THE noise caused by the heavy traffic of trucks on the main road of Ungaran seemed muffled as we entered the Girisonta monastery, a quiet place on a large plot of land. This is the place where retired elderly priests come for their health retreat or where members of the Catholic community use it as a sanctuary for meditation and contemplation. Father I. Kuntara Wiryamartana has been living at Girisonta for the past year.

Girisonta is a familiar pl