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Temple Cards
October 2025


“Temple Cards,” Friend, October 2025, 12.

Temple Cards

Manila Philippines Temple

  • This was the first temple built in the Philippines and the second in Asia.

  • The Philippines Missionary Training Center is across the street.

  • Before the temple dedication, there were two typhoons, a volcanic eruption, and an earthquake! But the temple was safe.

Stockholm Sweden Temple

  • This temple is closed right now to make it almost twice as big.

  • This was the first temple built in Scandinavia.

  • During the dedicatory prayer, President Gordon B. Hinckley prayed that the temple would be “a haven of refuge from the world.”

Winnipeg Manitoba Temple

  • Manitoba’s official flower, the prairie crocus, is used in some of the designs.

  • The spire is made of copper.

  • Elder Gerrit W. Gong dedicated this temple. He said, “You will find the Savior at the center of everything connected to the temple.”

Page PDF with illustrations of temples

Illustrations by Rachel Erickson