Karl Rahner made a major contribution to the trinitarian theology in this post-modern era. He has attempted to reconcile the classical doctrine of the Trinity with contemporary thought. Rahner spoke about the topic of the oneness and triadity of God. Regarding the oneness of God, Rahner did not speak about the one ousia / divine essence, but rather the unity or perichoresis of the three divine persons. What is called God here, is not the essence of divinity but the Father who is the source of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, Rahner emphasizes the identification and relationship between the immanent Trinity and the economic Trinity which according to him is the important point in the theology of the Trinity. Consequently, the only starting point for developing a theology of the Trinity is the history of our experience with God, in which God reveals Himself in two ways, namely through the Word and the Spirit. This article presents Karl Rahner's thoughts on the Trinity and its relevance to human life. First of all, the author describes about the place of Trinitarian theology in the general framework of Rahner's anthropological theology. Next, it discussed his thoughts on the Trinity itself and at the end, the relevance of the Trinity to human life. This relevance becomes evident in Rahner's thought about the communication of God to man in the form of His Word and Spirit.

This study answers a phenomenon of double funeralrite that often occurs among the Catholics who converted from Marapu, the ethnic religion of the people of Sumba. Double funeralrite is the practice of funeral ceremonies consisting of official liturgy of the Catholic Church and spontaneously followed by a number of Marapu rites. Such a practice indicates a dualism of belief, in the sense that people have embraced the Catholic faith but are still attached to the elements of their old beliefs. In this study the author investigates in depth both the funeral rites according to Marapu and the double practice phenomenon in funeral ceremonies of Catholics who converted from Marapu. The main purpose of this research is to find parallels and intersections between Catholic’s concept of life after death and that of Marapu’s. Discussion and analysis of the data prioritizes the meaning behind each verbal and non-verbal expression. The meaning of prayers, rituals and symbols used in funeral according to Marapu reveals universal values ​​that parallel to the values ​​contained in Catholic teaching. According to Marapu belief, death is the return of the soul towards “ancestral village”, which is the final resting place of souls after death. This return is believed to be a long journey before arriving at the ancestral village. Prayers and ceremonies carried out by humans aim to help the soul to enter the ancestral village. This concept parallels to the Catholic understanding of soul purification after death before entering the eternal happiness in Heaven. Such parallels allow a construction of the encounter between Catholic teachings and Marapu ones about life after death.

In this article the author presents the views of the Catholic Church herself about the identity of Catholic schools. This view is spread in a number of Church documents both issued by the Vatican II and by the Pope and Roman Dicasteries. According to this view, Catholic schools have a basic call to educate children and young people to become individuals who have integrity, wisdom and firm faith. For this reason, every Catholic School must continue to maintain a supernatural vision, a strong anthropological foundation, an integral education, the spirit of unity and togetherness of all those involved in the educational process and sustained by the living testimony of the teachers.

Abstract. The education of candidates for the priesthood at the Major Seminary aims to produce priests who are qualified according to the expectations of the Church, namely serving God and others in total self-devotion. For this reason, priests voluntarily embrace celibacy. This choice is not without obstacles, therefore through spiritual formation in the seminary, prospective priests cultivate self-maturity to be able to live their sexual life correctly and healthily. This research aimed to explain the correlation of spiritual formation in seminary on the sexuality appreciation of prospective priests. The method used in this research was descriptive quantitative statistical analysis of 30 students at St. Mikhael Major Seminary Kupang. From this study it can be concluded that the longer the formation period, the higher the spiritual intelligence and healthy sexuality appreciation of the prospective priests.Abstrak. Pendidikan calon imam di Seminari Tinggi bertujuan untuk menghasilkan imam-imam yang berkualitas sesuai harapan Gereja, yaitu melayani Tuhan dan sesama dalam pengabdian diri yang total. Untuk itu imam secara sukarela menganut hidup selibat. Pilihan ini bukanlah tanpa tantangan karena itu melalui pembinaan di seminari, calon imam mengolah kematangan diri agar mampu menghayati kehidupan seksualnya secara benar dan sehat. Penelitian ini diadakan untuk dapat menjelaskan pengaruh pembinaan kerohanian di seminari terhadap penghayatan seksualitas calon imam. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis statistik kuantitatif deskriptif terhadap 30 mahasiswa di Seminari Tinggi St. Mikhael Kupang. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa semakin lama masa pembinaan, semakin tinggi pula kecerdasan spiritual dan penghayatan seksualitas yang sehat dari para calon imam.

The phenomenon of dualism in practising the faith among Catholics who converted from Sumbanese ethnic religion (Marapu) is a real challenge faced by the Catholic Church in Sumba. Such dualism is transparent in the practices of using simultaneously both Catholic and Marapu rites in the popular religiosity of Sumbanese Catholics. Both Catholic priests and Marapu ritual leaders are asked by the people, on different occassions, to perform rituals for their benefit. These two kinds of ritual leaders are equally considered as mediators of communication between human beings and the supernatural world. Such a practice reveals a deep encounter between Catholic and Sumbanese ethnic religion regarding the form, direction and means of communication between humans and supernatural beings. The author’s fieldwork at Weepangali in the district of Sumba Barat Daya, from January to August 2013, reveals a new concept and understanding of mediation, that is a mixture between a Catholic concept and a Marapu one. Some supernatural figures in Marapu religion are equated with those in Catholic devotions. This new understanding, however, is not formally and institutionally recognized in either the Marapu or Catholic hierarchies, but rather found more informally and spontaneously in the religious experience of Sumbanese Catholics. This phenomenon indicates the strong mutual influence between Catholic and Marapu experience, after a prolonged and ongoing encounter. <b>Kata-kata Kunci:</b> Dunia empiris, dunia meta-empiris, ritual Marapu, doktrin Katolik, pengalaman religius, pengantaraan, perjumpaan.