Over 6,500 attendees at a New Year event packed Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium for Scientology’s 2026 New Year celebration—an evening that combined live performances with a highlights presentation showcasing developments across the Church’s international network during 2025.
Not just a midnight celebration, the programme put the focus on the year’s most talked-about themes: growth in digital access and online courses, facility development and upcoming projects, and the opening of sites linked to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It also featured drug prevention with Drug Free World, literacy and values-focused initiatives religion (TWTH) linked to community engagement in multiple regions.
For European readers, 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.
See the full story here: Scientology’s 2026 New Year.