More than 6,500 guests at a year-end gathering filled Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for Scientology’s 2026 New Year celebration—an evening that blended live performances with a headline presentation covering developments across the Church’s international network during 2025.
More than a countdown, the programme brought together the year’s most visible themes: digital reach and online study, new facilities and planning for future openings, and the opening of sites linked to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It also highlighted drug prevention with Drug Free World, literacy and values-focused initiatives (TWTH) linked to news eugene community engagement in multiple regions.
For readers in Europe, the story offers a clear window into how a global religious movement frames its year—and why developments in digital access, facilities and community programmes are watched well beyond the United States.
See the full story here: Scientology’s 2026 New Year.