When cruise ship passengers come to St. Thomas, they will see something opulent. Such sights on the island are breathtaking, and it will be something the tourist won’t forget. They will learn about the history of St. Thomas, along with the other islands that reside in the United States Virgin Islands. They’re rich in history and culture, going all the way back to the first inhabitants, the Ciboney, Taino, Arawak, and the Carib tribes. However, there is so much more to St. Thomas once we dive deeper into the land features, culture, history, and the natives to the island.…
We are taught history in the hopes that we will be able to avoid the mistakes of past, however, it seems that history continues to repeat itself. However, it seems that history often finds a way to repeat itself, even during the present day. We have come a long way from the time of Pope Urban II but the problems we face are still similar in essence. Although the Crusades were fought over eight hundred years ago some of the same problems still exist today.…
Pope Gregory I, was the first monk to become pope of the catholic church between 590 and 604 AD. He was also the first pope who had the name of Gregory and the fourth doctor in the Latin Church. One of the many achievement he has made was to break the terror made by the Lombards who invaded Italy in 568. Even though Pope Gregory I accomplished many great things during his time, he was also “likely to be the first pope to send a mission to take the gospel to ends of the world” (Hollas). Pope Gregory was an important figure in the early church, and played an essential role in developing missions in Western Europe.…
Saint Julia Billiart Saint Julia (Julie) Billiart was born in 1751 in Cuvilly France. After she sadly died in 1816 at the age of 64 she was made the patron saint against poverty, bodily ills, and disease. In her childhood, she was very religious, at age seven, she already knew the catechism by heart, and used to gather up her peers and tell it to them. Julie’s progress in spiritual things was so rapid that the parish priest, Father Dangicourt, allowed her to both make her first communion and her confirmation at age nine.…
Saint Luke the evangelist was very faithful to God and helped a lot of people learn about God. Saint Luke was one of the four Gospel writers. His Gospel is the second longest out of the four. His gospel has my favorite story which is the Good Samaritan. His gospel taught about the love and faithfulness of Jesus Christ.…
In the novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, Ignatius is not the best when it comes to understanding people. When he meets a man named Dorian, nothing changes. Dorian is amused by Ignatius ‘originality’ and humors what he says. But when Dorian insists that Ignatius is nuts, Ignatius starts to insult the gay community. But when Ignatius see’s that the Gay community in New Orleans is larger than he thought, even extending to the military, he decides to work with them.…
My family moved to Meridian, MS from California when I was around six or seven years old. Since then, all the way up to the ninth grade, my mother took my sister and me to Saint James A.M.E. Church for Sunday services. One Sunday, a cousin of mine brought me along to the service of her new church, and ever since then I have been attending New Freedom Tabernacle. I have found that NFT has certain qualities about it that have always attracted my attention in ways that St. James could not; so, I became an official member of NFT within a few months of the switch. St. James and NFT are two very separate, distinct churches in a multitude of ways, yet they also carry certain traits that make them very similar.…
In the seventeenth century, the Catholic Church had lost all of their people to the Protestant Reformations, but that didn’t stop them from trying to get their people back. The Church had turned to art, human emotions, and realness a new style called the Baroque style The Church put their hearts out to the world so they people can see what made them be apart of the Catholic church in the first place. In the processes, of getting their people back from the Protestant Reformations an artist named Andrea Pozzo did a piece called "Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius," that showed a story of empowerment, suffering, the togetherness. This painting really shows the attempt of the Catholic Church trying to get their people to go back home. For instance, the Catholic Church they were strong, but lost their people which lead…
Constantine is often regarded as the first Christian emperor, receiving veneration as a saint in both the Eastern and Western churches. The myth of “Saint Constantine” states that he awoke in the middle of the night, a bead of sweat might have been dripping down his temple, as he recalled the dream that initiated the rise of Christianity . Visions of Christ had told him in this dream to paint the first letter of Jesus’s last name on his army’s shields and for the spears to be made into crosses . With the legions adorn with Christian iconography, they marched into battle and claimed victory over their enemies. A triumph declared and an arch was erected depicting the story of the conquest.…
Creating a Catholic high school for low income students, with a work study program that helps students pay for their tuition, but is also a college preparatory high school, with cura personalis as its building block sounds like a dream. However, Father John Foley made it a reality for more than 10,000 students across America. Father John Foley is a Jesuit priest who started Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, IL in 1996. By 2001, The Cristo Rey Network of schools was created, now including 30 schools nationwide. So the real question here is: How did he do it?…
My loyal vassals, Pope Urban II has given us a challenge. A new group of muslims had conquered the Holy Land. They do not let our people go there on pilgrimages. They also are threatening our ally, the byzantine empire. Even though they split our church, we should find it in our hearts to help them.…
Mason Fisher Mrs. Yaros English 8th 12/11/15 St. John Did you know that every year St. John’s grave lets off a dust that heals the sick or that he drove out demon that lived in a pagan temple for 249 years (Saint John the Apostle). St. John is a saint because of the miracles he performed, how much he preached, and his faith in Jesus. He performed many miracles, converted many people and he was also the apostle that Jesus loved the most.…
Constantine once said “How pleasing to the wise and intelligent portion of mankind is the concord which exists among you” (“Constantine the Great”). Constantine ruled from A.D. 306 to 337, and was most commonly known for being the first Christian Emperor. Constantine fought to take power after his father’s death and saw a vision that would convert him to a Christian forever. The life of Constantine revolved around his family, his conversion to christianity and the type of leader he was throughout his Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was later known as the Roman Emperor Constantine I who fought at Milivian Bridge, and built Constantinople.…
Ignatius Loyola: Saint Ignatius Loyola was a priest and theologist from Spain. He was born on October 23rd 1491 and died on July 31st 1556. He is most famous for being the founder of the society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. During the 16th century people in Europe were starting to break away from away from the Roman Catholic church and the time of reformation started to take place.…
Tale of Two Leaders The striking differences between a Catholic priest and a Christian pastor are nearly too numerous to count. Not only in the services they conduct, but their orientation into their field and the way they are taught to interact. The reality of the situation is the contrasts exist only to highlight to comparisons. Between Ronald Cobb, the Christion pastor in Horton Kansas, and Benjamin Tremmel, the Catholic priest of the Good Intent Parish, there exist some of the most uncommon similarities one might find between such different holy men.…