School spirit

Actual facts about Palestrina's early life are quite limited. It is widely believed that he first got interested in music in Rome in 1537. Which, he traveled to from his home in Palestrina to Rome. To be exact, his home town was just outside of Rome, which was then known as the Papal States. Palestrina's initial reason to go to Rome isn't known either, but scholars have made the assumption that his intention was to sell the family's produce and other products from their farm. While he was…

seventy-three chapters and a prologue. Among the chapters are key values, one of them includes hospitality. St Benedict was a role model in faith. When Benedict was young, he was an excellent student and loved learning about God. Once he finished school, he went to a university in Rome. He did not like it there, so he decided to moved to Subiaco to look for…

In English class, we have read many stories about people with admiral traits. For example, Lincoln was incredibly honest, Kennedy was extraordinarily brave, and Margaret Bourke-White was able to have a sense of humor in difficult times. Although these three people possessed equally important traits, however, others throughout history who have also expressed their fine characteristics and inspired others. Three different people with three different traits have spoken out to me. Those people are…

The extra credit opportunity I chose to attend was: “How to Interpret The Bible” presented by Mary Healy. This lecture was held in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. I, coming from a religious Christian background did not think I would learn anything that I did not already know, but I was very mistaken. It was very evident to me that Mrs. Healy knew a great deal about the subject matter from the beginning of her delivery. She began by talking about the two different senses that the Bible is…

Gaudium et Spes was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7th, 1965. It was not a dogmatic council, it was and is a Pastoral Constitution. Pope John XXIII wanted it to be pastoral, so the Church to contribute more to the world's problems. In my opinion, it unleashed a new vision for joy and hope for the Catholic Church. A new and different church was beginning to come to shape. "Gone was the defensive, reactionary, and often hostile church of previous centuries. Gone were the threats,…

Catholic high school for low income students, with a work study program that helps students pay for their tuition, but is also a college preparatory high school, with cura personalis as its building block sounds like a dream. However, Father John Foley made it a reality for more than 10,000 students across America. Father John Foley is a Jesuit priest who started Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, IL in 1996. By 2001, The Cristo Rey Network of schools was created, now including 30 schools…

2012). Historically, these distinguishing factors have proved salient for Pentecostal women who desired to preach. For women utilized the religion’s mystical aspects, such as prophetic dreams and glossolalia – both considered accesses to the Holy Spirit – as proof that they have been “called” to preach (Alexander and Young 2009, Collier-Thomas 1997, Stephenson 2011). Thus, in Pentecostalism women claimed their own personal legitimate means to religious authority via the individualized aspect of…

Scripture Passage: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you desired faithfulness…

First Corinthians, chapter seven offers the Christian the truths and guidelines from God regarding the sacred bond of marriage. Paul calls for Christians to be Christ like in their marriages, and uplifting to each other, but what does that entail necessarily? How should the Christian approach marriage? What does God say about adultery and relationships with others while one is married? All of these questions are answered throughout the seventh chapter of First Corinthians by Paul. Marriage is…

within my class group contained different morals, ideas, and cultures. This not only increased my non-verbal and verbal communication, but also my world-mindedness. It opened my eyes to accept and respect other cultures customs. At the beginning of the school year when we completed our first reflection paper my verbal communication needed improvement. Since then I have taken the initiative to limit distractions, also known as the noise. This way I am able to effectively communicate in a timely…