Pastoral

Organics: Paper 2 America is a society that will forever be changing. New advancements in technology arise almost daily with new machines being built, gadgets being created, and applications being constructed. All of the new and upcoming changes in technology sometimes leave consumers feeling overwhelmed and confused. Why were these upgrades made? How does this technology work? How does this benefit me? One thing all Americans should be informed about is the new advancements and technological…

has planted nothing. He hastily goes to provide some seeds and cultivates them. Willy because of the huge shade of apartment houses, that symbolizes capitalism, couldn’t have grown any seeds. So that the reason why he can’t raise good sons, live a pastoral life or make success in business world is the shade of…

In the Catholic Church, one learns that divorced members of the Church who remarry, without the previous marriage being annulled, are forbidden to participate sacramentally in the Church, including participation in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and more importantly, not being able to receive the Holy Eucharist. They are also not allowed to hold positions of leadership in the parish or public ministerial roles such as Eucharistic Minister or Lector. Because of this exclusion and ostracization,…

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,…

saturated with human resource trainings, seminars, and legislative safeguards the religious institution unfortunately lags woefully behind as very few discussions arise on the ethical responsibility of the clergy. Richard Gula in his work Ethics in Pastoral Ministry posits, "moral responsibilities in ministry are authorized not merely by the social conventions of being a professional person, nor merely by general rules of conduct which all reasonable people follow. Though these are legitimate…

4.Intrapersonal Reflection: The Self with Others: The grey haired person who encountered me sounded suspicious and appeared wanting to know more about me than I would have wanted him to know. He also reflected an abrupt style of conversation and not wanted to share about himself. It appeared as if he was hiding something from me. On another note, the responses from the two security guards made me ponder why this grey haired person gave money to them, or other people? Was he trying to bribe them…

ministry.1 Derek J. Morris wrote in the introduction of Ministry: International Journals for pastors: “I began my pastoral ministry with good intentions. After completing seminary, I set out with a deep desire to serve God with all my heart, along with all of His children. Unfortunately, I was misguided and ignorant in one vital area of life. For the first few years of my pastoral ministry, I abandoned my family in the name of Jesus. I started work early, came home late, and allowed almost…

Cuneiform, invented by the Sumerians, is among the world’s oldest known writing systems. In about 1792 B.C., a babylonian ruler named Hammurabi started creating the Code of Hammurabi. This was a list of 282 laws which covered many aspects of crime that was committed in everyday life. Strong punishments were enforced if having committed a crime. Major offenses included punishments such as having an arm broken off or an eye gouged out. Execution was the worst punishment, and it still is in some…

In order to understand the reason why the relationship between the men and women changed after the Agricultural Revolution, we need to get a concise perspective of how the women were seen previously to the Agricultural Revolution and what role they played. With the help and assistance of archeologist and the history documented, we can do a comparison of the differences in history of interpretations of power between men and women. You have three alternate phases of human development in history:…

Frederick Law Olmsted, born April 26, 1822 in Hartford, Connecticut, is deemed the father of landscape architecture in the United States. At age 18, he moved to New York, where he worked as a scientific farmer. After this failed venture, Olmsted became a merchant seaman and traveled all over the European continent. After returning to America, Olmsted worked as a newspaper columnist, founded The Nation magazine and authored numerous books before becoming a renowned landscape architect. Olmsted…