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November 16, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers online courses help thousands in 169 countries find out "something can be done about it."
September 30, 2009
The Church of Scientology of San Diego sponsors workshop in response to President Obama’s call for community involvement before disaster strikes.
Church of Scientology International Public Information Campaign Drives 10 Million Visitors to Scient
September 24, 2009
The Church of Scientology “Know Yourself-Know Life,” cross-platform ad campaign, airing on cable TV, satellite TV channels and the Internet, has brought 10 million visitors to Scientology.org.
September 19, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers are working with police, firefighters and other community organizations to ready citizens for effective disaster response as part of National Preparedness Month.
September 15, 2009
Memorial service at the Church of Scientology of New York looks back on 9/11.
September 03, 2009
Scientologists from throughout Southern California rally to support the firefighters battling blazes that threaten thousands of suburban homes
August 31, 2009
Scientology Church Hosts Pasadena Art Exhibit
August 30, 2009
Members of Los Angeles-area Scientology Churches launch petition drive for human rights education on International Youth Day
August 26, 2009
Freedom from drugs is the theme with 50 youth sworn in as Drug-Free Marshals at the Pakistani Independence Day celebration in Brussels.
August 25, 2009
Scientology volunteers work with Benin humanitarian group to improve the quality of care for orphans in the City of Djougou
August 18, 2009
The Scientology Disaster Relief Team is on site with emergency workers and flood victims helping bring order and relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot.
August 18, 2009
The Church of Scientology YouTube Channel is releasing 50 new “Meet a Scientologist” testimonial videos, featuring documentary video clips of Scientologists from various professional backgrounds, their stories about what Scientology is, and how practicing Scientology religious beliefs has impacted their lives.
August 05, 2009
Scientology recognized for its work to improve the community
August 05, 2009
Cincinnati kids helping kids decide to be drug-free.
The Church of Scientology of Cincinnati sponsors a chapter of the Drug-Free Marshals, where kids help other kids learn the truth about drugs and make informed decisions to stay drug-free.
For the past 16 years, Scientology churches around th...
August 05, 2009
Recently awarded for their work in combating drug abuse and addiction, the Church of Scientology continues its work to provide the truth about drugs
August 05, 2009
A third of a century since its creation by L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers program has indeed become a force for good
August 03, 2009
Scientology volunteers from D.C. help Washington Nationals fans learn the truth about drugs.
July 28, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers India Goodwill Tour has moved on to Ahmedabad in the State of Gujarat
July 28, 2009
Scientology volunteers provided disaster relief when a building collapsed last month in Kisii, Kenya.
July 28, 2009
Church of Scientology in Sicily helps neighbors avoid the disastrous effects of drugs.
July 24, 2009
A Dianetics group in the West African nation of Mali uses Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health to make a real difference in peoples lives
July 24, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers Outback Goodwill Tour--Traveling through the outback helping one person at a time
July 21, 2009
The Church of Scientology of Tampa held a new kind of Dianetics seminar. The results were nothing less than spectacular.
July 21, 2009
Dianetics "Bookathons" bring help to people in countries around the world.
July 21, 2009
Scientology volunteers, who helped in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, trained those who train the state’s Civil Defense force and Home Guard
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers India Goodwill Tour is working with the Maharashtra State Civil Defense and Home Guard to equip them with sk...
July 15, 2009
The Church of Scientology of Tokyo promotes drug-free living
July 14, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers Trans-Siberian Tour members deliver workshops in the Buryat Republic
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Trans-Siberian Goodwill Tour has completed it’s stay in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Buryat Republic in south-central Siberia. For several months the tour has...
July 14, 2009
Scientology volunteers present effective solutions to the people of Djougou
A team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers is continuing their work in Benin, in Djougou, the largest city in northwest of the country. Benin has major challenges to overcome: half the population is living below the inter...
July 14, 2009
With interest high in Scientology and Dianetics a course called "The Anatomy of the Human Mind" met with great success in Timisoara, Romania.
July 14, 2009
The Church of Scientology of Quebec urged fellow Quebecois to Say NO to Drugs.
The Church of Scientology of Quebec urged their fellow Quebecois to Say NO to Drugs on Quebec National Day. This year marks the 401st anniversary of the City of Quebec and on June 23rd, the eve of Quebec National Day,...
