Peter Canisius Minor Seminary Mertoyudan () is a
private
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secondary school for boys intending to be Catholic
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, located in
Magelang
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,
Central Java
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,
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. The school was founded in 1912 by the
Society of Jesus
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.
Overview
The establishment of the Mertoyudan Seminary originated from the desire of two local male youths who graduated from Kweekschool,
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 no ...
in 1911 to become Catholic priests. They were Petrus Darmaseputra and Fransiskus Xaverius Satiman. In November 1911, with the support of Fr.
Franciscus van Lith, SJ and Father Mertens, SJ, Darmaseputra and Satiman applied to be accepted as seminarians to become
Catholic
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priests. The request of these two young men, together with the rise of the
Indonesian nationalist movement and a demand for local priests, created the spark to establish a seminary for
Javanese young men. On May 30, 1912, through the grant of the official permission from the
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it became the first
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in
Indonesia
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.
After the achievement of Indonesia's independence in 1945, the seminary assisted in the schooling of policemen.
See also
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Catholic Church in Indonesia
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*
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*
List of Jesuit schools
References
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Jesuit secondary schools in Indonesia
Magelang
Educational institutions established in 1912
1912 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
Seminaries and theological colleges in Indonesia