Archive for August, 2005

Biloxi, Mississippi:The Chau Van Duc Vietnamese Temple in Biloxi, Mississippi, held its grand opening, with 53 visitors from around the country, on August 28, 2005. More than 1,000 families arrived to join the celebration the day before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast community. A day later, the out-of-town visitors including 30 monks, survived Katrina’s fury by punching a hole in the ceiling of the temple’s storage closet and crouching in the crawl space under the roof. Ven. Thich Thien ...