Rachel
06-01-2009, 04:00 AM
Yusuf Mawarjoko, a Catholic prison officer, has been organizing spiritual activities for Christian prisoners for more than 25 years.
Mawarjoko started work in the high-security Cipinang Penitentiary in 1976 as an administrative staffer, and was assigned to his present role by the institution's head in 1983. He said he has come to see it as his greater Catholic calling, helping about 200 Catholic and Protestant prisoners cope with their time in prison, grow in faith and reform themselves.
Working alongside priests serving in the East Jakarta deanery, the 54-year-old has helped to build up the prison's Christian spiritual activities from one or two monthly meetings to almost daily prayer meetings and Masses. He even helps to oversee such activities on his days off.
Full story: Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com/2009/05/28/supporting-prisoners-spiritually-for-25-years/)
Mawarjoko started work in the high-security Cipinang Penitentiary in 1976 as an administrative staffer, and was assigned to his present role by the institution's head in 1983. He said he has come to see it as his greater Catholic calling, helping about 200 Catholic and Protestant prisoners cope with their time in prison, grow in faith and reform themselves.
Working alongside priests serving in the East Jakarta deanery, the 54-year-old has helped to build up the prison's Christian spiritual activities from one or two monthly meetings to almost daily prayer meetings and Masses. He even helps to oversee such activities on his days off.
Full story: Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com/2009/05/28/supporting-prisoners-spiritually-for-25-years/)