 Entrance to Rawaseneng Monastery | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pertapaan Santa Maria Rawaseneng |
| Order | Trappist (OCSO) |
| Established | 1 April 1953 |
| Mother house | Koningshoeven Abbey, Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Dedicated to | Saint Mary |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Semarang |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Dom Bavo van der Ham, OCSO |
| Abbot | Dom Aloysius Gonzaga Rudiyat, OCSO |
| Important associated figures | Dom Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO |
| Site | |
| Location | Ngemplak Village, Kandangan, Temanggung, Central Java |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 7°13′1″S 110°12′36″E / 7.21694°S 110.21000°E[1] |
| Public access | Yes, outside cloistered area |
Rawaseneng Monastery (Indonesian: Pertapaan Rawaseneng, Pertapaan Santa Maria Rawaseneng) is a monastery complex of the Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.), popularly known as the Trappists, located in Temanggung Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The monastery was officially established on 1 April 1953 as a daughter house of Koningshoeven Abbey in Tilburg, Netherlands. Apart from being a residence for the monks, there are also a church, prayer garden, retreat houses, coffee plantations, dairy farms along with the processing industries within the monastery complex. Ronald Bell, a pilgrim from the United States, shares his impression about this place, "You will get all the stages, praying, meditating, contemplating sacred readings, and working. All of those constitute an inseparable part of the experience."[2] Not far from the monastery complex, it lies the Church of Santa Maria dan Yoseph as the center of the Rawaseneng Parish,[3] just ahead of the Kindergarten and Elementary School of Fatima Rawaseneng which are managed by the Dominican nuns.[4]
Like the monks in other Trappist monasteries, the monks of Rawaseneng Monastery lives on prayer and works of their hands. The results of their works on coffee plantations, dairy farms, and bakery/cake industries become the main source of livelihood of the monks in the monastery,[5] thus they do not live by relying on contribution from the congregation.[2] In his address during the 60th anniversary celebration of the Rawaseneng Monastery on 25 August 2013, Archbishop Johannes Pujasumarta said, "Together with the nuns of the Trappist Gedono, they present a Church that prays and works in the Archdiocese of Semarang."[6]
Superiors
Superiors of the community since the official establishment in 1953:[5]
- 1953 – 1958 : Bavo van der Ham, OCSO (Superior)
- 1958 – 1963 : Bavo van der Ham, OCSO (Titular Prior)
- 1963 – 1966 : Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO (Superior ad nutum)
- 1966 – 1968 : Willibrord van Dijk, OCSO (Superior ad nutum)
- 1968 – 1970 : Bavo van der Ham, OCSO (Superior ad nutum)
- 1970 – 1976 : Bavo van der Ham, OCSO (Titular Prior)
- 1976 – 1976 : Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO (Superior ad nutum)
- 1976 – 1978 : Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO (Titular Prior)
- 1978 – 2006 : Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO (Abbot)
- 2006 – present : Aloysius Gonzaga Rudiyat, OCSO (Abbot)
Daughter houses
Rawaseneng Monastery has founded following daughter houses:[5]
Bunda Pemersatu Monastery in Weru, Jetak Village, in Getasan, Semarang, Indonesia (nuns)- Lamanabi Trappist Monastery in Lamanabi Village, Tanjung Bunga, East Flores, Indonesia (monks)[7]
Trappistine Monastery "Our Lady Star of Hope", Macau (nuns)[8][9]
Gallery
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Museum, religious goods store and dairy store, as well parking lot. -
Church of Rawaseneng Monastery, as seen from the entrance to monastery complex at the left side of the church. -
Chancel and altar inside the church. -
Nave of the church -
The monks celebrating Terce. -
The chapel on the 1st floor of Wisma Galilea, one of the guest houses. -
Dining room for guests. -
Pietà and first Station of the Cross in the Prayer Garden. -
Altar and statue of the Holy Family in the Prayer Garden. -
Fish pond and fountain in the Prayer Garden.
See also
References
- ^ Pertapaan St Maria Rawaseneng, wikimapia, retrieved May 9, 2016
- ^ a b VIDEO: Biara Rawaseneng, Oase bagi Jiwa yang Letih (in Indonesian), liputan6.com, December 26, 2012,
Anda akan mendapatkan keseluruhan tahapannya, berdoa, meditasi, merenungkan bacaan suci, dan bekerja. Semua itu merupakan bagian tidak terpisahkan dari pengalaman ini.
- ^ Jadwal Misa Keuskupan Agung Semarang (in Indonesian), www.imankatolik.or.id, retrieved May 9, 2016
- ^ Aisyah 2004, p. 22-23
- ^ a b c Rawaseneng, Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, retrieved April 29, 2016
- ^ Mgr. Johannes Pujasumarta, Syukur atas 60 Tahun Pertapaan Rawaseneng (in Indonesian), www.pujasumarta.web.id, archived from the original on June 2, 2016, retrieved May 14, 2016,
Bersama dengan para rubiah Trappist Gedono, mereka menghadirkan Gereja yang berdoa dan bekerja di Keuskupan Agung Semarang.
- ^ Simon Nany, Lamanabi, Pesona Alam dan Biara Trappist di Ujung Timur Pulau Flores (in Indonesian), Direktori Pariwisata Nusa Tenggara Timur, retrieved May 1, 2016
- ^ Macau, Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, retrieved April 30, 2016
- ^ Community Our Lady Star of Hope, www.trappistine-community-our-lady-star-of-hope.org, retrieved April 30, 2016
Bibliography
- Aisyah, Nur (2004), "Bab II. Gambaran tentang Kegiatan Sosial Kemasyarakatan Santo Dominikus di Dusun Rawaseneng" (PDF), Peran Sosial Kemasyarakatan Santo Dominikus di Desa Rawaseneng Kecamatan Kandangan Kabupaten Temanggung (in Indonesian), Skripsi, Semarang: Fakultas Ushuluddin IAIN Walisongo
- Margarethe, Sr. (2000), "Peranan Pertapaan Trappist Santa Maria Rawaseneng terhadap Peningkatan Kesejahteraan Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat Desa Ngempalak dan Sekitarnya", Bina Ekonomi (in Indonesian), vol. 4, Jurnal Ilmiah, Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
- Mukhlis, Imam (2015), "Abstrak, Daftar Isi, Bab I, Bab V, Daftar Pustaka, Lampiran" (PDF), Dialog antar Agama - Studi Dialog Umat Beragama Pertapaan Katolik Santa Maria Rawaseneng Desa Ngemplak Kecamatan Kandangan Kabupaten Temanggung (masters) (in Indonesian), Tesis, Yogyakarta: Digital Library UIN Sunan Kalijaga
External links
- Trappists official site
- Cistercian Order Is Growing in Africa and Asia, ZENIT
- Rawaseneng, Trappist monastery, central Java, Indonesia on YouTube, 16 days as a monk, YouTube
- Pertapaan Santa Maria Rowoseneng on YouTube, Cultural dialogue between Catholic monastery and Muslim community, in Indonesian
- Church of St. Maria & Yusuf, Rawaseneng, Jawa Tengah, pictures of Rawaseneng Parish Church
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