The annual Dharmacakra Festival, commemoration of the beginning of Buddha's ministry, with Patricia Masters speaking on the life of Mary Foster; dinner 5 p.m. today, religious service 6:30 p.m. with cultural entertainment to follow, Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway. 522-9200.

100th Special Thanksgiving Festival, Omatsuri with expressions of gratitude for blessings, 1:45 p.m. today followed by entertainment, and dinner at 5 p.m., Izumo Taishakyo Misssion of Hawaii. Also, celebration dinner, 6 p.m. tomorrow in the Sheraton Waikiki ballroom; $50. 538-7778.

United in Worship: One Church, One Heart, One God, special guest Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona, music by the New Hope Leeward Band, the Unified Praise Band and Rodney Arias Jr., 7:30-10:30 p.m. today, New Hope Leeward Ministry Center, Waipahu Town Center. 678-3778.

Blessing of the Animals, bring caged or leashed animal or a photograh for a blessing, 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, Kapolei. 674-0766.

Blessing of the Animals, annual event in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi, 10:15 a.m. tomorrow, Parish of St. Clement; bake sale, family portraits to follow. 955-7745.

"The Story of Esther," drama presentation, 5 p.m. tomorrow, Lighthouse Outreach Center, Waipahu. 542-1001.

"Always Our Children," panel discussion on the 1997 message of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family on reaching out to families with homosexual members, 6:30-8 p.m. tomorrow, UH-Manoa Newman Center. 988-6222.

Genocide and the Holocaust, four lectures by Yehuda Bauer of Yad Vashem and Hebrew University in Jesusalem, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Oct. 16 and 18, UH-Manoa, Orvis Auditorium; free. 956-8497. This week, Bauer speaks on the Holocaust; next week, his lectures are on Darfur and how to prevent genocide.

Lokomaika'i 'Aha Himeni, 13th annual song festival with Hawaiian hymns, 7:30 p.m. Friday, St. Jude Church, 92-455 Makakilo Drive, Kapolei; free, with pupu to follow. 261-3410, 735-0259.

Power Game II: Imperialism vs. Counter-Imperialism, analysis of the nature of power from a Process Theological perspective, led by Fritz Fritschel, 9:30-11 a.m. Oct. 14, Lutheran Church of Honolulu. 545-2636.

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