Editor’s note: This is component 1 of a three-part collection on holy place turning points in 2022
The year 2022 can be kept in mind as a year of numerous holy place turning points for The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints.
Think about the complying with highlights:
Participants stroll the premises at the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Holy place devotion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, May 8, 2022.
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At the end of 2022, the Church presently has 300 complete holy places:
- 175 committed holy places, consisting of 4 under restoration,
- 56 unfinished, and also
- 69 introduced that are still in preparation and also layout.
This post acts as the very first component in a three-part collection considering holy place turning points in 2022, with a focus on commitments and also rededications over the previous twelve month in addition to those introduced for the coming year.
Component 2 concentrates on groundbreakings over the previous year and also complete holy places unfinished in addition to existing and also scheduled holy place remodellings. As well as Component 3 manage holy place news in 2022 and also holy places that are still in preparation and also layout stages.
Each holy place a ‘real’ turning point
Numbers and also places do not create real “holy place turning points” or provide a holy place any kind of unique prestige.
Instead, every single holy place is significant and also unique for the Saints within that area, considering that the holy place offers– as instructed by Senior David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles– possibility to take part in spiritual conserving regulations and also to get in touch with the Hero Jesus Christ and also His Satisfaction.
Holy place commitments in 2022
5 holy places were devoted this previous year– each by a participant of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
On Might 8, Senior Stevenson devoted the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Holy Place, the Church’s 8th in the South American nation and also 171st committed holy place worldwide.
Senior Gary E. Stevenson, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints’ Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks with guests at the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Holy place devotion edge rock event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, Might 8, 2022.
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Temples aid people meet their magnificent capacity as youngsters of God, claimed Senior Stevenson, including that by taking part in statute operate in the holy place and also meriting to be there, people meet God’s vision for them.
His using the dedicatory petition and also leading the day’s 3 sessions led to each existing participant of the First Presidency and also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles having commanded a minimum of one holy place devotion or rededication.
Later on that month, on Might 22, Senior Bednar devoted the Yigo Guam Holy place, offering a holy place and also holy place regulations for those on the USA island area in the western Pacific Sea.
Senior David A. Bednar of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints speaks with guests at the keystone event at the Yigo Guam Holy place devotion in Yigo, Guam, on Sunday, Might 22, 2022.
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Formerly, holy place participation needed long trips to distance lands– 5 hrs north to Tokyo, Japan; 8 hrs eastern to Honolulu, Hawaii; 4 hrs west to Manila, Philippines; or 6 hrs southern to Brisbane, Australia.
A month later on, half a globe away and also on an island in one more sea, Senior Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles devoted the Praia Cape Verde Holy Place on June 19. Praia is the resources city of the 10-island country off the west shore of Africa in the Atlantic Sea.
Senior Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints and also his partner, Sibling Kathy Andersen, stroll to welcome those outside the Praia Cape Verde Holy place before its devotion Sunday, June 19, 2022.
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In his dedicatory petition, Senior Andersen advocated much-needed wetness for completely dry Cabo Verde, which had actually been pestered by a dry spell going back to 2017 and also amplifying food instabilities. The outcome of that petition was “the wonder of the rainfall”– not simply maintained for days or weeks however recurring for months.
The year’s last 2 commitments began the exact same day– an initial for the Church in greater than 20 years– and also on the exact same South American continent.
On the northeast shore of Brazil, where the magnificent Amazon.com River clears right into the Atlantic, Senior Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles devoted the Belém Brazil Holy place, linking the globe’s biggest river and also its “pororoca”– a tidal birthed where the river momentarily turns around program– as a depiction of holy place value and also regulations and also agreements.
Senior Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints welcomes guests as they go into the Brazil, Belem, holy place before the 2nd devotion session on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
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People need to avoid their all-natural propensities, comply with the instructions that originates from the Holy Ghost and also rely upon the values, grace and also poise of Jesus Christ, he claimed. “It is our option whether we ‘go with the circulation’ or comply with the Hero to obtain His changing power in our lives.”
2 hrs later on, on the Andean foothills encountering the Pacific Sea, Senior Quentin L. Chef of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles devoted the Quito Ecuador Holy place, motivating Saints there to remain concentrated on the commitment course.
Senior Quentin L. Chef, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints, and also various other basic authorities stroll right into the devotion of the Quito Ecuador Holy Place in Quito, Ecuador on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
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” The Hero’s Satisfaction is actual, holy place agreements are infinite,” he claimed, “and also we should not allow diversions and also justifications draw us far from the course that will certainly lead us back to the Hero.”
Holy place rededications in 2022
4 holy places that had actually been shut for numerous years for comprehensive remodellings were rededicated throughout the previous year.
On June 19, Senior Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rededicated the Hong Kong Holy Place. It was the 48th holy place constructed by the Church, devoted in 1996 by Head Of State Gordon B. Hinckley. The holy place had actually been shut considering that 2019.
Senior Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints with the Holy Place Presidency of the rededicated Hong Kong Holy place. From entrusted to right are Chi-Wang Jerry Yu, Senior Gong, Yue-Sang Simon Chan, Kam-To Chun.
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On July 3, Head Of State Henry B. Eyring, 2nd therapist in the First Presidency, rededicated the Tokyo Japan Holy Place. Head Of State Spencer W. Kimball devoted the holy place on Oct. 27, 1980, which was not just Japan’s very first holy place however the Church’s very first improved the substantial Oriental continent.
Head Of State Henry B. Eyring, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints, and also Senior Gary E. Stevenson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, look into the premises before the Tokyo Japan Holy place rededication in Tokyo on Sunday, July 3, 2022.
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Calling every holy place “an icon of Jesus Christ,” Head of state Nelson rededicated the Washington D.C. Holy Place on Aug. 14, 2022. The famous holy place was introduced in 1968 and also devoted by Head of state Kimball 6 years later on.
Head Of State Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints and also his partner, Sibling Wendy Nelson, stroll the premises of the Washington D.C. Holy Place in Kensington, Maryland, on Saturday August 13, 2022.
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As Well As on Oct. 16, Senior Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rededicated the Hamilton New Zealand Holy Place. Developed from the stressful initiatives of labor promoters in the 1950s, the New Zealand Holy Place– as it was understood after that– was initially devoted on April 20, 1958, by Head Of State David O. McKay.
General Authority Seventy Senior Peter F. Meurs, Sibling Maxine Evelyn Thatcher, Sibling Shawna Nattress, General Authority Seventy Senior K. Brett Nattress, Senior Dieter F. Uchtdorf, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints’ Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, General Authority Seventy Senior Kevin R. Duncan, Sibling Nancy Duncan, Sibling Anita H. Wakolo and also General Authority Seventy Senior Taniela B. Wakolo posture for an image in between sessions of the rededication of the Hamilton New Zealand Holy Place in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.
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Arranged for devotion in 2023
3 holy place commitments are currently set up for the coming year:
- San Juan Puerto Rico Holy Place, Jan. 15, 2023, with Senior D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles administering.
- Richmond Virginia Holy Place, Might 7, 2023, with Senior Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles administering.
- Saratoga Springs Utah Holy Place, Aug. 13, 2023, with Head Of State Henry B. Eyring, 2nd therapist in the First Presidency, administering.
Arranged for rededication in 2023
One holy place rededication is established for 2023:
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