Gereja Sebagai Shelter: Gerakan Shelter COVID-19 sebagai Model Katekese untuk Solidaritas di Masa Pandemi

Alexander Hendra Dwi Asmara

doi:10.46567/ijt.v10i1.251

Authors

Alexander Hendra Dwi Asmara Universitas Sanata Dharma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v10i1.251

Keywords:

COVID-19, Archdiocese of Semarang (Keuskupan Agung Semarang, KAS), solidarity, shelter, catechism

Abstract

As the Catholic Church’s response to the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia has changed over time, Yogyakarta—which is under the Archdiocese of Semarang (Keuskupan Agung Semarang, or KAS)—has seen a significant shift in the Church’s approach. During the first pandemic phase (2020), the KAS was more focused on offering short-term assistance, such as distributing face masks, providing food or meals, and organizing other charitable activities. But by the second period of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), the KAS shifted to more comprehensive approaches, specifically the opening of self-isolation shelters for COVID-19 patients. This article demonstrates how providing shelter has become a new model for the Church to symbolize its deep solidarity with the afflicted in a time of pandemic. The qualitative data collection methods employed include interviews with several key informants, with details corroborated by information from the internet and other mass media.

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Author Biography

Alexander Hendra Dwi Asmara, Universitas Sanata Dharma

Alexander Hendra Dwi Asmara is a priest from the Society of Jesus order and a lecturer in the Program Studi Pendidikan Keagamaan Katolik (Pendikkat) at Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta. He earned a doctoral degree in Religious Education and Cathecism from Fordham University, New York. His research interests are Catholic religious education, cathecism, transformative pedagogy, Ignasian pedagogy, and interreligious education.

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