Jesuit Scholastics Managamtua Simbolon, Bagus Taufik Dwiko Nanda Pratisto, Budi Nugroho, Handy Lenggawa, Rumanto, and Suharyadi will be ordained priests by Mgr Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Semarang at a Eucharistic celebration on Wednesday, at 9:00 a.m. 29 July, in St Anthony Church, Kotabaru, Yogyakarta. (Contributor: Fr Priyono Marwan)
Fr Adrianus Suyadi, Country Director, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Indonesia, writes on the IDP’s and refugees in Indonesia and the government’s policy and behavior towards them.
Indonesian Province happily welcomed six Myanmarese and four Thai scholastics at Robert Bellarmine College Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. They arrived in Jakarta on May 16 and spent their morning visiting some Jesuit formation houses there. They left for Yogyakarta in the afternoon of the same day. On May 18, they began their Indonesian language courses at Sanata Dharma Language Center.
Sanata Dharma University (SDU) offered three batches of workshop on student Ignatian accompaniment on May 16, 23 and 30. The workshop participants, coming from all twenty-five SDU departments, learned how to carry out the accompaniment in the spirit of care for person (cura personalis) in a challenging and broken world. As faculty members, they creatively designed the accompaniment through their respective study subject (classroom) management.
Wedabhakti School of Theology (WST) at Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta held a study day on Contextual Christology in April 24 – 25 on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Fr JB Heru Prakosa (IDO) and Fr Bismoko Mahamboro, LTh, presented their papers in the seminar on Local Ecclesiologies in Dialogue at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB) on May 28 – 31. The seminar was also attended by Fr Mario Francisco (PHI), President of Loyola School of Theology, Manila.
The film On Power to Will for Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) (24 minutes) produced by Studio Audio Visual Puskat,Yogyakarta Indonesia got the first award in the category “Awards of Distinction” during the International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival in Niepokalanow, Poland in May 2009.
From February 25 to March 3 Indonesia made the candidates’ selection for 2009. There were 19 candidates who came from 5 minor seminaries and vocation promotion team. From St. Peter Canisius Mertoyudan Magelang were eight candidates, St. Wacana Bhakti, Jakarta had six, St. Vincent a Paulo Minor Seminary, Garum East Java had one, St. Petrus Claver minor Seminary, Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi had one, Lalean Seminary, Atambua, West Timor also one, and Vocation promotion team got 2 candidates.
Sanata Dharma Jesuit University at Yogyakarta celebrated its 53th anniversary on December 20. This well respected university now offers 25 undergraduate study programs and four graduate programs. Strongest among these programs are pharmacy, English teaching and literature, psychology, elementary teacher education, and information technology. The university serves 9,028 students with 791 students enjoying scholarships. This year, 1,983 fresh students began their study and 2,343 students graduated from the university.
On October 29 – 30, Indonesian province members gathered for study and reflection on the graces, process, and decrees of the General Congregation 35. The meeting, held in Panti Semedi Jesuit Retreat House at Klaten, was also intended to prepare the province for further planning. [Modern Jesuits in Indonesian began 150 years ago, in 1859, when two Dutch missionaries landed at Batavia (now Jakarta).] 111 Indonesian Jesuits (out of 361 members) actively participated in the meeting by listening to the points of the GC 35 and interiorizing them in the small group conversations.
The ceremonial handover was held on July 21, at the end of the meeting of Local superiors and Directors of works. Fr Paul Wiryono, the former provincial read the letter from Fr General. Then Fr Priyono Marwan, current provincial, handed the letter to Fr Riyo Mursanto, the new provincial, along with a cellphone (a symbol of communication) and a key (a symbol of the treasurer’s box).