...I was raised a Catholic. As a Catholic we go to church on Sunday. Our church is a bit more conservative than Christian churches. We go there and sit in the pews waiting for the priest and the altar servers to make their entrance. It is usually quiet before church starts although one knows the atmosphere of the church. Not only does one smell the incense but one sees the all the stain glass windows littered with images of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, angles, and other biblical characters. One thing I’ve found out about Catholic churches is that they always have the images or sculptures of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. There is also an area in the church that has multiple candles that parishioners can light in memory of a loved one or in respect to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, God, and so on. One other thing that is a given at a Catholic church is the open access to the Holy Water. Up at the front there is the alter were the Priest will lay out the bread and wine to do the blessing for communion. Behind the alter is usually a large sculpture of Jesus on the cross. To the side of all the pews is where the choir sits. Once church starts we do our blessings and great one another. We have two readings from the bible and then the priest does his sermon explaining the readings. After that we take the bread and wine and then do our closing song. This is what I was used to. So going to my friend’s church was rather outside of my comfort zone. My best friend Jess is a very devout Christian...
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...Site Visit # 1 For my first site visit, I decided to attend Saint Martin of Tours Church. I am not of any religious background and do not attend church, if I do go to church it is with my husband and his family during holidays and they are Lutheran. I personally have never attended a Catholic church, so that I why I decided to attend this church. I attended Saint Martin of Tours Church on July 13, 2014 and it is located in Valley City. The church is very large and beautiful. It is made out of all brick and many large glass windows. The inside of the church is just as I would of imagined also, very bright and welcoming. When I first walked in, a woman who welcomed me and handed me what they call a bulletin greeted me. As I entered the chapel, I noticed there were three different aisles and 4 long rows of seats or pews. The ceilings were vaulted and extremely high. I was surprised how large it was in inside, although the building is very large for the outside, I do not think I imagined it being so massive inside. At the front of the chapel, there were three very large wooden arches behind the pastor, and in the middle of the arches was a very large wooden cross. Just above the cross was a very intricate circle of stained glass, it had every color imaginable and resembled what looked like a flower to me. There were also signs in the front corners of the church that had numbers listed on them. I actually asked my husband, who went with me, what...
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...justify their religious beliefs as an indirect way of dismissing the beliefs of other groups. Another form taken by modern religious discrimination is where an isolated case of irresponsibility is used to judge a whole religion. An example can be given of the child abuse scandal committed by catholic priests that was used to express disapproval of the entire Catholic Church and its teachings (Taylor 1). This case demonstrated that despite the tremendous efforts made by both the government and the various religious groups in the country, religious discrimination remains prevalent and there is need for increased efforts to sensitize people on the implications this form of discrimination has on the peaceful coexistence of communities. Although I have not experienced discrimination because of my religious beliefs, there remains a possibility of it happening. However, I plan to use the chance positively and sensitize the other party on the importance of accommodating the beliefs of others even when those beliefs contradict with ours. It is only through continuous education that sustainable interventions on eradicating religious discrimination will be achieved. Works Cited Taylor, Pamela. Catholics More Likely to Face Ethnic Bias than Religious Discrimination. Onfaith, 16 March 2007. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. <...
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...“My Personal Testimony” I have grown up in church all of my life, more specifically in a Catholic Church. I was raised in a Christian home. We went to church every Sunday, went every Sunday night, and every Wednesday night. For me, going to church was natural. If I ever missed a week, it was because I was sick. I was baptized when I was six years old. The entire congregation of my Church supported me and helped mold me into who I am today. During my freshman year of high school, my grandfather had a heart attack and died. This was a huge shock to me. For the next couple of weeks, I kept all of my emotions to myself. Even now, it is still hard to talk about. Eventually my emotions bottled up for too long and I thought about suicide. I did not want to talk about it, but I did not know another way to release my pent up emotions. The one thing that allowed me to cope was working in the audio and video team at Church. The crew members there really helped me to forget about what had happened. They have been very supportive in many different ways. Because of their commitment to helping me cope with the loss of my grandfather, I wanted to help out in any way I could. It made me feel very good to work every week in church, knowing that I was repaying those people who helped me out during one of the darkest parts of my life. I am still working on the audio and video team at church. Even though the work that the audio and video team and I do often goes unnoticed, I still enjoy serving...
