Missionaries of Charity

It is well understood that the age of exploration was one wrought with the total destruction of the native inhabitants of the new world by European explorers. However, it is a misconception that Europeans didn’t notice or care about the utter genocide of the native populations. One man named Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar and historian, played a monumental role in bringing the knowledge of this destruction to Europe. After spending time among the conquistadors in the new world, Casas…

Maffeo Barberini was born on April 5, in Florence. His father, Antonio Barberini, was a famous and very rich nobleman in Florence, but he died when Maffeo was only three years old. He moved to Rome with his mother, Camilla Barbadoro, when he was six years old. While he was a young, he lived with his uncle, Francesco Barberini, who was prothonotary Apostolic at that time, and he had a very great influence to the young Maffeo. Maffeo Barberini was educated at the “Collegio Romano” under the…

In both primary documents Jean de Brébeuf’s Advice to Jesuit Missionaries in New France and the Spanish Monarchy’s Requerimiento describes the interactions and intentions on how to handle the Natives. The philosophies on how both to viewed the Native’s existing culture and traditions were vastly different. The French integrated and created alliances rather than the Spanish which segregated themselves from Native’s different cultures, threatened and extracted resources. The document…

known as Salvationists. Its founders Catherine and William Booth sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is present in 127 countries, (The Salvation Army, 2015) running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless, and providing personal hygiene product (Taiz, 2001) and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries (Gariepy, Henry,2009). What I reflect on about Salvation Army stores (Thrift Shops)…

Life occasionally produces a tragic event or an unfortunate experience which brings a state of hopelessness. No matter the magnitude of these occurrences, they have the power to turn a life in the opposite direction. These events are turning points which give individuals the opportunity to better themselves as well as those around them. Kateri Tekakwitha experiences a great loss during her early years which leads to a turning point later in her life. Tekakwitha uses her suffering to help others…

What Makes A Hero? To many, a hero is defined as a person who is idealized for bravery, outstanding accomplishments, and or noble qualities. But in all reality, a hero is a person who puts others before themselves. A person that you can look up to as a role model is a hero. A truly genuine and humane person is defined as a hero. A hero is selfless and cares deeply about others. A person who can give everything up for other people and not worry about how it would affect them is a hero. To be a…

From darkness into His marvelous light – (My conversion experience) I am the first born in a strong Buddhist family in Sri Lanka. My grandfather was a Buddhist Priest and I thought Buddhism was the best religion in the world. From very young age of my life I wanted to become a medical doctor, and I prayed every day in front of Buddha’s statue asking him to make me a doctor. I also studied very hard to achieve this goal. I heard about Jesus when I was in the university, but I never wanted to…

Furthermore, only the males visit homes by themselves (cold calls), while the female stay at the Temple’s visitor’s center, once individuals ask for a second visit then the females will go along, this is for safety reason due to incidents of missionaries being attacked. Another interesting concept is that there were no crosses on the premises, I found out the reason for that is, “On Calvary he was the dying Jesus. From the tomb, he emerged the living Christ. … Because our Savior lives, we do not…

When Tim Tebow wore John 3:16 on his eyeblacks 92 million people googled it that day. Tim Tebow is the youngest of five children in his family. He was born August 19, 1987 in Makati City in the Philippines to his parents that were on a Baptist missionaries. Later on he was homeschooled by his mother. His beliefs have always been a huge part of his life. Many children struggle with staying in their faith as they begin their teen years. He has had many of the same temptations as many of us…

them are Hindus or Muslims (Hitchens, 2012). Moreover, some opponents claim that her actions of serving the poor without formulating initiatives to tackle from the grassroots indicated that she was actually promoting poverty and wanted to keep her missionary whom she was famous for (Leng, 2011). Another archetype that is clearly reflected in Mother Teresa is the great mother, which could be loving or evil and symbolizes generativity or destruction respectively (Jung, 1981). Mother Teresa…