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April 11, 1998, I became Catholic and it was the happiest day of my life. I had waited over 25 years to be confirmed and receive communion and because of religious education, my dream had finally come true. Religious education has many facets in the Catholic Church and that night I made a promise to myself that I would learn as many as I could in my lifetime. As a military child, I was always intrigued by the Catholic faith. Every Sunday I would watch the Catholic families pile into their…

Back to School Night Good evening, and welcome to Back to School Night! As we start the new school year, it is important to reflect on why we are here and what we hope to accomplish. The Catholic school has, as a primary mission, the faith formation of our children. It is up to us, in partnership with you, to address matters of faith. Tonight, I want to assure you of my commitment to the faith formation of the children. The Gospel values and our faith identity will pervade all we do. As a…

were movements not for release from a religious control, but for a fuller and more abundant religious control.” While the Catholic Church was undeniably becoming increasingly corrupt and the clergymen were pluralistic, extortionist, and simony-condoning, this was likely not what caused the widespread Protestant Reformation. While a select few people who abhorred the Catholic Church’s methods of religious control,…

bring souls to Christ through the Catholic Church by the “ministry of the word, by spiritual exercises, by works of charity, and expressly by the instruction in Christianity of children and the uneducated” (Ryan). Jesuits opened schools and colleges where Bishops ordered them in order to build strong Catholic laity (Connor). Teaching was a primary work of the Jesuits, and they were well educated…

Shared by all of them was the impression that salvation is mutually effected by humans through their ability to please God by doing righteous acts or good works, and by God through his offer of forgiving grace. However, the Catholic Church taught during the Middle Ages that through righteous acts and good works, salvation was possible. Luther broke this tradition dramatically by stating that humans contribute nothing to their salvation: salvation is entirely an act of divine…

and ports, like the Strait of Magellan, for upcoming explorers and expeditions. Although Martin Luther is not a very popular figure in the Catholic Church, he had a greater impact on history than Ferdinand Magellan, as a controversial figure, by leading to significant reforms in the Catholic Church, which later influenced the morals and ideas of the Catholic Church today, emphasizing and recognizing the bible as a central religious source, and by translating the bible, making it omnipresent.…

start to question if they were teaching the truth. The Renaissance Era began after the tragedies of the Black Death and The Crusades left the catholic people questioning why god would bring this to them and also left the Europeans wanting to go back to the glory days of the Roman Empires. The teachings of the church were challenged through the art, catholics inside the church and scientific advancements. The Renaissance inspired a new way of thinking that changed Europe forever. Art in this era…

conceived Catholic from my mom, yet my dad is Protestant. From setting off to a Catholic school when I was more youthful, I took in the Catholic conviction, yet too periodically we would go to chapel with my grandma who was Protestant. Seeing the contrast between a few religions and their convictions gives an alternate point of view toward that they are so inviting to different convictions. On the off chance that you are not Catholic, you are disapproved of and don't feel welcome in the Catholic…

nationalities and religions, it is not expected to be a fully unified country. Coming from a Vietnamese and Cambodian family, I have very different beliefs than where I go to an all Catholic girls school. Because I am Buddhist, I disagree with what the Catholic Church says about religious practices. When I pray to God at school, I believe in the some of moral values taught by Jesus Christ, but I do not fully believe in following his foot steps. For example, I do not believe in the body and blood…

is unique because I was raised in a Catholic-household, meaning I went through my First Communion and Confirmation, but I still never had the willingness to learn who Christ was, or why I was a Christian. My own personal struggle with my faith finally concluded when I came to APU. The feelings of skepticism and uneasiness about where I was with my faith really felt as though they…