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...children that can be sold in meat markets. This surprise is identical when swift suggests that children should be sold to meat places as it would boost the Irish economy and have new recipes in their menu. This creates surprise as swift had to consistently eat or sell his children if they lived in Ireland. In his surprise ending, swift was successful in convincing as he had already calculated on the age, price and weight of the children to be sold. Also in his proposal he argued that chefs could improve their culinary skills as there would be new meat in their recipe. Similarly, swift gives a surprise ending as he uses the catholic religion as satire when he uses “papist” word used by anti-Catholics to reject pope. By being stereotypic on Catholics, he argues that young infants were not able to steal which implied that it was a common practice of the Irish catholic. Generally, swift uses satire in his modest proposal as it is unbelievable in what he was proposing such as selling and eating babies. Suggestions such as using carcasses of the infants to be used as women gloves and clothing also creates prejudices against the poor. Also by his declaration that landlords “devoured” the unable parents depicts that the wealthy lived on the expense of the poor. Swift uses the rich as satire to show how disconnected they were from the poor that would agree with his outlandish...
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...because I wasn’t really sure of how I would be received and how I should dress, and if there would be all sorts of questions. I didn’t want to offend anyone so I decided to visit a Catholic church instead. I decided to visit a Catholic Church that I am familiar with only by of way visiting there to take my grandmother for bingo. I also know several co-workers that have either attended here for service and or for school. Upon driving up the church you really do get a “churchy” felling. The outside of the building is beautiful with a large center steeple and stained glass windows. The building is of a light color limestone, like many of the older building located here in town. The building is expansive it takes up almost half a block. On one side is the church with few parking spaces and across the street is an even larger parking lot. The service was interesting in that it was “low key” I guess I would want to say. What I mean by this is that it wasn’t the loud, singing, testimony, booming voice service that I am use to attending. The pastor spoke in a low calm tone and the hymns to me were kind of monotone. I’m use to more upbeat singing with the piano, keyboards, saxophones and strong soulful voices that sing several songs before the preacher takes to the alter. The service at the Catholic Church was very quiet almost solemn in a way. I feel that the overall service was direct more so on a level of teaching for understanding but still keeping within the relm of how...
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... | |Describe the place of worship you will visit. |I would like to study the Catholic religion, because I am | | |Baptist. I will ask one of my friends who is a Catholic. | |What do you already know about this topic? | | | |I really do not much about the religion. I believe Catholic | | |Religion is that almost of Chrisitans Religion. I know a little | | |about catholic holidays. I am hoping to learn more through this | | |project since my knowledge on this topic is extremely minimal. | |What resource will you use to find a place of worship for this | | |religion? |I could go to Church with my friend, or I could go online and | | |find a local Catholic Church other than my friends to worship. | |What are some sources you could use to gain more knowledge about | ...
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...Domestic Violence - HUS 201 | The Catholic Church-Child Sexual Abuse Scandal | 14 December 2013 | The Catholic Church – Child Sexual Abuse Scandal Throughout many decades, there has been a scandal circulating, which many found disturbing, abusive, and mistrusting. Throughout many decades, there has been a scandal circulating, which many found disturbing, abusive, and mistrusting. Religion is a “set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially whenconsidered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional andritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs (Dictionary.com).” Many individuals across the world practice the Catholic religion. According to BCC World News in the article, How Many Roman Catholics Are There in the World?, there are an estimated 1.2 billion practicing Catholics around the world. In this paper, you are going to learn about the findings within the past of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church, the history of the abuse, who was affected by this problems, and future solutions. Nationally, there has been an epidemic against child sexual abuse within the Catholic church. This abuse is arising from all of the world including, but not limited to, Australia, The United States of America, Brazil, and Italy. This abuse has been happening for a long time. In the book, Father Thomas Doyle, alongside former monks Richard...
