Franciscan

Spain’s goals in colonizing in America revolved around boosting their economy, adding the Spanish culture to the Native Americans’ culture, and finding a shorter route to Asia. Due to the world being much more expansive than people at the time thought it to be, they failed to find a faster and convenient route to trade with the Asians. They did, however, bolster their economical gain by gathering resources and searching for minerals like gold. The Spanish aimed to get as much gold as they could…

Nursing is one of the most dangerous professions in terms of the rate of musculoskeletal injuries caused when moving patients. There is a significant amount spent on workman’s compensation claims related to these injuries. At the same time that hospitals face expenses related to workman’s compensation claims, hospitals face the challenge of only being paid the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rate for hospitalizations based on Medicare severity diagnosis-related groups…

Dante voyages through paradise in nine spheres, there order is the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Fixed Stars. This is a trip through heaven's journey towards the vision of God in the Empyrean, a realm of pure light (The World of Dante). The sun is the home for the theologians and wise men (Digital Dante). At this time, the sun was seen as a symbol of intellectual power and illumination, it could even represent God. This “planet” was perfect for the theologians and wise men…

In our world today, we no longer hold control over the way our mind is developed. At a young age, society began to formulate a way to influence our beliefs. The same beliefs that are suppose to be reserved to ourselves have been inevitable intervened with through the things we see on screens and our daily routines. As time has passed, we haven't been told that being different is okay. We haven't been told that being imperfect is okay. We no longer develop our own beliefs but have been limited…

During the late 1700s, Spain wanted to gain its power and wealth to grow. By trying to keep the other European countries out of Alta California. Alta had been discovered over two centuries earlier. The Spanish built settlements along the coast that would help them meet their goals. The missionaries also wanted to covert the Native Indians to the Roman Catholic Faith. The mission was the largest and the most productive community in Spanish California. Spain very well had everything planned, they…

Voltaire believed that the religious clergy of the Catholic Church are hypocritical. The clergy do not follow the rules but instruct and expect others to do so and punish those who transgress them. In my studies, I found one example would be, Franciscans and Jesuits are supposed to have syphilis but per their rules and morals, they are required to remain celibate. Anyone who questioned or broke the rules, they would be persecuted by the clergy to protect the authority. Pangloss was hanged…

About 32,101 pregnancies result from rape each year (Pubmed.gov). Each year thousands of woman are traumatized and haunted by their experience and on top of that, are pregnant with the child of the man who caused it. Abortion is a controversial subject that everyone has an opinion on. Abortion is the termination of early pregnancy, and must be done within the first twenty eight weeks of pregnancy. Two groups of people who have a strong opinion on abortion were formed; Pro-life and Pro-choice.…

Hernando de Soto “Glory be to God, who by His goodness has directed all.” A quote from a letter written by Hernando de Soto (Letter to Justice and Board of Magistrates in Santiago de Cuba, 3). God guided his entire life. Much progress in America’s history was made during de Soto’s early life, conquests in Central America, and expeditions in the New World. Not much information is known about Hernando de Soto’s early childhood, but there is an abundance of knowledge on his teenage and…

This row spans over a distance of five moon diameters and ends at NGC 1502, which is a compact open cluster of stars. This asterism was discovered and named after a Franciscan Friar named Father Lucian J. Kemble. He described the sight as “a beautiful cascade of faint stars tumbling from the northwest down to the open cluster NGC 1502.” (nightskyinfo) NGC 1502, an open cluster containing about 45 stars and contains two…

that they would also have the exclusive right to trade with Japan (Higashibaba, 2001, p. 73). The right to trade with Japan was on the shoulders of the Jesuits, and they now had to form a Christian following in Japan before the Spanish-sponsored Franciscans could, leading to years of effort and dedication to the conversion of Japanese…