John Marshall Harlan II

The History of Catholic women deaconesses and priests There are around 50,000 women deacons that have had parishes all around the eastern part of the Catholic Church during the history of the Catholic Church . Women deacons played an essential role in their community, The catholic church has told us that, because only they as women could enter the women's quarters. Only women could effectively prepare and impact another woman's life, and other women catechumens for their joining the Church…

coverage of the abuse in the Church exposed how a powerful institution can take advantage of its power. The story discusses how the Church tried to cover up the actions of the abuse of children, mainly young boys. For example there was a priest named John Geoghan, who spent three decades sexually abusing children. Cardinal Bernard Law knew about it. The Church would provide hush money to the survivors and their families in order to cover up these deeds and continue on with life. However, the…

Can I Be Frank by Rob Wyatt talks about priesthood in the perspective of a young priest.The story started with a hilarious journey of a young priest Father Francis Gold to his first parish in Florida, the St. Francis of Assisi Parish. Unknown to him, the parish, the congregation and the Roman Catholic religion has long been under the shadow of a business tycoon and its greatest contributor, Mr. Gene Charmois. Father Francis got the ire of Mr. Charmois when he declined the offer of a brand new…

“Religion is the belief in spirits” or “religion is the belief in the supernatural” (Horton, 201). Catholicism is a religious organization to bring the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people, and helps people follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to attain a better life in heaven. It was great opportunity that I was taught Catholicism in a local church when I was about ten. At that time, I didn’t actually know what a religion is, why I had to go to church every Sunday, and…

The extremely creative writer Mark Noll of Wheaton College (Illinois) on his inspiring survey of the history of Christianity designed for the general reader. Dr. Noll graduated from Wheaton as an English major and from Vanderbilt with his PhD in the History of Christianity in 1975. After four years of Trinity College (IL), Noll joined the Wheaton College in 1979. Author of several other books. Unlike the usual this book is one fact after another church history "turning points" Dr Noll end…

Fasting is a Christian discipline for one who wants “to let go of an appetite in order to seek God on matters of deep concern for others, myself and the world” It is a discipline that is to be done for God and seen only by God. At the commencement of Bible College I understood fasting to be a practice that people in the church did in order to get God to hear their prayers and move on their behalf and answer the prayers that they had placed before Him during the time of fasting. It was…

threat to the mother’s life occurred the person could kick out the burglar, or terminate the pregnancy. She can do this because she has a right to life equally as important as a baby. This solution can also be argued for that statement that Pope John Paul II makes: abortion is not right in any circumstance. Since carrying out the baby will probably kill the mother, both rights to life are at stake, so the mother could choose since she also has a right to what happens to he own body. New…

Essay on Familiaris Consortio I. Introduction This document is an Apostolic Exhortation by Pope John Paul II, written to the episcopate, the clergy, and to the members of the whole Catholic Church. Its purpose is to address the role of the Christian family in response to the changing issues they face in our modern world, in order to provide encouragement and enlightenment in Christ and His Church amongst the ever-growing secularized world. To highlight the importance of the Christian family,…

Hi, Thank you for supporting the growth of your youth’s faith through sending him/her on the Divine Mercy Junior High Deanery Retreat. It is vitally important for youth to experience an encounter with Christ, a profound and tangible experience of Christ and His love. While there are many opportunities in the Mass and everyday life to experience such an encounter, this retreat will help guide the youth to experience a personal encounters through the mercy of God. The retreat draws from Fr.…

On the issue of contraception, the three major branches of Christianity hold varying opinions rooted within their respective interpretations of sexual expression, marriage, and the commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Murder”. In order to understand each branch’s stance on the utilization of contraceptives as a moral issue, I will explore all three branch’s stance on the purpose of sex. The nuanced differences within their interpretations will reveal unique implications within each branch’s position on…