July 08, 2009
Saint Hill Manor, once home of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, gears up for 17th annual international arts festival
Saint Hill, the headquarters for the Scientology religion in England, and home in the 1960’s to Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is about to undergo its once-yearly ...
July 08, 2009
The Church of Scientology Mission of Redwood participated in this year’s Redwood City Independence Day Parade, carrying out the parade’s theme “all things musical” with a float representing the freedom of expression.
The Scientology float sported bright red musical notes a...
July 06, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers delivered a workshop to the village of Pangaimotu in the Kingdom of Tonga.
July 06, 2009
Scientology missions throughout Taiwan conduct human rights education programs in local schools.
July 06, 2009
A Scientology-sponsored youth group rallied local community and civic leaders to back drug education and prevention in commemoration of last week’s United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
The campaign message this year, from the United Nations Office on ...
July 04, 2009
More than a thousand Scientologists, their friends and families cheered the lighting of a new state-of-the-art LED sign Friday night atop the Scientology complex on the corner of L. Ron Hubbard Way and Sunset Boulevard.
July 01, 2009
Scientology church seeks to maximize the most important resource we have—our children.
The Church of Scientology of Tokyo participated in the “Eco Life Fair 2009″ —an annual expo produced by the Environment Ministry with the theme “earth environment.”
Scient...
June 30, 2009
Scientology churches urge young and old to help save lives on United Nations International Day against Drugs Abuse and Trafficking
June 30, 2009
Scientologist recognized for outstanding contribution to the culture with the Silver Chimera Award for 2009
June 28, 2009
Hundreds toured the Scientology Volunteer Ministers tent in the Iztacalco District of Mexico City.
June 24, 2009
Members of Scientology churches and missions throughout France are making human rights a fact.
June 22, 2009
Young Scientology Volunteer Ministers in India use Volunteer Minister website to download emergency information
June 22, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers, Nick and Erin, traveled to Kolkata, India in an effort to make a difference.
June 22, 2009
With workshops based on the Scientology Handbook the Scientology Volunteer Ministers African Goodwill Tour gave martial arts students a new perspective on life.
June 19, 2009
Interview with Bright Freeman, leader of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour of Central and Western Africa
June 16, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers bring their help anywhere and everywhere.
June 10, 2009
Staff and volunteers of the Church of Scientology of Malmo take to the streets to share the good news about Dianetics with their community
June 10, 2009
Traditional ceremony and ritual opened the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour on the Island of Vava'u in the kingdom of Tonga.
June 10, 2009
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers web site provides tools to improve conditions in life.
June 07, 2009
Scientologists participate in Points of Distribution training to help them better serve their fellow Floridians
June 06, 2009
Scientology volunteers help officials cope with Cyclone Alia, which left millions stranded in India and Bangladesh.
West Bengal, India"A team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers has spent the past week helping the people of West Bengal recover from Cyclone Alia.
The Scientology volunteers ha...
June 03, 2009
Bogota—Colombian citizens and authorities gathered last Friday in the Bosa district of Bogota to witness the official opening of the Scientology Volunteer Minister's tent. The event, jointly organized by the Church of Scientology Colombia, Bosa City Hall and Fe y Alegria (the Faith and Joy Sc...
June 01, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers may be best known for disaster relief and emergency response, but the courses and seminars they provide, based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard, offer practical solutions that apply to any area of life.
June 01, 2009
Scientologist Brings Message of Human Rights to the World
May 30, 2009
Scientology volunteers contribute their time and work to keeping Nashville clean and green.
May 26, 2009
Churches of Scientology Disaster Response joined with representatives of more than 40 different national organizations to celebrate the importance of volunteerism in disaster response and long-term recovery.
May 13, 2009
The Church of Scientology of Pasadena showcases 25 local painters and photographers, spanning subjects from African art to fantasy and the effects of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS.
May 13, 2009
The new Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre of Nashville's grand opening attracts local and distant Scientologists and welcomes guests including dignitaries and officials to the celebration.
May 11, 2009
Scientologists from the Church of Scientology of London team with volunteers of diverse backgrounds and faiths to fight youthful drug abuse in five London neighborhoods.
