Convent

Describe the background of this person: Mary Mackillop was born on the 15th of January 1842, in Fitzroy Melbourne, the eldest of eight children. She was well educated by her father, who unfortunately lacked finial awareness so would often travel without a home. She was born into a catholic family. Her mother was called Flora and her father Alexander, both who had migrated from Scotland to Australia. Describe the context in which this person was living: The Mackillop children experienced an…

A Way to Christ “The rainy forenoon darkened “the dungeon” of the old prison, the last refuge of the Soubirous, who had been turned away from everywhere else” (Laurentin, 17). Fourteen year old Bernadette Soubirous was living in a disused jail with her parents and her five siblings. The family was destitute, living off of the wood that they gathered and using it to buy their daily bread. Bernadette’s father, Francois Soubirous, was out of work, out of time, and out of profit. The Soubirous…

Christian vocation is a life calling from God, relating to work, personal growth, career and often marriage. All baptised Christian are called to live a vocation of priest, prophet and king, three anointed figures in the Old Testament. Jesus lived as an example of all three offices, his very name, ‘Messiah’, meaning the ‘anointed’ one. In living a priestly life, Christians are required to make sacrifices and walk in fellowship with God. Jesus fulfilled both these tasks, further acting as the…

Before Martin Luther posted his 95th thesis on a church door in Worms, Germany so as to publicly air his grievances against the Church, another prominent figure also criticized the abuses of the Church. This man was no clergyman or ruler; he was a prominent literary figure of his time. This man was Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in part, deals greatly with the abuses and scandalous behaviors of authority figures in the Catholic Church. Before Luther and before changes were made,…

The relation of romance to superstition and supernatural is a close one at best. The romantic authors at the time used supernatural and superstition as a romantic endeavor. The language they used, the context they used that language in and the setting of that particular scene in the story as well. They used supernatural and superstitious topics as a way to romance a theme that was not particularly romanced at the time. This happens prominently in The Monk by Matthew Lewis and “The Rime of an…

is treated like less of a human and mocks the white Rhodesians by using their accent. The white Rhodesians call Babamukuru a good boy which is very dehumanizing. Nyasha isn’t the only one affected though. When Tambu is sent to the sacred heart convent she is put in dorms, but these dorms are segregated from the white dorms. You also see this in the scholarships that the missions hand out. They are so easy to lose, it 's like they don’t actually care about the kids at all. Tambu brings up…

Stories of princesses, or empresses, or even athletes, sometimes involve a “rags to riches” scenario. A story like Cinderella, a poor girl who eventually married Prince Charming, or even Michael Oher, an NFL offensive linemen, who had nothing and now is paid several millions, portray this concept. This type of life is also true for Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Theodora had a tough childhood, but ended up marrying Justinian the Great and is recognized as one of the most important…

Who? What? When? Why? How? These are the basic questions to ask yourself when you are trying to interpret or analyze a writing of essay. I have read three essays recently that I will analyze for you. Doing this I will help not only you understand the essay, but help myself dig further into the authors meaning. Essay number one is called “Two Ways to Belong in America” written by Bharati Mukherjee. Essay number two is called “Buying a House” written by Sean Prentiss. Last but not least essay…

Control can be a very fickle thing and often people seem to be dragged through life with no say on where they are going. When people attempt to regain the control that has slipped through their fingers, it can prove much more difficult than one would expect. Two authors who capture this in their writing are James Reaney and W. D. Valgardson, with their stories “The Box-Social” and “Celebration”. In the story “The Box-Social” a young woman named Sylvia is preparing a box for her small, rural…

ever. A man could still commit adultery and get away with it with little to no repercussion as long as he had not brought the mistress into the home. The old law still applied however if a woman committed adultery. She would be punished or sent to a convent and her children would be taken from her. Divorce required a long process of getting consent from family members,…