FILIPINO TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC: RoR in the Balinese Church

Friday, May 14, 2010

RoR in the Balinese Church

The Interior of St. Francis Xavier Church in Kuta Bali, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Its been a while that I have not updated my blog. Busy days have overtaken me. This afternoon after our workshop I decided to attend mass at St. Francis in Bali. I noticed that the Church in Bali has adapted the Benedictine arrangement of the altar as proposed by Pope Benedict XVI. The priest is properly vested, there was the alb, stole and chusable. There are six candles and a crucifix in the middle of the altar. I also notice that the lector and readers are males and not females. How I wish that the Philippine Church will get away from the influence of the minimalist way of celebrating mass as is common in the Philippines. By the way the music in this Mass was truly sacred. Not pop music or combaya but very reverent and has an air of sacrality. These are just my impressions. When I return to the Philippines I will have good memories of the church here in Indonesia.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

RoR in the Balinese Church

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