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Soegijapranata
Albertus Soegijapranata, Society of Jesus, SJ (; Perfected Spelling: Albertus Sugiyapranata; 25 November 1896 – 22 July 1963), better known by his birth name Soegija, was a Jesuit priest who became the Apostolic Vicar of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang, Semarang and later its archbishop. He was the first native Indonesian bishop and known for his pro-Indonesian nationalism, nationalistic stance, often expressed as "100% Catholic 100% Indonesian". Soegija was born in Surakarta, Dutch East Indies, to a Muslim courtier and his wife. The family moved to nearby Yogyakarta when Soegija was still young; there he began his education. Known as a bright child, around 1909 he was asked by Father Frans van Lith to enter Xaverius College, a Jesuit school in Muntilan, where Soegija slowly became interested in Catholic Church, Catholicism. He was baptised on 24 December 1910. After graduating from Xaverius in 1915 and spending a year as a teacher there, Soegija spent two years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justinus Darmojuwono
Justinus Darmojuwono (2 November 1914 – 3 February 1994) was an Indonesian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang, Archbishop of Semarang from 1963 to 1981 and was elevated to the rank of Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal in 1967, becoming the first Indonesian to be a cardinal. Early life Justinus Darmojuwono was born in Klewonan, Godean, Yogyakarta to Surodikira and Ngatinah. He and his family worked together to fulfill their daily needs. He was a Muslim, but converted to Catholicism in 1932 following his brother's conversion. He did not seek his father’s permission to be a priest but, because of his persistence, was allowed to enter the seminary on 30 September 1935. After he graduated from the minor seminary of Mertoyudan, Magelang, he continued to the Seminary, major seminary of St. Paul, Yogyakarta. He was ordained priest by Mgr. Soegijapranata in Kotabaru, Yogyakarta, in 1947. He also studied at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery
Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery (also spelled Giritunggal Heroes' Cemetery; Indonesian: ) is a cemetery in Semarang, Central Java. It contains the graves of military personnel and other persons deemed heroes by the Indonesian government, including the National Hero Albertus Soegijapranata. it has 1,843 interments. Description Giri Tunggal sits on of land. The complex includes graves, a monument, a wall naming the individual interments, and gardens. History Interments in what is now Giri Tunggal began in 1945. The cemetery was formalised with the name Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery on 10 November 1955, Heroes' Day in Indonesia. The cemetery included attendees from various backgrounds, including students, soldiers, and families of the interred. It was opened at 8 a.m. local time (UTC+7) with the reading of President Sukarno's decree, and closed with a rendition of Ismail Marzuki's " Gugur Bunga". After his death, the Archbishop of Semarang and National Hero of Indonesia Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Lith
Franciscus Georgius Josephus van Lith, SJ, or often called Frans van Lith or affectionately Romo van Lith ( Javanese:"Father van Lith"; 17 May 1863 – 9 January 1926), was a Jesuit priest from Oirschot, Netherlands, who pioneered the Catholic mission in Java, especially Central Java. He baptized the first Javanese at Sendangsono, founded a school for teachers in Muntilan, and fought for the education of Javanese people during the Dutch colonial rule. He was renowned because of his ability to synchronize Roman Catholic teachings with that of Kejawen so that it could be accepted by the Javanese societies. Today in Eastern and Central java, Catholicism is a religion practised by quite a number of Javanese and people from the Chinese ethnic group. Pope John Paul II, when giving a speech in Yogyakarta on 10 October 1989, said that he stood on that day at the center of the Island of Java to commemorate those who had laid the foundations of the Catholic people, Father van Lith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop Of Semarang
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang () is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java in Indonesia, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Katedral Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Rosario Suci, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Semarang, Jawa Tengah. Statistics and extent As per 2012, it pastorally administered 499,200 Catholics (2.4% of 20,812,000 total) on 21,196 km² in 98 parishes and 10 missions with 383 priests (174 diocesan, 209 religious), 1,914 lay religious (737 brothers, 1,177 sisters) and 60 seminarians. It comprises parishes on the central and eastern part of Central Java - stretching from Kendal, Temanggung, Magelang to the east- as well as the Special Region of Yogyakarta province. History * Established on June 25, 1940 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia * January 3, 1961: Promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishops' Conference Of Indonesia
The Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (BCI; , KWI) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Indonesia. It was constituted in November 1955, in Surabaya as the Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops (). KWI is a part of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. History Every bishop, since his ordination, in itself a part of the ranks of the world's Bishops (Collegium Episcopale) and together with the bishops all over the world, under the leadership of the Pope, was responsible for the entire Catholic Church. The bishops in the country together to form a partnership organization called Conference of Bishops. Inside this organization they work to negotiate and decide something about Catholics across the country. A bishop is the head of the local church called the diocese. By doing so he is also called ''Waligereja''. Because of that so the Indonesian Bishops Conference called the Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops (MAWI) which is then changed to the Bishops' Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Ordinariate Of Indonesia
The Military Ordinariate of Indonesia is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police and their families. History It was established as a military vicariate on 25 December 1949 and elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986. Leadership Military vicars * Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J. (25 December 1949 – 23 July 1963, died) * Justinus Darmojuwono (8 July 1964 – 31 December 1983, retired) * Julius Darmaatmadja, S.J. (28 April 1984 – 21 July 1986, elevated) Military ordinaries * Julius Darmaatmadja, S.J. (21 July 1986 – 2 January 2006, resigned) * Ignatius Suharyo (incumbent, appointed 2 January 2006) References External links Military Ordinariate of Indonesia(Catholic-Hierarchy) (GCatholic.org) {{authority control Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novitiate
The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether they are called to vowed religious life. It often includes times of intense study, prayer, living in community, studying the vowed life, deepening one's relationship with God, and deepening one's self-awareness. In the Catholic Church, the canonical time of the novitiate is one year; in case of additional length, it must not be extended over two years. CIC, canon 648 In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the novitiate is officially set at three years before one may be tonsured a monk or nun, though this requirement may be waived. The novitiate is in any case a time both for the novice to get to know the community and the community to get to know the novice. The novice should aspire to deepening their relationship to God and discovering the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muntilan
Muntilan is an administrative district ( ''kecamatan'') in the Magelang Regency, Central Java. Muntilan is about 15 km south of Magelang, 10 km from Mungkid, 25 km north of Yogyakarta, and 90 km from the main town of Semarang located on the northern coast of Java. The town of Muntilan is on the old railway route between Kebon Polo station in Magelang and the main Tugu station in Yogyakarta. Tourists on their way to the well-known Buddhist temple Borobudur usually pass through Muntilan. Muntilan township is one of the main market centers on the western slopes of Mount Merapi, a major volcano in central Java within the administrative ambit of the regional government in Magelang. The locality is densely populated; in mid-2024 there was a population of 81,555 people living in an area of 30.36 km2, indicating a population density of 2,686 per km2. History The adjacent countryside has many villages with pesantren and strong allegiances to stricter forms of Islam. In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from , translated as 'seed-bed', an image taken from the Council of Trent document which called for the first modern seminaries. In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools. History The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology. The oldest Catholic seminary in the United States is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Catholic In the Catholic Church, two different systems may be found. In most countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic ''de numero''. In the United Kingdom, only archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". By custom, this title is used for the Minister general, ministers general of the various branches of the Order of Friars Minor as well as of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Eastern Orthodox In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (those who are not the Primate (bishop), primates of autocephalous churches) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave, North Brabant
Grave (; formerly ''De Graaf'') is a city and former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The former municipality had a population of in . Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities. The former municipality included the following towns: Grave (capital), Velp, Escharen and Gassel. Grave, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022. History Grave received city rights in 1233. The former municipality of Grave was formed in the Napoleonic era (1810) and coincided with the fortified Grave and immediate surroundings. The history of the town was thus linked to that of the place. This changed in 1942. Then there was a reclassification place where the municipality Grave was expanded with the previously independent municipalities Velp and Escharen. Moreover, in 1994 the neighboring municipality of Beers was abolished and a part thereof, the parish Gassel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
