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Meditation session offered in Lahaina

A meditation session for beginning and returning practitioners by a Hiroshima University professor will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday at Lahaina Jodo Mission.

Professor Soho Machida is the founder of Gratitude (Arigato) Meditation. His method consists of four parts: arigato breathing, kansha (gratitude) Nembutsu, kannon (bodhisattva) Zen and Nehan (Nirvana) Zen. Speaking aloud together and performing the “araya method” of cleansing will help remove negative memories.

“Arigato Meditation” is an easy practice that goes beyond religion or ethnicity, a news release about the event said.

The session fee is $25.

To sign up, email sohozenmaui@gmail.com. Lahaina Jodo Mission is located at 12 Ala Moana St.

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Kaupo church to hold Aug. 30 Mass

St. Joseph Catholic Church at Kaupo will be celebrating Mass on Aug. 30.

The church has been unable to celebrate Mass for most of 2015 due to challenges with priests being reassigned and other circumstances.

Following the Aug. 30 Mass, the church will resume its Mass schedule every fifth Sunday of any month with five Sundays (usually four times per year).

The church is on Piilani Highway, between Mile Markers 33 and 34. The Aug. 30 Mass and subsequent services will be at noon. A fellowship and potluck lunch to follow the Mass. For more information, contact 870-1450 or friendsofst.josephkaupo@yahoo.com.

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Local Religion / In Brief

The Diamond Approach Hawaii will offer a weekend teaching Aug. 21 to 23 at Haleakala Waldorf School. The class will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 21 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 22 and 23. The subject will be “Accessing Inner Guidance.”

The Diamond Approach is a contemporary path of spiritual realization, the main practice of which is inquiry, according to an announcement. It is designed for people who want to actualize their true spiritual potential while living fully in the world. The Diamond Approach is based on the teachings of A. H. Almaas, author of the Diamond Heart books. Diamond Approach groups are currently being held here, on the Mainland and in Europe and Australia. The cost for all three days is $235.

For more information, contact teachers Karen Brewer at 276-6221 or damauikaren@yahoo.com, or Prakash Mackay at 572-0772 or prakashmackay@gmail.com.

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Registration begins for ‘Youth Fun Day’

High school students from Maui Vicariate Catholic parishes are invited to the 2015 “Youth Fun Day” set for Oct. 4. St. Anthony Church and St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School will serve as the host facility.

The all-day event will open with attendance at the 9 a.m. Mass followed by workshops, discussions, games and activities. The Rev. Edwin Conselvo, a LaSallette priest and new associate pastor at Christ the King parish in Kahului, will be the keynote speaker. The day will close by 8 p.m. with a prayer ceremony presented by members of St. Anthony High School’s Living In Faith Experience team.

The theme is “Mission ‘I’m’ Possible” and fosters spiritual and leadership growth, promotes friendship amongst the parish students, and encourages a strong and committed journey as disciples, according to an announcement. It is being coordinated by the Maui Vicariate youth group moderators with Mary Jean Bega of the Kula community and Art Fillazar from St. Anthony serving as program directors.

Interested high school students need to contact their parish moderator for the registration forms and other details. The deadline to submit forms, along with a $10 fee, is Aug. 26.

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Mission to start meditation practice

Wailuku Hongwanji Mission will introduce a meditation practice before services from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. beginning Sunday. Everyone is invited.

Wailuku Hongwaji Mission is at 1828 Vineyard St. in Wailuku. For more information, call the Rev. Shinkai Murakami at 244-0406.