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“Well my mother did it for my father!” I could hear the tension in his usually seductive voice. Tears began to gather in my eyes as I looked out the window. I had wanted to scream, or cry, or not talk at all. However, in reality I did not know what I had wanted. I knew what he wanted. He made that extremely clear. He was my first real boyfriend and I would have done almost anything to please him, but this was too far. Granted I am stubborn in my ways, but for good reason! I should not have to do…

John Henry Newman was one of the most important Roman Catholic theologians in the 19th century, otherwise known as the Victorian Era (Shiefen). He is known greatly for his involvement in the Oxford movement, a movement in which many men argued for the want of older Christian traditions to return so that the Church of England could be brought back to its Catholic roots. Before Newman was a part of the Oxford movement, he was a very popular priest at Oxford, and he later became a cardinal.…

MY FAMILY During the time of preparation for Confirmation, my family was there for the journey. When I started the process of Confirmation, the first requirement I started was getting service hours. I had to volunteer at many places to get ten sessions. My parents scheduled the times I would volunteer, helped plan out my schedule, and drove me to Home Sweet Home, the SF-Marin Food Bank, and Saint Vincent de Paul. My parents also attended masses with me as my preparation for Confirmation…

In William Wordsworth’s autobiographical poem, The Prelude, the speaker, who in this case is also the poet, encounters unfamiliar aspects of the natural world. These unfamiliar aspects cause the speaker’s changing responses to his experience evolving from an ignorantly blissful boy who enjoys the “troubled pleasure” (ln.6) brought on by finding a boat and leaving nature’s comfort to a man who has loss his innocence and finds that the “covert of the willow tree [a symbol of enchantment,…

Kristy Wittig 8th Grade Orchestra 2/23/18 February Composer of the Week: Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky was born from June 17, 1882 to April 6, 1971 (88 when died) in Oranienbaum. He was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He was known as one of the most important and influential composers in the 20th century. His father, Fyodor Stravinsky (1843-1902) was a well known bass player and his mother Anna (1854-1939) was a native Kiev. Stravinsky had two wives. The first one was his first…

There are numerous companies that fit the bill of falling short in implementing the marketing concepts, due to not focusing on creating, delivery, and communicating superior value to its customers. One company that comes to mind is JC Penney (Penney), as an iconic discount and sales retailer, where it made its debut in 1902 as the Golden Rule store (JC Penney, 2011). Penney survived countless strategic business challenges, but was able to maintain its existence, yet barely holding on…

Company Introduction J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) was founded by James Cash Penney in 1902 and has evolved to a holding company and retailer whose principal operating subsidiary is J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. with 1104 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico selling merchandise and services to customers through department stores and online (Mergent Online, 2013). JCP sells a broad range of general merchandise, including apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, beauty products…

On April 11, 1998, I became Catholic and it was the happiest day of my life. I had waited over 25 years to be confirmed and receive communion and because of religious education, my dream had finally come true. Religious education has many facets in the Catholic Church and that night I made a promise to myself that I would learn as many as I could in my lifetime. As a military child, I was always intrigued by the Catholic faith. Every Sunday I would watch the Catholic families pile into…

I was raised to be catholic which as you may know is a strict, and structured type of mass. Their practices in mass is exactly the same way each Sunday you attend, the only thing that usually differs is the subject of which the mass has been planned around. That is why I chose to go to a non denominational church for my church visit reflection. This is because these two religions are extremely different, and a couple of my friends on the soccer team go there for church each Sunday. The church I…

J.C. Penney Company Inc. is a company involved in operating stores across the United Sates and Puerto Rico. These stores sell a range of apparel, as well as, home furnishings, accessories, foot wear, hand bags, jewelry, beauty products and bath & bed products. J.C. Penney also provides services such as salons, photography, custom decorating, florists, gift cards and credit cards. Customers are able to shop and access the products and services in stores or online. Their biggest competitors…