A year-end crowd of more than 6,500 guests packed Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for Scientology’s New Year 2026 celebration—an evening that blended live performances with a headline presentation covering developments across the Church’s international network during 2025.
Not just a midnight celebration, the programme spotlighted the year’s most visible themes: digital reach and online study, new premises and expansion plans, and the opening of sites linked to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It 2026 also touched on drug prevention with Drug Free World, literacy and values-focused initiatives (TWTH) framed as community engagement in multiple regions.
For European readers, 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.
Read the complete report here: Scientology’s 2026 New Year.