May 06, 2009
Malmö — Scientology Volunteer Ministers from the new Church of Scientology of Malmö, Sweden are helping their neighbors improve their lives. Through teaching people how to get and keep a job and how to study and by tackling such subjects as effective communication skills and conflic...
May 06, 2009
A Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour is targeting drug and alcohol abuse in Tonga, an island nation near Samoa in the South Pacific.
May 06, 2009
The Church of Scientology of New York trained a research nurse from Thailand as a Scientology Volunteer Minister. In addition to her work in Thailand she will volunteer abroad in natural disaster relief and medical emergency response.
April 28, 2009
Scientologists, in a global campaign to stop drug, alcohol and substance abuse, are making April "Drug Information Month" by distributing drug education and prevention pamphlets that present drug facts and the danger of drugs abuse.
Scientology Volunteer Ministers European Goodwill Tour Brings Help to the People of Timisoara, Roman
April 27, 2009
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers, a grassroots community service organization with an emphasis on emergency relief, helped hundreds in Timisoara, Romania during their two-month European Goodwill Tour in this western Romanian city.
The European Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour has ...
April 27, 2009
Church of Scientology of Dallas extends the invitation to find out, "What is Scientology?"
April 21, 2009
A team of 20 Scientology Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology of Melbourne rushed to help overtaxed firefighters, police and emergency workers when bushfires broke out in the area around Kinglake and Whittlesea, Victoria.
April 21, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers Bring Help to Washington Farmer
April 21, 2009
The European Office of the Church of Scientology International
has joined the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking, launched by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
April 15, 2009
ARLÕV - The Church of Scientology of Malmö opened its new home with an invitation to all to find out for themselves the answer to the often asked question, "What is Scientology?" Thousands of parishioners and dignitaries attended.
The new church not only provides greatly expanded faci...
April 15, 2009
Scientology Volunteers, now in the town of Kabwe, continue to bring hope to the people of Zambia
April 14, 2009
Scientology volunteers in the Abruzzo region of central Italy are continuing the disaster relief effort after the L'Aquila earthquake
April 14, 2009
Scientology Group in Mali, in western Africa, celebrates its second anniversary.
April 07, 2009
The Church of Scientology’s Freedom Magazine article on psychiatric screening was awarded the DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award from the Religion Communicators Council (RCC).
April 07, 2009
In connection with the Church's rapid international growth and the continuing expansion of its spiritual headquarters in Florida, the Church of Scientology held the grand opening of the Fort Harrison, the second facility completed in just the last 18 months to accommodate the influx of thousands of parishioners to the Church's spiritual headquarters and religious retreat.
April 06, 2009
Dianetics has brought a new look to Times Square this weekend, where the world-famous New York hot dog vendors are sporting Dianetics t-shirts and selling their frankfurters under bright red and yellow Dianetics umbrellas.
April 01, 2009
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers West Africa Goodwill Tour has completed its tour in Togo and moved on to the city of Contonou in the Republic of Benin. With courses, seminars and one-on-one help, the volunteer ministers are bringing real solutions to the most pressing problems facing the people of this nation.
April 01, 2009
Scientology Volunteer Ministers, who traveled to Southeastern Colombia to aid flood victims, stayed to provide support through education.
March 28, 2009
A group of Scientology Volunteer Ministers who came to India to provide disaster relief, have become an important component in the success of the area.
November 17, 2008
Scientology Volunteer Ministers offer free on-site seminars to any group or organization, and the mayor of a small town in Colombia decided to take them up on their offer.
November 12, 2008
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour is pressing on, down the Amazon River. Traveling east from Leticia in Columbia and Santa Rosa in Peru, they have now crossed into Brazil, where they continue to bring Scientology technology to people along the shores of one of the most remote regions...
November 12, 2008
The West African Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour has completed its travels through Ghana and moved on to Togo, to bring its unique services to the people of that country.
November 03, 2008
United Kingdom—Hollywood actress Kelly Preston presented a check for £50,000 ($82,000) to the Sussex Air Ambulance Service on behalf of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation and the Church of Scientology at the 12th annual Gala Charity Concert at Saint Hill, in East Grinstead.
More than 1,500 ...
