Professional Readings/Sharing Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines National Convention at the historic landmark Manila Hotel References: Philippine Daily Inquirer > Online Name of the Materials: Philippine Daily Inquirer Date of Issue: September 15‚ 2009© All rights reserved Page No.: 2 Pages Publisher: Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines Author: President Msgr. Gerardo O. Santos‚ Ed.D Writer: President Msgr. Gerardo O. Santos‚ Ed.D Introduction:
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The Catholic faith has rules that shape practices and ways of living one’s life in order to reach peace within oneself. If these rules are followed‚ you are rewarded with the gift of eternal life in heaven. When I looked at the eight elements‚ mentioned in our course textbook‚ I noticed that most‚ if not all‚ of the elements are characteristics of the Catholic faith (Molloy‚ 2010). In this essay‚ I will recognize the eight elements and discuss how these elements apply to the Catholic faith. One
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This year’s national theme for Catholic Schools Week is “Catholic Schools: A+ for America.” The five years I have been at St. Dominic’s‚ I have experienced that it is very different then a public school and is much better. At St. Dominic’s‚ we go to church every Friday. During Church on Fridays‚ the Mass is run by the school so each class take turns serving and reading and being the gift bearers. We also have a Christmas play which is run by the 8th grade every year. On top of that we have a great
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differences in Baptist and Catholic Beliefs and Practices? Baptists and Catholics are two different forms of Christianity. The term “Baptist” represents to an individual who have faith in the adult “baptism of followers” in Jesus. The word “Catholic” denotes “Universal”. It usually represents to the Roman Catholic Church‚ which for most of these last 2000 years has been the greatest and most organized spiritual faction within Christendom. (Wills‚ 1990). Many Roman Catholic beliefs are different from
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first Sunday of Lent‚ John Paul II will publicly ask the Lord’s forgiveness for past and present faults of the children of the Church. Interestingly‚ when I heard this I am really surprise how the Catholic top religious leader admittedly and reflective in behalf of his leadership to sin committed by the Catholic Church in the service of the so called universal Truth. I am Muslim by birth. The knowledge I have is that the Christianity is the religion of colonizer and land grabber. I remember my teacher
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across the world despite experiencing a reduction in its hold on European populations due to the growth of religious scepticism during and after the Enlightenment . The Second Vatican Council in the 1960s introduced the most significant changes to Catholic practices since the Council of Trent three centuries before . Bishops were central to Middle Age society due to the literacy they possessed. As a result‚ they often played a significant role in governance. However‚ beyond the core areas of Western
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# 14 THE WARD CATHOLIC TAKES ON A NEW MEANING Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". Many changes are to take place within the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". This is one of the steps that starts to leads them from the cardinal doctrines of the Bible. The Roman Catholic Church developed
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has been woven through the backbone of humankind throughout history and is still in place in a variety of aspects of our society today. Sexism plays a key role in how jobs‚ salary‚ and occupations are filled nowadays. Sexism also appears in everyday life. For example‚ women often spend more time getting ready because of the burden to feel pretty and fit into the model image that is displayed to young girls so adolescent girls grow up feeling the weight of needing to be beautiful (Thorne). Additionally
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people consider Martin Luther’s ideas revolutionary‚ but they were really just the tipping point. Before Luther‚ many people and events attacked the Catholic Church and it’s credibility. The most influential of these people and events were John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ and the Black Death. John Wycliffe was the first major critic of the ideology of the Catholic Church. His ideas would later influence both Jan Hus and Martin Luther himself. Wycliffe attacked the church with three separate ideas and actions
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Written by Victor Hugo after the French Revolution‚ Les Misérables is a story that examines the many levels of social injustice in nineteenth-century France. Its protagonist‚ Jean Valjean‚ is central to the understanding of this injustice. Sentenced to 19 years in prison for committing a petty crime‚ Valjean comes to observe the law as an arbitrary force lacking in compassion and equality. However‚ Valjean’s view is fanatically contradicted by Inspector Javert‚ a man whose commitment to the law
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