Benedict

the appropriate skills and knowledge necessary to excel after graduation. In fact, only 1 in 4 high school students graduate college-ready. (Sheehy) Are the academic techniques used today the most effective they can be? In the book How We Learn by Benedict Carey, he details multiple studies about memory and learning; and provides insight on how these studies can be implemented to create more effective ways of learning. Using Carey’s techniques can drastically improve students overall success in…

author speaks of the meticulous process of creating the perfect dose, because overdose could be more lethal than the actual disease. This is historically accurate. These herb gardens were very important in the lives of Benedictine monks. According to Benedict of Nursia, the founder of Monte Cassino monastery “Before all things, and above all things, especial care must be taken of the sick.” When any monk joins into a monastery of any kind, not just a Benedictine Monastery, he must take vows. He…

Joan of Arc A simple, small farm girl made a great difference when possibly saving the French from the English command. She is an inspiration who would lead the French to many victories. This inspiration is knows as Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc a girl living in a small town had enormous dreams of forever fighting for her country. Joan wanted to show to the world that even if you didn’t know how to read, write, and have no background with the military you can still be able to do amazing things. Joan…

In modern Church history, one of the most contentious and controversial issues that the Roman Catholic Church has had to deal with in its ecumenical dialogue with other Christian churches is the Dogma of Papal Infallibility. This dogma was officially promulgated by Pope Pius IX at the First Vatican Council (1869-1870) in the Dogmatic Constitution Pastor Aeternus. This magisterial document defined the role and ministry of the pope within the Church. In their attempt to define the Petrine office,…

This article about a legendary female pope, or popesse, appealed to me as a Catholic who has learned a lot about Church history in nine years of Catholic schooling. A pope had a lot of influence in the Middle Ages as the head of the highly powerful Church, and the idea of an accidental female pope interested me due to the low status of women at the time. I also enjoy reading stories about mysterious legends and myths. Noble wrote this article intending to explain where her story came from,…

Hildegard of Bingen was a great mystic who was able to understand the natural world through her visions. She lived during the 11th and 12th centuries, 1089 to 1179, and was a significant figure during this medieval period because she was able to gain recognition during a male oriented time frame of the Catholic Church (Singer 57). During her childhood she spent the majority of her time among the Benedictines, and was educated in the convent of Disibodenberg (Singer 57). Therefore, Hildegard was…

The Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement and the Association of Roman Catholic Women priests are two organizations working toward women having the opportunity to be ordained in the Catholic Church. Reverend Jean Marchant a member of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement was ordained a priest July 25 of 2005. She believed women should have a more prominent role in the church and wanted something more drastic and dramatic to happen through her work. Before she was ordained a priest, she…

“No more arresting emblems of the modern culture of nationalism exist than cenotaphs and tombs of Unknown Soldiers” (Anderson 9). Benedict Anderson detects that the public does not care about who lies inside the tombs because the purpose of the cenotaphs and tombs is to remind the public of what the soldiers died for, the nation. If the cemetery of soldiers existed to reverence individuals, the size and color of cenotaphs and tombs would not be standardized to emphasize the commonality among the…

despising Hero. On the other hand, Benedict and Beatrice’s relationship in the play is much more functional since the two actually speak with each other outside of their own wedding which then allow them to explicitly agree on forming a relationship. Beatrice and Benedict’s relationship is the most functional romance in the play, thanks in no small part to their reciprocated desire to be with one another. Firstly, regarding a reciprocation of feelings, Beatrice and Benedict usually mirror the…

Why did The Rule of St. Benedict become universally used by communities of monks and nuns across Europe? I think there were several reasons why “The Rule” became universal. I think that it made life as a monk or nun uniform and universal (in a communitarianism sense). All people (monks and nuns) were financially equal. This occurred during a time that was, historically, a very depressed and poor time. With the fall of the Roman civilization and with the Romans being overrun by barbarians, the…