This Ritual Observation Project will be discussing my observations at Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church. I went there on June seventh to gain insight first hand into the Catholic Church’s rituals and beliefs. I will begin by breaking down the entire mass that took place during my observation then I will compare and contrast Catholicism to Baptist Christianity (my religion). When I first entered the area where the mass was to be held at, I began to notice the exquisite detail and the Stations of the Cross, which shows Jesus’ crucifixion. The pictures that show the fourteen Stations of the Cross can be found in my Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church PowerPoint presentation. In all of the Baptist churches that I have been to I have never
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Once, the offering plate passing is done the priest and the children stand up and the eucharis begins. As the mass continues, the individuals within the pew, kneel while Father Engram is making the eucharis holy and the bells is rang after each part. The rumor around the church is that the reason why they ring the bells after each part is because it used to be in Latin and those that were not fluent in Latin would get lost. While, the bread and wine are being eaten and drank they sing Bread of Heaven. Once the bread and wine is finished, different individuals get up and speak about events going on in the church and after they finish everyone sings while the priest and children leave. After they have left everyone else is allowed to exit. One interesting thing that takes place as the individuals leave the church is that they get Holy water and make a cross on their forehead. Everything that was observed during this mass helped me to understand the Catholic individual’s way of Christianity, which will help me with the final for this course (hopefully). There are a few similarities between my Baptist Christianity Religion and Catholicism. For instance, both religions have the “same number of New Testament books” (Sjoberg). Furthermore, after a baby is born in both religions there is some form of a baby dedication or christening that is performed. However, that is left up to the parent’s discretion. Now that we have discussed some of the similarities, let’s discuss some of the
Once, the offering plate passing is done the priest and the children stand up and the eucharis begins. As the mass continues, the individuals within the pew, kneel while Father Engram is making the eucharis holy and the bells is rang after each part. The rumor around the church is that the reason why they ring the bells after each part is because it used to be in Latin and those that were not fluent in Latin would get lost. While, the bread and wine are being eaten and drank they sing Bread of Heaven. Once the bread and wine is finished, different individuals get up and speak about events going on in the church and after they finish everyone sings while the priest and children leave. After they have left everyone else is allowed to exit. One interesting thing that takes place as the individuals leave the church is that they get Holy water and make a cross on their forehead. Everything that was observed during this mass helped me to understand the Catholic individual’s way of Christianity, which will help me with the final for this course (hopefully). There are a few similarities between my Baptist Christianity Religion and Catholicism. For instance, both religions have the “same number of New Testament books” (Sjoberg). Furthermore, after a baby is born in both religions there is some form of a baby dedication or christening that is performed. However, that is left up to the parent’s discretion. Now that we have discussed some of the similarities, let’s discuss some of the