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Friday, February 13, 2004
gedangan (part 6)
saint joseph church at jl. ronggowarsito is a pioneer of catholic church in indonesia. catholics in semarang didn't have their own prayer place until 1815, when st.joseph parish was built. gedangan church itself was built in 1875 by priest j. lijnen pr. here r the pics of the church taken in 1925 and 2004.
as u can see, it still looks very artistic & elegant with its color dominated by natural red bricks color. the building still looks just the same as it was at the beginning, except the clock at its tower. it used to ring each half an hour but now the clock has been moved down and replaced with letters "IHS" (jews; Iesus Hominum Salvator) which means Jesus the Savior of Mankind.
across the street where the church is located, there is a congregation of fransiscan sisters. there are school, monastery and chapel.
stelly @ 8:34 AM
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