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...Field Research Sage Smith REL 212 Monique Baucham March 11, 2012 I chose to research the Catholic religion since I know very little about the Catholicism except that it was my mother’s religion. I went to church very briefly but was too young to grasp what Catholicism was about and how a Catholic was taught to act and believe. When I was in high school, I briefly dated someone who was a very conservative Catholic and we talked about our beliefs. He informed me I could never be a ‘true’ Catholic because some of my personal beliefs went against the church’s teaching. However when I asked him if his views were based off personal beliefs, like mine, or if they were due to the teachings of his religion he couldn’t truly answer. That experience really turned me off to Catholicism. I felt religion wasn’t for me if that was what the church was teaching its ‘flock’; forcing them to believe what the church wants you to believe and installing within you the fear of sinning against or the threat of being removed from the church if your views are different. I’m not one who believes in following the teaching of a religion verbatim especially since most religions have not evolved with the changes of time and still hold strong to the ideals and beliefs that were prevalent hundreds of years ago. Before researching Catholicism I had many misconceptions regarding the Catholic religion. When I decided to research Catholicism I really felt this would strengthen my belief that religions...
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...Critical Thinking Paper Final Paper Critical Thinking – PHI 210 12/14/2012 Religions are the Cause of War Most religions are not complex in their beliefs. There is a God and his angels or a hierarchy of deities to get to God. There is a heaven and a hell of sorts that the person will go to when they pass on. Most times this depends on how you treated your fellow man or what you did to show God how you felt about him. It’s a no brainer really, the whole “Do unto others as you have them do unto you” or a form of this is in every religion. Then let’s not forget the Messiah or Prophet. Every religion has one. The messiah/prophet was sent by God; a form of himself as human to save humanity from their evil ways. In some religions he was born of the virgin and in others he did not get his calling until he was older. They are more than life and do no wrong. They go throughout the world helping the poor. A Robin Hood if you will; who took from the rich to give to the poor. Religions are rooted and grounded in tradition and give people something to believe in. A “Higher Power”. The “Higher Power” gives a sense of direction. The church through religion gives guidance on how to live our lives and be better people. Regardless of religion or sect, the church brings people together for understanding of the religion and to pray. The church plays an important and is very influential role in the way people live or conduct their lives (Erwin, 2012). With most religions...
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...ASSIGNMENT ONE, FRANCISCAN SOURCES CFS, DECEMBER 2010 Answer to question one: Hagiography is from two Greek words Hagios which means holy or saint and graphy which means writing. Therefore, the word Hagiography means the writing on holy people. In catholic tradition, it is the writing of a saint's live, a study of a saint life. It does not necessarily attempt to give full details, historical account of the life of an individual saint. Rather, it is written so that their life can be an inspiration to people. It is written so that their life can have a salvific effect on people. It is also written so that people can also reflect on the outcome of their life, helps strengthen people's faith. Finally, Hagiography helps us to see the saints as a mirror for us to imitate. Legend is from the Latin word legenda which means something to be read about the life a saint. The Catholic church sees that this person has done something worth worthy therefore it has to be written for everybody because the life of the person worth to imitate. It is written down so that those who have not heard about the person's life can know something about him/her too. So that everyone will see them as a mirror to imitate, role model and as a inspirator. It is written also in order to be read during the feast day or name day of the saint. These are read during holy hour, at meal time The purpose of reading the life of a saint is for edification. Testament is something someone writes as a wish to follow...
