Eucharist

There has not been just one priest or sister in my life that has affected me more than another, but many have impacted my life over the years. Since I started school at St. Dominic High School last year, I feel I now have a better understanding of the catholic faith and its real meaning. Before, I went to a mass at St. Dominic, I never fully understood everything in mass or what it meant. I would always just go through the motions and not really understand what I was doing. I have learned…

Baptism Rituals enact through celebration, sharing, obedience, submission, purification and movement bridging belief and practice. I agree with that statement as many rituals involve a form of celebration, for example baptism; celebrating the purification of sins and the submission of one’s life to God and obedience as your vowing your complete compliance to God and opening yourself for the holy spirit. It is a sacred belief that has been practiced by many people and cultures. Baptism is a…

By no means would I call myself a religious person, though when I was younger I did attend church. The teachings at mass never truly stuck with me and my attention span was exactly what you’d expect out of a bored kid. Regardless of my lackadaisical spiritual agenda at that age, I can recall the structures of St. Thomas More quite well (with some additional help from my mom of course). St. Thomas More is a Catholic church located off of East Avenue and has the stereotypical exterior of a…

For my cultural experience I chose to go to a Spanish Catholic church service in Sedalia. I chose this cultural event because I have never been to a Catholic service before. I specifically chose the Spanish service because I was aware of the larger Hispanic population in this area and I thought it was interesting how the churches provide this particular group services in their native tongue. My first thought when I walked into the church was how magnificent the church was. Beautiful pendant…

The day has finally arrived, Confirmation is a large Mass. My whole family, my sponsor, and my grandparents on both sides. I had to sit up front, wear a robe, and walk up together as a class. The archbishop joined us and preached us. The teachers announced my classes names, and we had to say present. He called us up one by with my sponsor. He placed his hand on my head and gave me a blessing. My sponsor placed her hand on my right shoulder, and my confirmation name on my other shoulder. After…

My Christianity experience began from birth. I was baptized and confirmed as a Catholic. I practiced that faith until God called my husband, who had been in Protestant ministry, to a higher position in his church. I switched to be the “Helpmeet” I felt God wanted me to be. There are many similarities in practices and beliefs in both faiths so it was not a hard transition. The author of our text book begins the chapter on Christianity by saying “Christianity is basically a historical…

How The Reformation Contributed to The Council of Trent The Council of Trent, as Paolo Sarpi recalled in his Istoria del Concilio Tridentino, described the event as the “Iliad of our time” due its long and climatic History. The Council’s Purpose as stated in the bull Laetre Jerusalem, was to “eliminate religious discord and to reform the Christian people.” However it is often discussed how much the Protestant concerns were ignored and overlooked in favor of making very little change in the…

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…

Thesis: Through inculturation and different interpretations of Christianity, the church is catholic or universal. In order for the church to be catholic, it must be able to spread the Gospel with respect to cultural diversities. Culture is the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society. The Catholic faith is central to many of the world’s cultures. Yet, through inculturation, the Catholic faith is lived differently in each culture (classroom notes 10-13). In Shusaku Endo’s book,…

My religious life story starts our pretty cookie-cutter. My dad came from a family that emigrated from the Ukraine and brought their strong catholic beliefs Catholic when I was 5 years old. I went to catholic school from Preschool to 8th grade, with mass on every Tuesday and on Holy Days of obligation. However, as I transferred to a public high school my entire extended family started to drift away from the church. We listened as sermons became increasingly related to donating more money to the…