Pater Beek Biography

Educatio puerorum reformatio Mundi
Educating young people is the improvement of the world

Garden of Gethsemane on the night is in the silence. Peziarahan the end of the standstill, and it is eternal resting place of the Jesuits in Indonesia that, for the Society of Jesus frater novis also often stops when they become the night watch duty.

Gravestone in front of the gravestone-Jesuits who die have been the young Jesus Indonesia States is often missed in the early morning silence prayers and memories on the work of the predecessor. In remembrance and prayers on those who have eternal rest, the young people a new way menapaki call priesthood draw spirited spirit who works based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignasius Loyola.



On the gravestone-tier simple white headstone is the name of Nicolaus Driyarkara SJ, a flusuf that at this time his name enshrined as the School Philosophy. Then there is the name Josephus Gerardus Beek SJ, usually called Pater Beek, figures that do not often called the quiet by the novis. Why? One of his current foster young children through a seclusion (khasebul) are often considered as the elite kaderisasi, all confidential, and impressed by stealth. In addition, the process kaderisasi been combined with the hard physical training, spartan and all-round training is intensive prayer, had invited a lot of reaction.



Not infrequently that I reject that approach, said Beek is the Machiavelli. About that, at times most people away on his only stop in khasebul and put the figure as a hard, firm, sometimes a little rough because it involves the physical punishment, such as tampanan.



Therefore, it is easily positioned in a controversial private. Of course, for those who know or have a child didiknya, Beek is not like that. He may be controversial because it is a firm principle, not cash, confident, and not half-half.

For Beek classmates, he does not want it appeared. Frugality (asketis) dipegangnya firm so that it does not float in popularity. His name is known, but people rarely see sosoknya. "In this world do not make the monument, will be difficult if you want to die," said Pater Beek.

Dikobarkan life by the spirit of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignasius Loyola have put them as the salt in each of the ditekuninya. Perseverance that produce superior results, printed on cadres binaannya or through the influence of ideas that can change the world. Everyone involved felt, but did not see it, that's the sosoknya and salt, while there is also no.



Time critical



In the book biography written by JB Soedamanta and published by Obor this, things that formerly obscure and full of controversy peeled. In setebal 272 page book that, Soedarmanto also include open letter to Pater Beek Bung Karno, Indonesia Leader of Revolution.



Mail is full of sharp criticism of the policies of President Soekarno votes gave large space for the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). By using the fictitious name Dadap Waru, in a letter dated 5 November 1965 that he was encouraged that Bung Karno be firmly against the PKI.



In addition to never work sebagal The Boarding Realino, Pater Beek also participated in the work and the Bureau of Documentation. Bino Documentation is a bureau established by the Society of Jesus Province of Indonesia in 1961 During the Pater Georgius Kester become Provinsial. Bureau is to provide materials and analysis of the study based on measurements Catholic morality and teachings that can be used for the activists.



In operations, the bureau broadcast documents about government policy and evaluation of various important events in Indonesia. What is the Bureau of Documentation and Feed into the community, especially the Catholics in Indonesia, for the development of social, political, community, and be critical of the government.



This is indicated by proximity of the Catholic Church with the Bung Karno, but at the same time distance. Catholic party, for example, formed the League for Democracy and Nasakom does not support the draft and refused to open the President of the entrance to the communist nation.



According to Beek, of the Catholic Church is not only a contribution to the community, but also be sure, the Church also have principles that are appropriate for the problem. According to him, apostolic very important intellectual and necessary at that time.

Analysis Bureau produced documentation and distributed to the activists involved in the Front and the Pancasila Sekber Golkar. Bureau that, among other things, the study of socialism, which was then mempertemukannya with intepretasi idea that socialism disodorkan PKI. In books about Pater Beek, the idea of the study and other documentation that the Bureau of the full inclusion by Soedarmanta.



But on the other hand, are also ideas about Katolisitas Pater Beek. He argues, religious, in this case kekatolikan, not just a religious institution.



Soedarmanta write, Pater Beek holds that in matters of social or social fact "flag" Catholics are not needed anymore because in the context keindonesiaan, it would be a barrier togetherness.



Called the barrier because it can raise bond primordialisme, sektarian spirit, and ideologisasi religion. As a result, the Catholic does not have to just "sit" in the Catholic party (p. 202).

