATION AT WEIXIN SHENGJIAO CEREMONY UNVEILING GUIGUZI STATUE AND AT CESNUR 2018 CONFERENCE IN TAIWAN
Updated 2018-07-26 05:32:33
(Taiwan, June 18-24, 2018 - Photos by Tri Luc, Summarised and Translated into English by Nguyen Tuan Em)
Having accepted the invitation of Grand Master Hunyuan Chanshi, Founder of Taiwanese Weixin Shengjiao and Professor Massimo Introvigne and Dr. Fiona Hsin-Fang Chang, Co-chair of the CESNUR 2018 (Center for Studies on New Religions) Conference, His Eminence Cardinal Thuong Tam Thanh, Chairman of the Sacerdotal Council of Cao Đai Tay Ninh Holy See, led a delegation of distinguished dignitaries to come to Taiwan from June 18th to June 24th, 2018
THE 2ND IRUHA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE WORLD PEACE”
Updated 2018-04-04 21:49:03
(Reported from Bangkok, 10-13 March, 2018 by Caodai TV – Photography by Tuan Em and Huu Loi)
The two-day 2nd International Conference on “Inter-religious Relations for Sustainable World Peace” was jointly held at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand by Universal Love and Brotherhood Association Thailand (ULBA Thailand) and Japanese Oomoto’s Universal Love and Botherhood Association from 10 March 2018 to 13 March 2018.
SCHOLARS FROM SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, JAPAN AND USA PAID A VISIT TO CAODAI TAY NINH HOLY SEE
Updated 2018-01-06 15:51:06
(Tay Ninh Dec 29, 2017 - Reported by Archbishop Thai Con Thanh – Translated into English by Nguyen Tuan Em)
At 10:30 am Friday 29 December 2017, a delegation of distinguished scholars from South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the US had paid a friendly visit to His Eminence Cardinal Thuong Tam Thanh, Chairman of the Sacerdotal Council of Caodai Tay Ninh Holy See in the Cardinal’s Office.
In attendance, there were also :
- Archbishop Thai Con Thanh, Acting Principal Archbishop of the Buddhist branch
- Archbishop Ngoc Thuong Thanh , Acting Principal Archbishop of the Confucianist Branch
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CAO DAI SACERDOTAL COUNCIL IN 2017
Updated 2018-01-05 17:47:27
(Tay Ninh Holy See Dec. 10, 2017 - Translated by Tuan-Em)
Pursuant to the Sacerdotal Council’s Decree for 5-year Plan of Religious Activities (From Year of the Dragon 2012 to Year of the Rooster 2017), The 2017 General Assembly of the Sacerdotal Council was held on 07 December 2017 (lunar month 20th October).
The General Assembly of the Sacerdotal Council was aimed at:
1. Approving the Sacerdotal Council’s report on religious activities of the past 5 years
2. Agreeing on the next 5-year Plan of Religious Activities from 2017 to 2022
CAO DAI PRESENTATION AT MISSOURI UNIVERSITY NOV 2017
Updated 2017-11-17 06:17:21
(From Columbia, Missouri, 5th November, 2017 – Reported by Nguyen Tan Khoa – Translated into English by Nguyen Tuan Em)
Reverend Thuong Canh Thanh (his secular name’s Tran Quang Canh), President of Cao Dai Overseas Missionary, accompanied by a Caodai Follower Nguyen Tan Khoa from New Orleans, Louisiana, visited the University of Missouri in Columbia City in the State of Missouri to make presentation on Cao Dai Religion to students of the Department of Religious Studies from November 1st, 2017 to November 3rd, 2017.
SHOW ME MISSOURI BLUES: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA HOSTS EVENT ON ASIAN NEW RELIGIONS
Updated 2017-11-14 00:37:14
By MASSIMO INTROVIGNE – November 13, 2017
What a good idea to go to Missouri during the Indian summer! We got ideal weather, beautiful colors, and a lot of history in our field trips, from the Westminster College in Fulton, where Winston Churchill (1874–1965) delivered in 1946 his famous speech introducing the expression “Iron Curtain,” to the Amish villages of Missouri, which are less touristy but not less interesting than those in Pennsylvania. And Mizzou, the University of Missouri at Columbia, is a living museum in itself—not only for its beautiful Victorian buildings but for the memories
THE 7th INTERNATIONAL HOLY BOOK CONFERENCE – BANGKOK THAILAND – SEPTEMBER 2017
Updated 2017-09-23 00:51:47
(Bangkok September 5th, 2017 – Reported by Mohammad Jahangir Alam)
United Religions Initiative (URI) Cosmic Community Centre and Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Centre for Dialogue, Kottarakara, Kerala, India, jointly organized the 7th International Intertextuality Conference at Students Christian Center, Bangkok Thailand from September 1-3, 2017. Mr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam, a promising Cao Dai research fellow and Associate Professor at the Department of World Religions and Culture of the University of Dhaka was invited to attend the conference and to present a paper titled “A Critical Analysis of Creation Theory: Cao Dai Perspective”.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING FOR SPIRITUAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OOMOTO SUMMER GRAND FESTIVAL IN KAMEOKA, KYOTO, JAPAN- AUGUST 2017.
Updated 2017-09-09 23:00:14
(Kameoka, Japan – Reported by CaoDai Tivi – Aug 15, 2017)
On the occasion of His Holiness Onisaburo Deguchi’s birthday, Co-Founder of Oomoto Religion and Oomoto Miroku Grand Summer Festival, Jinrui Aizenkai (known by its English name, Universal Love and Brotherhood Association or ULBA) hosted an International Meeting for Spritiual Representatives – Towards the Great Assembly of All Saints, between August 5th and August 7th, 2017 at Oomoto Headquarters in Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan.
THE SACERDOTAL COUNCIL OF CAODAI TAY NINH HOLY SEE ON ITS FIRST EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS TOUR - MAY 2017
Updated 2017-06-18 06:13:49
(Tay Ninh Holy See – June 1, 2017 - Reported by Archbishop Thai Con Thanh, Archbishop Ngoc Hong Thanh and Priest Thuong Canh Thanh. Pictures taken by Nguyen Tri Luc- Summarised and Translated by Tuan Em)
On Wednesday morning, 10th May 2017, the delegation of Cao Dai Tay Ninh Holy See’s Sacerdotal Council took the Air France’s flight AF 0253 to Paris - France, beginning their first European Religious Tour to visit and make presentation on the doctrine and philosophy of Cao Dai Religion to professors, students and doctoral candidates at various higher educational institutions.