Posted on 06/26/2017 7:05:33 PM PDT by marshmallow
In Jakarta, car parks for the cathedral and mosque are used by both communities. Early morning moves to "leave room" for the celebrations of the Islamic feast. Message from the Archbishop of Jakarta.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) - In a sign of respect for Muslim fellow citizens, some Indonesian churches will "reschedule" masses to facilitate the celebration of the Islamic Eid festival (Idul Fitri or Lebaran in Indonesian), which will be held tomorrow, June 25th. The reason for this decision is to avoid traffic chaos and as a sign of solidarity with Muslim "brothers".
In Jakarta the cathedral and the large Istiqlal mosque are located in the same area. For years now, the two religious communities use the facilities of both structures for their religious celebrations: Catholics use the car parks on the weekend, while Muslims do the same for Friday's prayer.
However, this year the Idul Fitri celebrations, which take place on Sunday, may cause confusion. For this reason the parish administration of the Catholic cathedral has decided to "omit" two Sunday morning mases. A diocesan leaflet explains the reasons: "To show respect and tolerance to our Muslim brothers and to meet their need to have more room to pray during Idul Fitri's celebration, our weekly morning masses will be scheduled for 10 am and 12 ". In the cathedral, masses are usually held at 6, 7:30, 9 and 11.
Such a decision was made by Tanjungkarang Cathedral in Lampung Province, Sumatera. The pastor Fr. Sujanto says that instead of morning mass at 6:30 and 8:30, it will be celebrated only at 9:30.
In Pamekasan, in the eastern Java Madura Island, Fr. Damian Fadjar Tedjo Soekarno of the parish of Our Lady Queen of the Apostles told AsiaNews that Sunday's masses will not be celebrated, but "we will have one on Saturday......
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Coming soon to your diocese.
Paraphrasing Stevie Wonder ... “We moved our cars ... to say ... please don’t kill us ... We just moved ... to beg ... for our lives”
Those mussie brothers that go out and kill or perform honor killings, FGM’s??
Indonesian mohammadens haven't chimped out on the Christian minority in a while.
They're about due.
Would the muzzies have done the same for a Christian church...
See post #6.
The Obamas are vacationing there-——wish they would stay.
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