New Ordination Family 2026

November 1st, 2026 

Dear Friends,

We have Happy News! Mandy Thuong, who has been a novice aspirant at Magnolia Grove Monastery, will ordain as a novice nun on November 1st!

Many of you may know her as our Sushi Expert as she’s offered Vegetarian Sushi these past two years for our Open House. If you haven’t tried any yet, please do make sure you visit us for next year’s Open House! (Causes and Conditions plus Impermanence permitting.)

If you’re local, please join us in celebrating this continuation of our beloved teacher, Thay, especially for his 100th year, a most concrete way of keeping the fire of Bodhicitta, of love and understanding alive, generation after generation.

The program for this day is as follows:

8:30 am Walking Meditation

9:45 am Novice Ordination Ceremony

11:30 am Be-In Welcoming our new novice

12:45 pm Lunch 

While this is a free event, we ask you to kindly register to best support our chefs du jour and our meditation hall team in being well prepared to welcome everyone.

We hope to see you and your family and friends!

–Magnolia Grove Monastery Monastics