DIOCESE OF TOOWOOMB A C AT H O L I C E D U C AT I O N OFFICE Thein Teacher the Catholic School Attentiveness to the Life Giving Presence of God Ministry within the Church Place of Learning Community of Care Inclusive & Outreaching Culture Continuous Improvement through Renewal Published and issued by Catholic Education Office‚ Diocese of Toowoomba 73 Margaret Street Toowoomba Qld 4350 This edition published July‚ 2009 © This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright
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The protestant reformation The protestant reformation was a split in the church during the 16th century. It was initiated by Martin luther‚ and cased thousands of people to leave the church as a major protests that was started by questioning the way the church was lead. While this wasn’t the first attempt to reform the Roman Catholic church the previous attempts would just fail. The protesters claimed that the church cared more about their money than looking after the people themselves. However
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passing of the Catholic emancipation act 1828? There were many explanations for why the Catholic Emancipation Act passed. These included many reasons such as; the Act of Union‚ Ireland’s economic problems‚ a change of opinion in Parliament‚ the Catholic Association and Daniel O’Connell. The act of union was passed in 1801 where Pitt promised the Irish Catholics they would have political and civil rights but King George IV failed to go forwards with this promise refusing Catholics the ability to
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Catholics go through a cycle of events in their spiritual lives known as the seven sacraments. Although all Catholics can not partake in each sacrament‚ the majority receive the Holy Eucharist and are baptized as children. The sacraments are the rites of passage in the Catholic faith. Some of the sacraments require proper preparation and knowledge of the one ’s faith. The seven sacraments include Baptism‚ Eucharist‚ Confirmation‚ Reconciliation‚ Marriage‚ Anointing of the Sick‚ and the Holy Orders
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We have seen that after a long historical process the Popes’ sole rule of the Catholic Church‚ rigidly centralized‚ bureaucratized and clericalized‚ was finally established‚ and continued to exist until the middle of the 20th century. Then something unexpected happened. Pope John XXIII (1958-63)‚ the son of an Italian peasant farmer‚ called the Second Vatican Council in 1959 with a view to pastoral renewal and the promotion of Christian unity. The pope attributed the calling of the historic
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reforms. These reformers were usually persecuted by church officials and kings‚ some were even burned at the stake. One such reformer who both the pope and emperor Charles V tried to silence was Martin Luther In 1521‚ Martin Luther was summoned by emperor Charles V to the Diet of the Worms to face train for his attacks on the church. Before the Diet of the Worms‚ Luther lets it be known that he did write the books which attacks the church and that he stands by the words he wrote. He further
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Pope Francis said that‚ “The church must speak truthfully and also by her witness: the witness of poverty. If a believer speaks about poverty or the homeless and lives like a pharaoh‚ this is not good.” The Catholic Church consistently teaches about helping the poor and vulnerable but as individuals‚ are people truly acting upon this? In our society‚ homelessness has become a major crisis; it is not only a political‚ economic‚ and social issue but also a moral issue. Through the Scriptures‚ the
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The Eastern Church vs. the Western Church In the year 1054‚ due to political‚ cultural and religious reasons‚ the Great Schism divided Christianity into the Eastern Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Western Church (the Catholic Church). As a result of the Schism‚ differences increased between the two. The primary differences are the Papal claims of authority and the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed (Ware‚ 1963). Since the two were one prior to the Schism‚ there are similarities;
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The Challenge of serving non Catholic children in a Catholic School One important challenge facing school principals is the provision of inclusion in a denominational school which will serve todays pluralist society but which does not undermine the School Ethos...the school in question is a large inner city (DEIS band 1) primary School with 310 children on the roll. The last 15 years have seen a huge change in the local student population namely the arrival of immigrant /newcomer children.
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call it. I was born into a Catholic household‚ baptized as a baby‚ made my communion‚ and confirmation‚ all these are very important in my Catholic family. On Wednesday‚ November 2nd I attended a service at The Door Fellowship Christian Church‚ it was a different experience I had ever had‚ their service is completely different than a Catholic Church Mass the worship service‚ music and sacred texts were all different. As I walked into The Door Fellowship Christian Church the first thing I noticed
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