Catholic Church Field Experience

I came to the U.S. on my junior year. Before this, I never got a chance to learn about the religion and the Catholicism. At the very beginning of the Morality class, I always felt confused and couldn't understand what the teacher’s talking about. I think this is largely because of my lack of knowledge of Catholicism. What’s more, I could understand the policies of Catholic church sometimes. For example, I felt confused the first time when my host family told me that it is always wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence. And then they told me that it’s because it’s a deliberate violation of the design God built into the human race. I believe if I have known the foundations and moral principal of catholicism, I would be better understand Catholic church, encyclical letter, value. I would like to learn about Augustinian value, but I don’t think I can learn it through the class since most students were grown up in a Catholic family and they are familiar with that. Therefore, I proposed to conduct independent study on the Foundations of Catholicism to have an overall understanding of the structure of Catholic value and morality. By having an understanding of the Catholic value and morality, I think I can better understand Augustinian Values, spiritual principles and practices that have been approved by the Church. …show more content…
Journal and Reflection Paper: In my journal, I would like to identify the essential and fundamental content of Catholic doctrine, sacraments, focusing on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Secondly, I would like to see how to apply the foundations of Catholic morality when they are challenged by current events and