March 27, 2025
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on March 23

Left to right: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler and Katie Gall. Photo by Stephanie Blank.

 

Congratulations to initiate Katie Gall – Gatsuryū Kongan / Moonlight Willow, Rooted in Vow, who received the precepts from Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler in a Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on March 23, 2025.

 

Features, For Mary Watson

Remembering Mary Watson

I want to invite us to be with Mary's spirit, because she really embodied compassion. When Blanche gave her the precepts, she gave her the name, Eyes of Compassion, Nurturing Teacher, and that's what Mary was.