Over 6,500 attendees at a New Year event gathered at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for Scientology’s 2026 New Year celebration—an evening that blended live performances with a year-in-review presentation showcasing developments across the Church’s international network during 2025.
Not just a midnight celebration, the programme spotlighted the year’s most notable themes: digital expansion and online learning, new premises and expansion plans, and the restoration of sites linked to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It also New Year featured drug prevention with Drug Free World, literacy and values-focused initiatives (TWTH) framed as community engagement in multiple regions.
For readers in Europe, the story offers a clear window into how a global religious movement takes stock of its year—and why developments in digital access, facilities and community programmes are watched well beyond the United States.
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