Scientology Volunteer Ministers India Goodwill Tour Joins Forces with Local Group to Press Forward F
November 02, 2008
Nearly four years since the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed onto the shore of southeastern India, work continues to rebuild the region itself and the lives of those who survived. Key players in this phase of recovery are the Scientology Volunteer Ministers.
September 26, 2008
The legacy of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Indonesia began with the 2004 tsunami, but it continues to this day, with active members of the Scientology Disaster Relief Team on call throughout the country to help in times of need.
September 24, 2008
Yu-Wen Hsu started her own Dianetics Group in Taiwan, calling it "Navigator," a word conveying her purpose to help guide the Taiwanese people through the din of the workaday world.
August 27, 2008
African Scientologists have now completed the first phase of a massive project to place some 27,000 Scientology and Dianetics books by L. Ron Hubbard on library shelves throughout their continent.
August 27, 2008
he Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg is one of the largest and most active communities of Scientologists in the world. On any given weekend Scientology Volunteer Ministers from this church travel to a different town or city in the St. Petersburg and Leningrad region to help people learn about the effective solutions available to them through this volunteer program. That is how they came to set up their bright yellow tent earlier this month right next to the Culture House of the town of Kirovsk.
August 27, 2008
The Scientology Volunteer Minister Eastern European Goodwill Tour began a newphase of operation with a grand opening in the city of Cluj Napoca in Romania. With their bright yellow tent set up in Mihai Viteazul Square, they are reaching out to the people of the region with 19 courses to help improve conditions in their lives.
August 27, 2008
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers of West Bengal visited the Santhal tribes in the state of Bihar. One of India's oldest tribes, the Santhal live in fairly primitive conditions in the rural areas of Bihar and are often affected by floods, droughts and cyclones.
August 18, 2008
With new Scientology churches on the horizon for
August 17, 2008
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers provided a seminar to hospital workers at the Siriraj Hospital in Thailand. The seminars enabled health care providers to better help their patients.
The seminar focused on a chapter of the Scientology Handbook which describes the administration of Scientolo...
August 06, 2008
On the one-year anniversary of their arrival in the Philippines, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Asia Goodwill Tour can look back on many rewarding experiences, working with individuals and community leaders and providing disaster relief training to police, firefighters and other official disaster response agencies and organizations.
August 06, 2008
By the time they reach the age of 17, some 50 percent of young people in America try illegal drugs. The
August 01, 2008
Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, typhoons, tsunamis, volcanoes and wildfires: disaster can strike at any time. And the emergency response personnel are the men and women we all depend upon when we can't depend on anything else. Scientology Volunteer Ministers provide free training to help emergency response personnel cope in the most trying times.
August 01, 2008
In conjunction with Brazilian Dianetics groups and the Church of Scientology mission of Sao Paolo, the representatives of Bridge Publications in Brazil held a series on Dianetics seminars in Sao Paolo, to help people learn how to apply Dianetics technology. Bridge Publications publishes the non-fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard for the Western Hemisphere.
July 28, 2008
This year's Africa Day celebration in Copenhagen marked the inauguration of the "Right to Play Cup," a human rights soccer championship co-organized by the Danish African Soccer Academy (DASAC) and Youth for Human Rights Denmark. DASAC is the creation of former professional soccer player Hamid Faiz Junior and the event sought to encourage young African children in the city to become involved in sports, not drugs and crime.
July 23, 2008
Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Zambia—Helping Those who Help in Times of Disaster The Scientology Volunteer Ministers African Goodwill Tour is providing disaster relief training to Zambian police to make sure they know exactly what to do when disaster strikes.
July 21, 2008
Austrian Scientologists Announce Opening of New Volunteer Center
July 16, 2008
Scientology Volunteer Ministers helped out behind the scenes at the EU Cup, 2008.
July 16, 2008
Bibha Kumari, Sohan Das, Pintu Das and Mukesh Paswan are excellent students. In fact, they are the best students at their school. But four years ago not only had they never seen the inside of a schoolroom but they never dreamed they would be able to do so. Now they have the opportunity to get real ...
July 08, 2008
The Church of Scientology International announced today the first time ever release of an online video presentation of Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The ten minute on-line video presents a chronological overview of the major milestones and significant achievements of Mr. Hubbard's life.
