November 5, 2013
Featured Photo, November 6

Photos by Shundo David Haye

Last Thursday, October 31, City Center hosted children, parents and staff from Clara House (a transitional housing facility for families) for a Halloween costume dinner, followed by trick-or-treating within Zen Center residences. Below are some images from the adorably spooky evening. Follow this link for more about SFZC outreach activities.

The evening also featured a somewhat more serious event, though no less costumed, to mark the occasion: Zen Center’s annual Sejiki Ceremony. Read a firsthand account of the ceremony from first-timer Sachico Ohanks: The Night We Summoned the Deceased.

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