Church Decor for The Feast of Pentecost

It’s the atmosphere in the church of St. Peter Cathedral Bandung during the morning mass of Pentecost,

 May 19, 2013.

 

The color of the liturgy for the Pentecost is red. And these are what to décor for the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter Cathedral Bandung, first the Altar, second the Ambo or the psalmist table, the Jesus & Mary statue, the both Angel statues placed at the back. And do not forget to décor the seven chandeliers because they will be lit during the mass by one of the deacon. It was put on the table in front of the Big Easter candle which placed beside the Altar.

Here it is the Altar. The materials used are heliconia Wagneria & Bihai, anthurium Valentino, roses of Avalance & Mohana, Lily Kongkadon and hydrangea. The foliage is dracaena, sprengeri, anthurium leaves, caladium variegate and philodendron.

The flower arrangement in front of Ambo or psalmist table.

The two angels were occasionally decorated, such as today's. It's using a kind of vegetatif style.

The one in front of Mary

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Church decor by Team Margriet

Easter Church Décor 2013

Here’s the church décor at St. Peter Cathedral Bandung on Sunday Easter, March 31^st,  2013.

Some materials we seldom use are sun flowers, cigar flowers and calathea flowers or here it’s famous as ‘bunga uler-uleran’ which has a unique look.

The other materials used are lilium of ‘Kongkadon’, roses, chrysanthemum … etc.

The members of Margriet who got duty to décor the church wall décor, lead by Mrs. Diana.

Here’s the altar décor taken from the right side angle of view.

And this is the flower arrangement in front of the Easter Candle 2013.

The one in front of the psalmist table

The flower arrangements which placed in front of the twin Angel statue. We also have the tutorial how to make it here.

And here's the church wall decor for Easter 2013. We had to make 14 pieces of these. Two big ones were placed on the wall at the front, 2 at the back and 5 pieces each at the left & right side wall. If you’re curious to know how to make it, just click here.

The flower arrangements in front of Mary & Jesus statues

The flower arrangement's look placed at breezeway between the right wing of the church and the hall.

The twin flowers arrangements placed in front of St. Peter & Antonius statues.

Palm Sunday Church Flower Decor 2013

Okay, now that the Easter season has passed and we can take a bit breath, lets move on to the tutorials!!!

A few days ago, we just post on the mass, but now we'll take a closer look on the Holy Week flower decorations.

 Here's the Palm Sunday flower design on the altar, mostly we used kinds of palm leaves such as cycas, big cula palm lady palm or raphis exelsa and baloon flowers. And as focal point, we used woven palm leaves which made of yellow palm. We also have the tutorial.

Credits to the ladies from Margriet team who had done all these lovely flower arrangements for the Palm Sunday. Rome wasn't built in a day and so were these flower decorations,...very tiring.

Decor in front of the Mary and Jesus statues...

On the Tabernacle background and decor in front of the psalmist altar

And here is the wall decor. We have the tutorial for this arrangement for you to know, you can view them here

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The coordinator for the church decor is Mrs. Liani and for the wall decor is Mrs. Diana.

Good Friday Church Flower Decoration 2013

This day was not the day for the Margriet team to shine, why? Because it's Good Friday. And we didn't have any flower decoration whatsoever, the only decor inside the church were this black fabric background with Jesus Picture and coffin in front of it. Pssstt... don't tell anyone, but I actually kinda missed the old days when we got to pour sow flowers into the Jesus crucifix, yeah sure it made lots of flower trash afterwards, but the 'feeling' is more intense, right?

 As usual, even an hour before the mass began some already came to book the seats...

The details....

Maundy Thursday Church Flower Decoration 2013

This time's flower arrangements for the Maundy Thursday, the overall theme is white & green.  Thanks to Mrs. Helena as the coordinator and her team for this gorgeous flower decor.

As seen in above pics, the flower arrangements on the altar consist of 3 parts ie the left - center - right which each of them can stand by itself. They're united into one by using small branches or you can use salix for practical reason. The tutorial for this stunning flower design can be seen here.

And this is the one in front of the psalmist altar, if you want to know how to make them, you can view the steps in here. In this church flower decoration, we used roses, shamrock or spider chrysants, hydrangea, antirinum, carnations while the foliage we used was monstera, curly asplenium but mostly palm leaves.

And this flower arrangement is in front of the Mary statue.

