Check Out The Schedule For The 2022 Jakarta Cathedral Church Christmas Mass: Holding 6 Offline & Online Sessions

Jakarta Parish Church Santa Maria Appointed to Heaven (Photo by Yusron El Jihan on Unsplash)

YOGYAKARTA The schedule for the 2022 Jakarta Cathedral Church Christmas Mass has been released. This year, the Christmas Mass celebrations will be held offline and online.

Previously, the government stipulated that there were no capacity restrictions during the implementation of the 2022 Christmas service, in accordance with the rules for the Implementation of Level 1 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM).

Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas emphasized that the capacity of houses of worship / churches may be 100 percent. However, with a note, the church must not exceed the capacity through the addition of tents that are usually done during Christmas worship.

The management of the Jakarta Cathedral Church is ready to follow the latest rules regarding the capacity of the church during the 2022 Christmas service.

"We will follow the rules applied," said Jakarta Cathedral Church Public Relations Officer Susyana Suwadie when contacted from Jakarta, Friday, December 16, as reported by Antara.

For your information, last year's Christmas, Jakarta Cathedral only limited 650 people or 40 percent of the church's capacity. This is due to the high number of COVID-19 transmissions.

Now, after the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been brought under control, the restrictions have been lifted.

In the implementation of the 2022 Christmas service, the Jakarta Cathedral Church (Paroki Santa Maria) was dispatched to Heaven to hold 6 Masses, which began on Saturday evening, December 24, 2022 and ended on Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Quoted by VOI from the official website of the Jakarta Archdiocese (KAJ), the following is the complete schedule for the Jakarta Cathedral Christmas Mass, on Saturday, December 24, 2022.

Meanwhile, the schedule for the Jakarta Cathedral Christmas Mass is on Sunday, December 25, 2022, namely:

To attend the Christmas Mass at the Jakarta Cathedral Church, Christians must register through the belarasa.id site or also by filling in the form at the entrance.

For the Santa Maria Parish to be Appointed to Heaven, registration starts December 12, 2022. As for people outside the Parish, registration starts December 19, 2022.

All Christians who take part in the 2022 Christmas celebration at Gereka Cathedral Jakarta must comply with health protocols.

Christmas 2022 Themes

Reporting from the official Communion of Churches in Indonesia, Monday, December 12, 2022, the Christmas 2022 theme is taken from the book Matthew 2:12 which reads:

...Pulang Mereka ke Negerinya Melalui Jalan Lain

The theme contains the meaning of diversity is a gift from Allah that must be grateful, cared for, and developed. The diversity that we realize as a gift from God should encourage us to join hands in realizing a more dignified shared system of life.

By walking together we are able to recover faster, rise stronger:

This is information regarding the schedule for the 2022 Jakarta Cathedral Church Christmas Mass. Hopefully it will be useful!