H...
July 05, 2008
As reported in The Hindu, "A fortnight long exhibition on Scientology got underway on Mahatma Gandhi maidan [town square] here on Monday. It was inaugurated by Udhagamandalam Municipal Council Chairman R. Rajendran."
July 02, 2008
More than three years after the tsunami brought thousands of volunteers to the Tamil Nadu province of India, the Mobile Volunteer Ministers Center continues to serve the towns and villages of the region.
July 02, 2008
At a European workshop on drug prevention commemorating the 20th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Brussels last week, the Foundation for a Drug Free Europe briefed concerned international diplomats and anti-drug professionals on its drug prevention campaign, which feat...
July 01, 2008
The 21st Century presents this paradox: while the Internet has made access to information instantaneous, and with means to distribute goods and services better now than at any time in history, the United Nations reports that 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes. It is issues like this that motivate many of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers to do the work they do.
July 01, 2008
Last week marked the 6th anniversary of United Nations Public Service Day, established to celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community. Scientologists used the opportunity to call on volunteers to match this effort and work in partnership with the public sector to improve the quality of life in their communities.
June 30, 2008
Following the recent tornado in Windsor, Colorado, The Colorado Churches of Scientology Disaster Response (CSDR), traveled to the town to assist the residents recover from a disaster that destroyed nearly 600 homes.
June 25, 2008
A recent article in The Times of Zambia, acknowledged the work the Scientology Volunteer Ministers African Goodwill Tour is doing in that country.
June 24, 2008
Tim Bowles, the Director of International Development of Youth for Human Rights International, recently returned from West Africa where he is working to implement sweeping human rights reforms. Below are excerpts from an interview of Tim by the Scientology Press Office..
Scientology Volunteer Ministers South East Asia Goodwill Tour in the City of Cebu in the Philippines
June 24, 2008
Scientology Seminars Aim to Help Filipinos Cope with Disaster and Improve Conditions
June 22, 2008
It started with an an email to the Scientology Volunteer Ministers web site from one of the teachers at the Zelyn Academy in Kibera, Kenya. Kiberia is the Nairobi neighborhood where her school is located. It is also home to more than half a million people who live in abject poverty in a district sm...
June 18, 2008
Scientologists anticipate tremendous growth for their religion throughout Pennsylvania, and look forward to greatly expanding their service to the community, with plans now underway to fully renovate the skyscraper they purchased on Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia.
June 18, 2008
The Church of Scientology International co-sponsored a recent conference held in Los Angeles to empower 80 drug-free youth as Drug-Free Mentors. Coming from around California, Washington State, Missouri, New Mexico, Virginia and Florida, the 14- to 25-year olds were nominated locally as persons of good character who want to help others be drug-free.
June 18, 2008
In India, where 135 million children do not attend school, twenty-five percent of the population lives below the poverty line and roughly 1.2 million children under age 15 have lost one or both parents, a group of Scientology Volunteer Ministers are determined to make a difference. They are using study tech to give homeless children the opportunity to succeed.
June 10, 2008
L. Ron Hubbard wrote Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health 58 years ago, and on the anniversary of its publication, representatives of the Church of Scientology International informed Scientologists the world over about the unprecedented number of new Dianetics groups in just the last year.
June 10, 2008
Peter Mageri is a Christian minister and founder of Kenya's first Orphans International School in the village of Gesonso. The school is devoted to the care of children who have lost their parents to AIDS and tribal wars. He brought the house down when he was awarded last month as the year's top Dianetics Pioneer at an International Scientology Event held in Clearwater, Florida.
June 06, 2008
In Kitwe, the third-largest city in Zambia, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers delivered a series of workshops to teachers and staff of the Kitwe College of Education, using a section of the Scientology Handbook called "The Technology of Study" as the basis for the training sessions.
June 04, 2008
Over 100 law enforcement and government officials, clergy and educators attended an interfaith conference in May at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood to address the growing problem of Internet hate crime and to see how they can work together to improve Internet safety and security.
June 04, 2008
The Church of Scientology of Boston purchased two buildings in January—once restored and renovated they will be the new headquarters for Scientologists in New England. But before the Church acquired them, the buildings stood vacant for years, and local Scientologists did not want to wait till...