A closer look on the arrangement

For the outdoor area, these flower arrangements were used. We also have the tutorial for making them.

Lastly, here's the design for the flower offerings used in the mass.

The Church Decor for Holy Wednesday 2013

Not much to say here, just want to show you guys the St. Peter Cathedral church flower arrangements for the Holy Wednesday. Unfortunately since it's already been noon, all the flower arrangements had already been moved to make place for the Maundy Thursday flower arrangements. But better late than never since we can still show you the pics!!

Here are the flower arrangements on the altar...

And here are the flower arrangements beside the Jesus and Mary statues which there's a touch of red in the arrangements.

And lastly, here's the flower offering for the mass!

Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter Cathedral Bandung

Hi, guys…

We’re entering the Holy week starting with the Palm Sunday, the day when Catholics commemorate the misery of Jesus Christ. And as usual, we attended the mass at 10.45 a.m. that’s always ‘full’. 

Like the name, Palm Sunday is identical with palm leaves. The church was decorated with yellow palm, cycas, lady palm or raphis exelsa and some other kinds of palm leaves. We’ll post the church decoration in the separate post soon, and for those who would like to know how to make the altar and wall décor, we’ll also provide you with the tutorial. Please visit our new blog at flowerarrangingtutorial.blogspot.com

The St. Peter Cathedral church was full of youngster at Palm Sunday. No seat was left empty, even lots of people were standing at the back side during the mass lasted. The right wing of the church and the hall were also full. It’s good sign that the young generation beginning to concern the religion and their relation to Lord.

The procession of the blessing of palm leaves. Look at the smoke from the burning of myrrh, frankincense that rose to the top.  (image above) The blessing was led by pastor Anton Subianto OSC.

Church Décor on Advent Weeks

Four weeks before Christmas is Advent. This year, it was started on Nov 24 and will last till Dec 23. During Advent, the church decor is more dominated by foliage than flowers. Though there were bit of flowers used, they should be matched with the foliage so we usually use green hydrangea, bromelia, croton and tri-color. The last two are actually leaves but have a wide range of colors.

And here’s the decoration in front of the Altar. The materials are kadaka or asplenium, phillo sellum, tri-color, fern, leather leaf and those big light purple flowers are not hydrangea but a kind of that … sorry, don’t know the real name. My friend, Diana bought them from the seller in front of her house. And this is the first time we use them. (image below)

Some members of Margriet who were on duty at that time, quite a lot ya, but there was much work too, since it was the first advent week so it should be more special than the other weeks. Besides, though it’s advent there were 3 marriage ceremonies on Sat and Sunday. So, Margriet still had to prepare the chair and pew decoration, the bouquets and candle offerings to Mary. (image above)

The unfinished flower arrangement for the altar. Look at the gradation color of the green - light green - soft purple. (image below)

The leaves arrangements in front of Jesus and Mary statues

The one in front of psalmist table

Bazaar at The Church of St. Peter Cathedral - Bandung

Guys … there is Bazaar at the church of St. Peter Cathedral this weekend. It is to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Cathedral St. Peter Church. Taking the theme of ‘Peduli – Bersekutu – Menginspirasi’, the bazaar is taking place at the left side area of the church and  at the front yard of ‘St. Joseph’ Elementary School (behind the church) and last from 16 – 18 November 2012. There are many products sold from clothes, snacks, drink and many kinds of culinary. Since this is a long weekend holiday so don’t forget to come, ya. Have fun there!!

The opening ceremony marked with cutting the ribbon and balloons straps was done by Pastor Markus and Leo at the left gate on Friday afternoon.  

Margriet Team also participated, especially in the opening ceremony yesterday evening. What was it? Tadaa….  A three-tier Birthday Cake made from Fresh Cut Flowers!!! It's placed on the main stage, ready to decorate it together with the other ornaments placed in front.

The four big standing flower arrangements were placed in the four corners of the stage. The sizes are between 1 - 1.2 m x 1.5 - 2 m (width x height).

The materials used are heliconia, cigar flowers, ginger flowers, lilies of ‘Pompadon’, white snapdragon, papyrus, rose Voodoo, Rose Aleandra, philodendron, ruscus, SOI, cordyline and sprengeri leaves.

The pastor from the beginning up to now, from riding bike to driving car (left image). The five pastors who serve at the Cathedral St. Peter Church now are (clockwise) Pastor Leo, Budi, Sutiman, Markus and Pastor Dedi (right image)