Bunda Pemersatu Monastery

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Pertapaan Gedono

Monastery information
Full name	Pertapaan Bunda Pemersatu Gedono
Order	Trappists (OCSO)
Established	12 April 1987
Mother house	Rawaseneng Monastery
Dedicated to	Our Lady of Unity
Diocese	Archdiocese of Semarang
People
Founder(s)	Dom Frans Harjawiyata, OCSO
Abbot	Abbess Martha Elisabeth Driscoll, OCSO
Important associated figures	Abbess Cristiana Piccardo, OCSO Fr. Suitbertus Ari Sunardi, OCSO
Architecture
Architect	Fr. Y. B. Mangunwijaya
Site
Location	Weru, Jetak Village, Getasan, Semarang, Central Java
Country	Indonesia
Coordinates	7°24′19″S 110°28′12″E / 7.40528°S 110.47000°E / -7.40528; 110.47000[1]
Public access	Yes, outside cloistered area

Bunda Pemersatu Monastery (Indonesian: Pertapaan Bunda Pemersatu, Pertapaan Bunda Pemersatu Gedono) is a Trappistine monastery located in Semarang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The monastery was officially established on the Palm Sunday in 12 April 1987 as a daughter house of Rawaseneng Monastery in Temanggung Regency. Its architecture was one of the works of Fr. Y. B. Mangunwijaya, and in 1993 was awarded the National IAI Award from the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI).

Like any nuns or monks in other Trappist monasteries, the nuns of Gedono lives on prayer and works of their hands under the Rule of Saint Benedict. Their manual works include managing vegetable plantations and household works, as well producing hosts, jams, syrups, cakes, kefirs, and religious cards, which enable them to feed themselves from the selling results.^[2]

In the 25th anniversary of Gedono Monastery on 12 May 2012, which was also attended by Frans Seda's family, Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, SJ said: "Seven times a day, the nuns of Gedono praise, search for His mystery, admire, beg for mercy, pray for all: the whole world, the whole Church. The nuns live in the silence of the heart and mind, however brief, to be able to understand the Lord's will. The nuns live in love, praise, in simplicity and works. All of those are dedicated to the Lord. Thank you nuns, proficiat, thank you."^[2]

Superiors of the community since the official establishment in 1987:^[3]

• 1987 – 1994 : Martha Elisabeth Driscoll, OCSO (Superior)
• 1994 – 2000 : Martha Elisabeth Driscoll, OCSO (Titular Prioress)
• 2000 – present : Martha Elisabeth Driscoll, OCSO (Abbess)

• Archdiocese of Semarang
• Enclosed religious orders
• Lamanabi Trappist Monastery in Tanjung Bunga, East Flores

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pertapaan Bunda Pemersatu Gedono.

• Trappists official site
• Cistercian Order Is Growing in Africa and Asia, ZENIT
• Pictures of the silence of Gedono
• Bunda Pemersatu Monastery Gedono Salatiga on YouTube
• Gedono Paskah 2012 (Easter) on YouTube