A century of the Indonesian Carmelite Order: process, departure, arrival, and begin -ning of the mission

Abstract

In 2023, the Carmelite Order celebrates the centenary anniversary of its presence in Indonesia. This article aims to commemorate the presence of the Carmelite Order from the Netherlands province in the mission land of Malang. Therefore, the focus of this research is to explain the process of accepting the mission which requires procedural preparations, departure and arrival at the mission land, taking over the mission from the Jesuit congregation, and ending it with collaboration. This paper is a historical article. For the contribution of writing arguments, the research was conducted in the archives of the Jesuit provincial office in Nijmegen, the origin of the mission of this congregation in Malang, the archives of the provincial office of the Carmelite Order in Boxmeer as well as the archives of the mission of the Carmelite Order in Malang, the archives of the Generalate of the Carmelite Order in Rome and the archives of the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia. These data will be synthesized in this paper which is supported by several sources related to the Malang mission.