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Line 1: [[Image:Frans van Lith.jpg\|thumb\|Frans van Lith]] '''Franciscus Georgius Josephus van Lith SJ''' or often called "Frans van Lith" ([[17 May]] [[1863]]–[[9 January]] [[1926]]) was a [[Jesuit]] priest from [[Oirschot]], [[Netherlands]] who pioneered the [[Catholic]] mission in [[Java]], especially [[Central Java]]. He baptized the first Javanese at [[Sendangsono]], founded a school for teachers in Muntilan, and fought for the education of Javanese people during the [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] colonial rule. Line 6: He was renowned because of his ability to synchronize Roman Catholic teachings with that of [[Kejawen]] so that it could be accepted by the Javanese societies. Today in Eastern and Central java, Catholicism is a religion practised by quite a number of Javanese and people from the Chinese ethnic group. [[Pope John Paul II]], when giving a speech in [[Yogyakarta]] in [[10 October]] [[1989]], said that he stood on that day at the center of the Island of Java to commemorate those who had laid the foundations of the Catholic people, Father van Lith SJ and two of his disciples, Mgr [[Soegijapranata]] and mister [[IJ Kasimo]]. Van Lith arrived in Semarang in 1896 to study the culture and customs of [[Java]]. He was placed in [[Muntilan]] in 1897. He stayed in Desa Semampir at the banks of River Lamat. In[[14 December]] [[1904]], van Lith baptized 171 villagers from the region of Kalibawang in Sendangsono, [[Kulon Progo]]. This event is viewed as the birth of the Church among the [[Javanese people\|Javanese]] when the 171 people become the first Javanese to embrace Catholicism. The location of the baptism is now the pilgrimage center [[Sendangsono]]. ==Native Education==

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