Children's Faith Accompanying In Joyfulful Sunday At The Administrative Parish Church Of Santo Ignatius Loyola Banjardowo Semarang

Abstract

Joyfulful Sunday is one of forms of the Church's responsibility in helping parents to guide their children in growing their Christian faith. Joyfulful Sunday teachers and parents play an important role to guide children to get involved in the Joyfulful Sunday activities. Since Joyfulful Sunday aims to develop children's faith so that they are ready to participate in the church and society actively. However, there are many parents who have not realized yet that the Joyfulful Sunday teachers are their partners in developing the children's faith. It is recognized by the low presence of the children who attend the Joyfulful Sunday at the Administrative Parish Church Banjardowo, Semarang. There are four objectives in this research: (1) to determine the importance of the Joyfulful Sunday, (2) to determine the role of the Joyfulful Sunday teachers and parents in the Joyfulful Sunday, and (3) to determine the ways that Joyfulful Sunday activities have beenbeen done. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. The data collection was accomplished through observation and semi-structured interviews. The researcher uses the Miles and Huberman model, namely reducing data, presenting data, and concluding to analyze the data. The results of the research indicate that Joyfulful Sunday is  essential as a way to develop the children's faith. The mentoring process in managing the formation of the children's faith in the Joyfulful Sunday has not been total and integral yet. The word 'total' referensi to the Joyfulful Sunday is conducted by involving all the potential people of the church, both families and people in the Parish. It is integral when the assistance  is not a personal work , yet it is a collaboration between parents and the parish. Many parents haven't realized yet how essential Joyfulful Sunday is. The collaboration between the Joyfulful Sunday teachers and the parish priest has not been optimal yet. Consequently, there are minimal catecheses for children. The limited number of teachers of the Joyfulful Sunday leads to difficulties in dividing teh schedules to participate in the Joyfulful Sunday.