June 04, 2008
In her search of the "perfect relationship," one Israeli woman discovered something important about herself.
Hadas met Yaniv at a party. Something about him attracted her immediately and something about her attracted him too. He called her the next day and they went out, and Yaniv turned out to b...
May 26, 2008
Scientology Volunteer Ministers program is helping people tackling the problems that make them struggle with life's problems.
May 26, 2008
Scientology Volunteer Ministers European Tour helps youngsters make the right choices about their future.
May 14, 2008
As with law enforcement in other countries, police in India have come under fire for violation of the rights of those in the criminal justice system. But in Mysore, India, law enforcement is taking positive steps to improve performance and reduce abuse. In fact, a group of Mysore police officers hav...
April 07, 2008
The Drug-Free Marshals participated in the opening ceremonies of a recent spring training game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies.
April 07, 2008
An Australian drug education group called the Drug-Free Ambassadors of Australia is focused on education as a solution to the drug problem.
"The effect of drugs on the community is obvious," said Cyrus Books, the Sydney-based coordinator of the group. He pointed out that the following local news ...
April 07, 2008
Miracles are commonplace, for Scientology Volunteer Ministers who are trained to give Scientology assists.
April 01, 2008
While Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tours provide training seminars and workshop to police, firefighters, government agencies and NGOs (non-governmental organizations), they also provide one-on-one help to people all over the world.
March 26, 2008
The Church of Scientology has acquired the famous Johannesburg landmark, the Kyalami Castle, to be the home of its new advanced spiritual retreat. This marks a significant step for Scientologists who until now had to travel all the way to the U.S, Australia or England for their higher spiritual progress.
March 10, 2008
The Volunteer Ministers continued their trek across the South Pacific last month with a visit to Guam, the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean, some 1300 miles (2167 km) north of Papua New Guinea.
March 10, 2008
In the City of Baguio, in the Philippines, February means Flowers.
February is the month of "Panagbenga," or "season of blooming." It is also the name for the month-long Baguio Flower Festival, which celebrates not only the beautiful flowers of the region but also the revitalization of the Cit...
February 27, 2008
Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) an independent non-profit group headquartered in Los Angeles, announced visitors to their website have tripled since their human rights Public Service Announcements (PSAs) began airing on CNN International last month.
February 26, 2008
In December 2007 a team of seven Scientology Volunteer Ministers traveled to Uganda to help flood victims. More than 300,000 people were displaced, their food crops and livestock destroyed by the effects of months of heavy rain.
February 19, 2008
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Eastern European Goodwill Tour is in Košice, the Slovak Republic's second-largest city.
February 19, 2008
The Church of Scientology of Boston has purchased the Alexandra Hotel at Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue, a former luxury hotel that first opened its doors in 1875.
February 13, 2008
The United Building on the corner of St Mary's Terrace and Govan Mbeki Avenue in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, soon to be the regional headquarters for the Scientology religion.
February 07, 2008
With 15 years of experience in talking to children and youth about drugs, the Drug-Free Marshals are launching a new program aimed at older youth and young adults. The program will not only help high school and college students make educated choices about drugs, but encourage them to take on leadership roles in their communities on this vital subject.
December 19, 2007
The ruling by the South African Revenue Services (SARS), South Africa is the latest in a series of important recognitions for the Scientology religion in 2007.
In announcing that the Revenue Services issued the Church a certificate approving its status as a "Public Benefit Organization" the presi...
December 19, 2007
Scientology churches joined with human rights groups and individuals all faiths and creeds, as the United Nations launched a yearlong celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave voice to their common belief, when he said, "...
December 12, 2007
Portuguese Scientologists have a very special reason to celebrate this holiday season: the Church has now been officially recognized as a religion in their country.
The spokesperson of the Church of Scientology of Portugal, Betty Damasco, expressed the excitement of the Scientology community wh...
December 10, 2007
Ten years of OPC surveillance on Scientology churches has uncovered absolutely no wrongdoing which could justify a ban, as conceded by Federal Minister of Interior Wolfgang Schauble in his interview with German Radio. The reason is very simple. There is no evidence of wrongdoing to uncover.
Whil...
