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    Lawas‚ Ma. Chrystelle G. MW 7:30-9:00AM July 7‚ 2014 The University Saints: San Carlos Borromeo St. Arnold Janssen St. Joseph Freinademetz Portfolio Task No.1 I. Identify the mission response of the university saints to their realities of their time. a.) San Carlos Borromeo St. Charles took over the Archdiocese of Milan‚ he immediately sought to better catechize the faithful‚ many of whom had no understanding of their faith. He established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

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    My confirmation saint is St.Cassius Longinus. He is the patron saint of the blind and people with poor sight.We celebrate his feast day is on March fifteenth.He was the soldier that speared Jesus in the side after he was crucified .His story really inspired me it showed me people can change and that God has the power to do the same. St.Longinus is different than other saints because he was not always a good person. He was a roman centurion that helped crucify jesus and speared him in the side

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    Society tends to punish only the poor for their visible crimes‚ although the invisible crimes of rich are more severe and heinous than those of the poor. “The Outsiders” and “Saints and Roughnecks” commonly point towards one issue i.e. future of individuals is decided by the way they are treated by the materialistic society which tends to favor the richer and suppress the poorer to the extent that the latter are pushed into social exclusion. The society in which we live can be principally

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    Was Nero a Saint or Sinner? Use at least one primary source. Use at least one primary source We must first define what a saint is and what a sinner is. According to Webster’s dictionary a saint is a person of great holiness‚ virtue or benevolence‚ while a sinner is a person who sins; a transgressor. The bible states that all believers are saints‚ but in truth to some small degree we are all sinners and saints. Nero was a seventeen when he ascended to the role of Emperor of Rome. For the first few

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    Saint Augustine had returned to Thagaste and manages to become a teacher in order to make some money. “During these years I was teaching the art of rhetoric‚ selling talkative skills apt to sway others because greed swayed me” Then Augustine also meets a woman‚ we never get her name‚ but he is actually sexually faithful too (2‚2). Augustine starts to learn an about astrology‚ he starts to make some progress towards truth. Although one of his close friends named Nebridus‚ persuades him to throw away

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    of the Double Monastery What is a saint? Why do we choose a saint? What purpose does it have in our life? Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a saint as “a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death.” Being a saint takes more than praying and going to Church. We follow saints with confidence that they will make us and everyone around us better people and Christians. One such saint is Saint Brigid. St. Brigid of Ireland overcame her slavery

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    Saint Zachary‚ was born in Calabria‚ Italy. He is also known as Zacharias. He is of Greek ancestry. The son of Polichronius‚ who was a Benedictine monk from Greece‚ was also a cardinal and then a Pope. Saint Zachary followed Pope Gregory III. in 741. Saint Zachary loved the clergy and devoted himself to the people of Rome. In his time‚ there was fighting all over Italy. Pope Zachary kept making Peace and saving the people from the wars. When Saint Zachary learned that Lombards were going to

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    Saint Teresa of Calcutta was a nun in a covenant in Ireland namely Sisters of Loreto. She started teaching in a school and while she was teaching‚ she felt the calling of God to serve the poorest of the poor. However‚ one of the threats that prevented her from following God’s plan is the permission she had to received from Rome‚ so she could work in the streets of Calcutta. After nearly two years of waiting‚ she finally received her permission and proceeded with God’s plan. When she arrived at her

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    Eldrich uses many literary conventions such as imagery‚ point of view‚ characterization‚ conflict and mood to develop Marie in Love medicine. In Saint Marie‚ Marie is only 14 years old and she is currently with a nun named Leopolda‚ Imagery plays a role of showing Marie to us readers as an Indian female also in Saint Marie; "I could had any damn man on the reservation at the time. And I could have made him treat me like his own life." Visual imagery is used when Marie said she could have any man

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    THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAINT POLYCARP ONE OF THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1.0 INTRODUCTION Towards the end of the first century‚ or perhaps even at the beginning of the second century A.D.‚ the apostle John died after years of ministry to the churches of Asia Minor‚ the region now occupied by modern Turkey. John was the last of the original apostles‚ but the truths of Christianity did not die with him. His spiritual children continued to stand firm in the faith in Christ as

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