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Japanese Americans used religion as one way to handle the stress of the incarceration experience. Church served as both a spiritual comfort and a place for community gatherings. On Sundays, Buddhist and Christian services and Sunday schools were held in the recreation halls. State Shintoism was another popular religion within the Japanese American community but was banned by the U.S. government on the grounds that it included "Emperor worship." Church services initially were given in both Japanese and English, but camp authorities later banned the use of Japanese at all group gatherings (although translation into Japanese was later permitted at some religious services).

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First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)
img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)
Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-684/
Funeral for Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-37-733)
img Funeral for Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-37-733)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-733/
Buddhist funeral service (ddr-densho-37-734)
img Buddhist funeral service (ddr-densho-37-734)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-734/
Camp Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-826)
img Camp Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-826)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Children and their parents who once attended the Catholic Church of Father Clement, Maryknoll Priest, are now reestablished in homes back in California or throughout the Middle West and the East. Units II and III of the Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona, meet their scheduled closings ahead of the deadline. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-826/
First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)
img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)
Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-683/
Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)
img Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)
Original WRA caption: Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary assigned to work with the Catholic group at the Minidoka Relocation Center, conducts a grave side service at the little cemetery cleared out of the sage land adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-675/
Dedication ceremony (ddr-densho-37-564)
img Dedication ceremony (ddr-densho-37-564)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. With a fervent prayer, this Japanese Topaz resident, a Christian Minister, opens the dedication ceremonies at the Relocation Center at Topaz.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-564/
Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)
img Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)
Original WRA caption: The Most Reverend Edward J. Kelley, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, visited the Catholic church at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, on October 19 to conduct confirmation services for this class of children and adults. The Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary, who is pastor of the Hunt church, is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-685/
Women outside Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-402-29)
img Women outside Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-402-29)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-402-29/
Rev. L. H. Tibesar posing with the Kinoshita family at gates of Camp Minidoka, Idaho (ddr-densho-403-8)
img Rev. L. H. Tibesar posing with the Kinoshita family at gates of Camp Minidoka, Idaho (ddr-densho-403-8)
Rev. L. H. Tibesar, Maryknoll and pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Seattle posed at Minidoka Concentration Camp near Hunt, Idaho. (L to R) Y. M. McLaughlin, Charles Kinoshita, Fred Kinoshita, Mary Kinoshita, Akino Kinoshita, Jean Alexander, Rev. L. H. Tibesar. This content is copyright restricted. Densho and its partners have received permission from the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-403-8/
Priests with men and women (ddr-densho-330-240)
img Priests with men and women (ddr-densho-330-240)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-240/
Priest, nuns, men, women and children outside building (ddr-densho-330-243)
img Priest, nuns, men, women and children outside building (ddr-densho-330-243)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-243/
Priest with children (ddr-densho-330-233)
img Priest with children (ddr-densho-330-233)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-233/
Priest with Nuns and children (ddr-densho-330-242)
img Priest with Nuns and children (ddr-densho-330-242)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-242/
Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-6)
doc Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-6)
English and Japanese language of Gathas and Services for Buddhist Services at Manzanar. The English reads left to right starting from the cover. The Japanese reads right to left starting at the cover.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-387-6/
Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-7)
doc Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-7)
English and Japanese language of Gathas and Services for Buddhist Services at Manzanar. The English reads left to right starting from the cover. The Japanese reads right to left starting at the cover.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-387-7/
Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-5)
doc Gathas and Service (ddr-densho-387-5)
English and Japanese language of Gathas and Services for Buddhist Services at Manzanar. The English reads left to right starting from the cover. The Japanese reads right to left starting at the cover.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-387-5/
Follow up memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-916)
doc Follow up memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-916)
Memo to James Lindley from John Provinse following up to update the list of ministers at Amache receiving a salary from his church.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-916/
Granada Christian Church Program (ddr-densho-356-814)
doc Granada Christian Church Program (ddr-densho-356-814)
Service program for Granada Christian Church.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-814/
Memo regarding ending public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-918)
doc Memo regarding ending public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-918)
Memo from John J. O. Moore to caseworkers to inform them of the reason to end public assistance grants to ministers, and scrutinize visit requests and grants for unemployment due to enrollment in Japanese Language School.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-918/
Memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-911)
doc Memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-911)
Memo from John H. Provinse regarding Christian Ministers receiving salaries from their national organizations. Included is a list of ministers at Amache who are receiving a salary and how much that salary is per month.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-911/
Easter Service Program (ddr-densho-356-815)
doc Easter Service Program (ddr-densho-356-815)
Program for Easter Service at the Granada Christian Church on April 25, 1943.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-815/
Memo regarding future public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-917)
doc Memo regarding future public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-917)
Memo to John J. O. Moore from W. Ray Johnson regarding the compensation ministers are receiving from the outside and from supporters. Recommends not providing further public assistance.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-917/
Buddhist Temple (ddr-densho-357-776)
img Buddhist Temple (ddr-densho-357-776)
After their collective forced relocation, members of the Oakland Buddhist Church started a new Buddhist church community in the Topaz concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-776/
70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)
doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)
The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/
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