December 04, 2007
This week's observance of World AIDS Day marks 26 years of a pandemic that continues unchecked and has claimed the lives of an estimated 25 million. According to a report released at the 16th International AIDS Conference, India is home to 60 per cent of South Asia's HIV patients. And according to...
December 04, 2007
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers South Pacific Goodwill Tour has completed its stay in Apia, the capital of Samoa, and has decided to the extended its time in the island nation to visit villages throughout the region.
The tour has become well-known for providing solutions people can use to im...
November 19, 2007
Citizens Commission on Human Rights International and the Torino, Italy chapter of the group commended the Regional Council of Piedmont this week for its unanimous passage of a new law that protects the rights of children throughout the Northern Italy region.
The bill is modeled after the Child M...
November 19, 2007
A study published in a recent edition of the Medical Journal of Australia reporting that some 60 percent of Aborigines are chronic marijuana users brings home the urgency of this week's launch of Communities Helping Communitiesa grassroots collaboration of community leaders from the Northern Territ...
November 15, 2007
The Drug-Free Marshals of Seattle, a youth-based drug education and prevention group sponsored by the Church of Scientology of Seattle, dressed up for Halloween to "treat" kids to the truth about drugs.
The Queen Anne community of Seattle Washington holds an annual celebration called "Trick-or-Tr...
November 13, 2007
After more than 20 years of strife, Namibia won its independence from South Africa in 1990 and looked forward to a better future for its people. But with 30-40% unemployed, 11% HIV positive and an estimated 135,000 Namibian children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, the nation faces serious challenges and need...
November 04, 2007
The National Court in Madrid has issued a landmark decision affirming the right to religious freedom in Spain by recognizing that the National Church of Scientology of Spain should be entered in the Registry of Religious Entities.
"This recognition marks the end of an era in which Spanish Scien...
October 31, 2007
The summer of 2007 was one of hardship and fear for many in Greece, because of the forest fires that decimated the Peloponnesian peninsulathe southernmost part of the mainland. So, when the prime minister called a State of Emergency to deal with the fires that destroyed 177,265 hectares (438,040 a...
October 30, 2007
Firefighters have finally tamed the conflagration that destroyed over 2800 structures, charred more than 500 thousand acres and killed seven in a region that stretches from Santa Barbara County to the US-Mexico border.
As news of the blazes first hit, the Scientology churches of Southern Califo...
October 25, 2007
In 2006, Romania was devastated by one of the worst flood seasons in the history of the country. And although there was no loss of life, so many Romanians were affected that it brought home the importance of having well trained emergency response personnel in place. Which explains why officials, com...
October 19, 2007
In 2006, Romania was devastated by one of the worst flood seasons in the history of the country. And although there was no loss of life, so many Romanians were affected that it brought home the importance of having well trained emergency response personnel in place. Which explains why officials, c...
September 28, 2007
Volunteer Ministers Goodwill tours travel to remote areas to bring one-on-one help and training, based on the Scientology Handbook, by L. Ron Hubbard, to remote locations. But if they expected the Australian Outback to be an ordinary place, the Goodwill Tour team quickly learned otherwise, as their...
September 27, 2007
On August 15th, 2007 at 6:40 PM local time a magnitude-8 earthquake rocked the coastal region of central Peru, causing more than 500 deaths and leaving over 1,800 injured. The earthquake destroyed nearly 60,000 buildings and damaged another 20,000. Although the town of Pisco was hardest hit, the ea...
August 24, 2007
For the past fourteen years the Drug-Free Marshals of Toronto, Canada, a youth-based drug awareness group, has been helping children and teens avoid the tragedy of drug abuse and addiction.
Sponsored by the Church of Scientology of Toronto, the group starts with drug education, using booklets an...
August 23, 2007
A visitor to the Scientology Handbook web site was surprised to find that the skills he learned made such a difference in his outlook and ability. Here is what he wrote.
"Nothing could be done about it.
"I knew the brain, a mechanism created by cosmic chance, decayed and died. And that was it....
August 23, 2007
With yesterdays announcement that the search for more survivors from last weeks Peruvian earthquake has ended, efforts are now concentrated on bringing help to the more than 100,000 left homeless. The Scientology Disaster Relief Team, headquartered in the City of Pisco, Peru, is mobilizing volunt...