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...Short answer: With the short answers, you will be expected to write a paragraph answering one or more questions posed to you. a. Describe the importance of the individual in Renaissance humanist thought. Humanism, an educational and philosophical outlook that emphasizes the personal worth of the individual and the central importance of human values as opposed to religious belief, developed in Europe during the Renaissance, influenced by the study of ancient Greek and Latin literature and philosophy. Humanists believed that people should enjoy life on earth, and question the bible while interpreting how they wish. Humanism was more independent from the Roman Catholic Church, and allowed people to think about other things rather than just Religion. In art, music, philosophy, and political theory, the new emphasis was on what was human; hence the word humanism has come to describe much of the Italian Renaissance This effected the Renaissance Worldview because people of the time started to believe more in Humanist ideas and life on earth rather than just working to death, just to go to heaven. Or Individualism. People thought it right to be themselves - the great man can shape his own destiny. Humans are the center of the universe and the "measure of all things." Humans could do well at many things: "The Renaissance Man." Humans began to have a questioning attitude and challenged tradition and authority. They believed life on earth was more important than the afterlife...
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...History of Cainta Catholic College Cainta Catholic College dawned through the CICM missionary zeal. In 1931, Rev. Fr. Jose Tajon was parish priest of Our Lady of Light. Since he ran a school at the Manila Cathedral. his former parish, he deemed it wise to open a Catholic School so that the children of the town could avail of primary education. From charity money and donation, Fr. Tajon was able to maintain the school free of tuition fee but with regularly paid teachers. He indeed established a feat of sort, as he was able to have this arrangement even during the duration of the Second World War. Enrolment increased each year up to 1944. The pupils were housed in three classrooms made of nipa and wood. Before Filipino became a national language, it was already part already part of the curriculum though the students spoke English just as well. The school produced most of the leading Catholics in Cainta. All through the pre-war years until the Japanese occupation and the American liberation, classes were continuously conducted. But in December 1944, Fr. Tajon died at the Santiago Hospital, during the shelling for the liberation of Manila. With his death, Cainta Catholic School unfortunately ceased its operation. In 1959, Fr. Daniel Courtens, another CICM priest, was appointed Parish Priest. Having observed the expenses and the risk, the youth of Cainta faced in wanting to have a secondary education offered in neighboring towns, he decided to re-open Cainta Catholic School. School...
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...* People were firm believers in an afterlife. This made people follow religion much more closely, so with that in mind they would obey anything the church would say. * The church manipulated the followers of the church to believe that they would essentially make the decision whether they were destined to heaven or hell. The church took full advantage of this and collected taxes from its followers. * Followers were required to pay a 10th of their earnings to the church. This was called tithing, the people were asked to pay a 10th of income, crops, seeds, or livestock. * The church also convinced its people that they would either go to heaven, hell or purgatory after death. Purgatory was believed to be a place that the soul went to after death if one wasn’t condemned to hell and wasn’t a firm enough believer in god to go to heaven. So the person’s soul would remain in purgatory until his or her soul was purified. The important part to this was the more prayers the person received while in purgatory the faster there souls were purified. So people would buy what they called indulgences with money and in return the church would reduce the time they spent in purgatory. This was another tactic used by the church to increase its wealth and dominance. * PS 1…Tetzel’s Sermon on Preaching Indulgences How many mortal sins are committed in a day… , and those that commit them must needs suffer endless punishment in the burning pains of Purgatory. * Luther, The Ninety-Five...
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...power, the Catholic Church abused it by exploiting the uneducated laity in a variety of different ways. Luther had his tower experience in 1516, while he was studying the Bible he came to a realisation that the Catholics have misinterpreted it and they are not following the word of God. One year later, Luther published his ideas on how the Catholic Church could reform and make it into a more complete religion, these were the Ninety-five Theses. This was the start of Luther’s challenge to the Catholic Church. The most significant reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in 1517-25 is because of the role of Luther, as he was the figurehead of Lutheranism and was very key to the challenge to the Catholic Church. Another significant reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in 1517-25 is because of the response of Church and the Holy Roman Empire. Furthermore, the support of Luther made it easier for Luther to challenge the Catholic Church and so was an important reason. The role of Luther is the most important reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in the years 1517-25. The Ninety-five Theses in 1517, the 1520 pamphlets and printing press were very significant factors in making the word of Luther more public to the uneducated laity about how the Catholic Church is exploiting them. The printing press helped Luther challenge the Catholic Church easily because Luther’s Ninety-five...
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