To that end, Pater Beek exempt children didiknya and cadres who dibinanya to choose the party that would accept and comply with their aspirations and can contribute best.

Golkar emerged before, Pater Beek, write Soedarmanta, encourage people entering Catholic PNI so in those terms have Markatul (Marhaen Catholic). However, in other parts of the mentioned, when a child didiknya ask which party he should go, Pater Beek said, "It is you, select your heart in accordance with sound! That is your duty and not tugasku, "said Beek.



In the book is also written about the attitude Pater Beek very antikomunisme and anti-PKI. As an ecclesiastic, and attitude that is based on the principle that ketegasannya Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution is the basis togetherness as a nation the most reasonable and rational.



Kaderisasi



However, as ecclesiastic and educators, Pater Beek more interested in developing young people. At the end of 1966 he started the program Khasebul. Education for one month it is essentially a spiritual education focuses on prayer and meditation, introducing concrete situation the community, and diperkaya with the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church (p. 180).

According to him, cadres who are able to convulse the world; revolutionize society with small groups, a backbone of society, or a core in a community environment. Become cadres, it means to be something else from the other; crush in what is thought to run in the boundaries defined moral and ethical.

There militansi, would have a better attitude, dare to penetrate in the history of mankind and to bring hope. Faith effort on the basis that if someone is feeling uphold love as the highest good, but not any act of violence before the political and human rights violations against fellow citizens, has been de facto violation of the love that dimuliakannya (p. 183).



To reach the point is, in the process of educating cadres, a dligunakan Pater Beek often draw criticism. Principle, and how often disalah understand, even by children didiknya own.



Pater Beek holds, not human life and sport, physical and spiritual. Human life is full of spirit-sport or physical.



In psychological science, writing Soedarmanto, Pater Beek near the identity of the theory formulated by JCC Smart. Smart said that the body Reliability is also the resilience of the soul. People who do not hold ill will surely give up easily when disakiti.



Not surprisingly, if a month in seclusion, in addition to spiritual exercises, students also get educated penggemblengan more stringent physical spartan. Ditampar, soaked in cold water, mosquito dlikerubuti with hands and feet are tied to the chair exercises that are applied to children Pater Beek didiknya.



For students who are angry or less easy to be patient, be patient with binding the hands and feet in a chair at night and requested a bite nyarnuk. After an hour or two exercises, the students reflect and be together. However, he still educators who do not see child-resistant didiknya be afraid punishment.



In principle, the effort is a tool that every student is trained to know the characters themselves and form unggulnya. Excellence is not merely endure physical chastisement, more than that, the benefits of the dlitandai with the attitude of prayer and a tribute, and disciplined asketis high, and have the attitude, but at the same time full of empathy. As if he deliberately wanted to mark the child didiknya as he would like to mark a big name in English, which means large, not half-hearted and not beek in Dutch children, which means river.



"Being a cadre means something other than the other; Keranjingan in what is thought to run in the boundaries defined moral and ethical," said Pater Beek.



Children Amsterdam



Josephus Gerardus Beek was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 12 March 1917. Characteristic of the Amsterdam blakblakan that, like the forthright and expressive, seemed a little arogan become characteristic of the Beek.

Beek was born as the youngest of four brothers. He was born to tika-World War I discharge. After the entry of Jesus to the States and became novis second year, he was sent to Indonesia.



Since the children he taught at the College, which is managed by Imam Jesuits. Since children are also taught not to be half-half. Beek young tempered since the beginning of the Jesuits in Iingkungan education that combines between humanism and religiositas.



When a novis, the spirit of youth dikobarkan with the passion to go to ground mission, Dutch East Indies, which is at once a political dependency on the government under the Netherlands, his country. When the Japanese occupied Indonesia, Pater Beek ever occupy internment camps.



In this book. story in the camp was also the illustration of the formation of self Beek spartan. At least, strengthen the idea that experience in galvanize students. And because this book is worth reading because it is not merely tokohnya which is still often considered to be controversial and full of mystery, but the fruit-fruit and spiritual exercise that is mentally and basic attitude and choice of acts that inspire the soul Pater Beek and children didiknya.

Become salty salt is ready to melt and disappear and not be seen, but always felt.