Reverend Kathy Myomon Chatterton

Written by Geoffrey Hill on 12 May 2021. Posted in templeblog.

ASSISTANT MINISTER (TOKUDO)

Rev. Kathy was born in Nyssa, Oregon and grew up in Nampa, Idaho. She has been a part of the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple Sangha from a very young age. She was a Dharma School teacher, a lay speaker, and has conducted an adult study class since 1976. After retiring from a 32-year career as an elementary school teacher, she was certified as a minister’s assistant in 2007. In 2010 she received Tokudo ordination at Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, Japan. In 2021 she received the status of assistant minister from Nishi Hongwanji.
"'My parents stressed the teaching of ‘living in harmony with reality.' That is our path as we live our lives as Shin Buddhists." --Rev. Kathy