August 09, 2007
This personal account of what it's like to be part of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour comes from a young man from down under.
G'day mate! (G'day means Good Day, which means Hello in "Australian.") My name is Mathew Andrews. I'm 24 years old and I come from Victoria, Australia. ...
August 02, 2007
The Los Angeles Fire Department, Police Department, Department of Transportation and City Councilman Eric Garcetti's Office took dramatic steps this weekend to protect LA County residents from what is predicted to be the worst fire season in LA history, by staging a first-of-its-kind, full-scale fir...
August 01, 2007
This year's third annual Church of Scientology of New York Volunteer Ministers Street Fair was a major Times Square event. As announced in The New York Times, an entire block of West 46th street right off Times Square was transformed into a festival that included crafts, clothing and jewelry stalls,...
July 25, 2007
The BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon is a world-class race, planned, organized and run entirely by volunteers. The Vancouver International Marathon Society, a non-profit, volunteer-based organization, relies entirely on its more than 1700 volunteers to make it a success. A member of the Assoc...
July 25, 2007
They travel throughout the region, visiting with local leaders, finding out what each village or town needs and providing services that really help. That's how the members of the Mobil Volunteer Ministers Center of Tamil Nadu, India have come to be known, and why they are becoming an institution in...
July 16, 2007
Cuddalore is not only the fastest growing industrial area in the Southern India state of Tamil Nadu, it is also home to the most popular resorts of the region. But in December 2004 its magnificent beaches lay in ruins after the Indian Ocean Tsunami decimated the entire area.
On hearing of the di...
July 06, 2007
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Asian Goodwill Tour announced their arrival in the Philippines this week with a press conference featuring recording artist, composer, lyricist and performer David Pomeranz.
The tour will be working in coordination with government, civic and community leaders ...
July 05, 2007
Although Philippines Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo was in Los Angeles for just one day last week he made time in his busy schedule to learn about a human rights education initiative that originated in Southern California.
Because of the importance he places on human rights, Saludo met with Ede...
June 28, 2007
The Friends of L. Ron Hubbard Foundation and the Church of Scientology International received the Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Award in June for the painstaking restoration they did of the house where L. Ron Hubbard lived from 1952 to 1955 in Phoenix, Arizona. Presented by Mr. Vince Murr...
June 08, 2007
To "nurse" means, "to bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish." Nursing is clearly a profession dedicated to helping people, and one very deserving of assistance.
And students at a nursing college in Kolkata got the help they needed this week at a semi...
May 30, 2007
Dignus Lavooy was inspired by an earlier article I posted to write how he became a Scientologist. Here is his story.
I got into Scientology in 1975, but the story starts long before I knew of its existence. I was born and raised in a rural village in the Netherlands, where helping the community,...
May 18, 2007
Last month marked the 3rd annual Carlos Lopes Gold Marathon in Lisbon, Portugal, but this time there was an additional element to help the runners at the finish line, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers European Continental Cavalcade and the Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology of Portug...
May 09, 2007
Published 57 years ago today, Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health ignited an entire movement which now spans 5 continents and 160 nations, and comprises over 7500 Scientology churches, missions and groups.
L. Ron Hubbard, whose books sold a remarkable 6.3 million copies last year, ha...
May 03, 2007
More than two years ago the world was shocked by footage of the tsunamis and their devastating effect on Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Many thousands flew to the region to provide urgently needed relief, among them a French Scientologist named Marc Arrighi and his family.
Here is t...
April 26, 2007
A friend of mine decided to write down the answer to this question that he is asked so frequently. I am passing it on, as I couldn't have put it better!
People ask me this question all the time. I get it from people of different faiths and of no faith, from the curious, the sincere and the cyni...
April 18, 2007
With 32 dead and 29 injured, people around the US and throughout the world have been shocked by Mondays events at Virginia Tech, the scene of the deadliest shooting incident in U.S. history.
While a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers (VMs) are in Blacksburg, VA, to provide grief counseling ...
April 04, 2007
According to UNESCO, there are 771 million illiterate adults in the world today, about two-thirds of whom are women. Nearly two-thirds of the world's illiterate adults are found in only 9 countries, and 45% of the world's 771 million illiterate adults live in India and China (34% and 11% respectivel...