Personal Narrative: Growing Up Going To A Catholic School

I have served God and those in need. I am particularly proud of my involvement with Hephzibah Children Association. During the holidays, I had the chance to volunteer and visit children at Hephzibah Children Association. It was an amazing experience to fill their day with joy. I also devoted a great deal of my time at the Christmas Cheer Foundation. Every year, I volunteered and helped those in need. Furthermore, a duty of mine was to help wrap books and other supplies for children to have something to open on Christmas Day. Reflecting on my devotion to God and my personal growth, I realized when I was younger I thought I was doing this for fun. As I grew older, I realized I was bringing happiness to children on Christmas Day. I have found myself being challenged and learning to balance everything in my life. However, serving God, and the community is an area in my life where I can say has been less of a challenge, but more of a

I have gone to feed my starving children twice in the last year including once with school for the freshmen project and once on my own. I work at Ridgemoor Country Club, and I donated my time to the St Pat's golf outing in which I caddied for 5 hours and donated the money I received to St Pats. Another example of service is when I went with the soccer team to a special Olympics event. We helped special needs children play and learn soccer once a week for 2-3 months. I also have been an alter server since sixth grade at St Mary of the Woods Parish. I serve at least one mass every two weeks often doing funerals and wedding which are very important masses. I have worked every open house at St Pats leading tour groups and talking about my experiences at the

Service in the school and community is an insight to your character and work ethic. I have over 20 hours of community service from many different experiences. Last summer I worked for Camp Barakel, a summer camp, in the kitchen. I assisted in serving food and cleaning. I learned discipline and teamwork through this valuable experience. Not only this I’ve worked with the Elderly in Rehabilitation centers and the patience and nurturing qualities is something that will forever be valuable in my life. Last but not least working as Big Sister or Buddy to a 4th grade girl has given me the chance to positively impact and influence her life as simply as having a friend is immense. All of these service opportunities as added to my character and prepared me for the responsibilities of

poverty and I assumed that it only really existed in other far away countries. Everyone

As the sun started trickling into the windows, students were just starting to arrive at South Christian High School. As the few students that showed up early walked through the halls making their way towards their light blue lockers, one of the many lined up along the walls in between the classrooms. Some were decorated with sports signs, some of those with anchors lettered with the surnames of the owner of the locker. You could hear the clock ticking, counting down every minute until it would send out an ear-piercing ring and send students shuffling off to their first class of the day.

Why would I spend some of the most important years of my life at a Christian liberal arts school? Because if I went anywhere else, I know that I would lose my faith. It is not that I do not trust that God would stay with me if I went to a state school, it is that I don’t trust myself to stay with Him. The world is a corrupting place, led by the devil and his schemes to take down the Kingdom of God, and I am very susceptible to that corruption. I do not know who I am just yet, I’m still learning, still growing as a follower of Christ and I always will be. However, as a baby Christ follower, I fear that if I went to a state school I would get lost in the world. But here I don’t have that fear, because I can feel God here.

While I believe it is important to be able to work with any clientele regardless of their, sex, race, or religion. I would like to approach my education with a Christian world-view. As I myself carry a Christian perspective, I would like to continue my education in the environment that enriches this perspective. I hope to gain further education that instills these values that I can continue to maintain in my future career as not only a professional counselor but as a child of God.

With God's will, I have been allowed the opportunity to serve my community various times. Now I am not going to lie, there was some times where I dreaded waking up early on a Saturday morning to help out with whatever project I had. This took some getting used to; however, the more I volunteered, the more my perspective shifted. I took on various community service projects where I made myself realize how different people are.

Growing up as a teenage girl in the world with the state it's in, it's often hard to not want to please everyone. That's something I struggle with, especially as a Christian. I want everyone to like me. I feel a pressure to please everyone, show my love for Christ, and a burden to never slip up..always be perfect. Once entering high school, the need for everyone to want to be my friend and like me grew. I would do anything to please these "friends." Often more times than not, these things that pleased them ceased to please God. Looking at those people I had in my life, I got to thinking what were they doing for me. Yes- that may sound like a selfish question, but really what were these people I was trying so hard to please doing for me? The answer was

The Catholic church is the one I grew up in. Attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has brought a fullness to my soul from the couple times I first went to the mass. I prayed everyday asking Heavenly Father if his plan for me is to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. My answer came to me when attending mass with one of the State Conference’s. As simple as I wish it was, challenges have come up ever since I have received this sign. My family tradition of the Catholic religion is causing difficulties in this decision, no matter how I explain why I am making this decision. Plans are changed; now when it will be the time I am of age to make these decisions thoroughly, I will get baptized. Even

I grew up in a conservative Christian family. I was raised going to church every Sunday morning and with a set of core values and opinions, that I did not question, mostly because I was afraid to. Growing up and experiencing the world made me start to see everyone's different stances on different topics, including religion, and I started to wonder if all of my pre-decided beliefs and morals where what I actually believed in. Questioning everything I had ever known was the scariest thing I have ever done, but I am so thankful that I was brave enough to do it because I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't.

As a man, brought up in a Christian family, surrounded by most Hindu and Buddhist faith friends, I faced various attractions of diverse religious, and cultural practices. Growing up, Nepali Christians were obliged to leave customs and traditions however it was merely social activities in nature not spiritual or religious. One of them is Christian giving up a custom of utilizing red powder when honoring someone in accomplishment. We were restrained entirely by Christian pastors and preacher to involve in such exercises. Every year, when I got honored from school in academic achievement, I entirely complied with an instruction from the church pastor. Later during my school age, I did quite to believe such values as scriptural teaching and began

I have been very fortunate to grow up in a faith based and Christian home for my entire life. From the day I was born my mother and my Christian education have instilled in me that Jesus loves me and that love is why he died for my sins. I was saved when I six or seven years old. As a child, I really liked superheroes. So when I first heard Acts 2:21 and heard a VBS teacher explain Jesus was like a superhero I knew I wanted to be rescued by Christ. I continued learning about my faith and reading my Bible.

I went to a catholic school in India. I was in seventh grade then. The final bell rang, and silence fell upon our loud 50 student classroom. When the prayer began, I realized I have a headache, which during the loud talking and laughing of my classmates I didn’t realize. When the prayer finished announcements began. By the time our principle started talking, I could barely stand. My head ache felt like, my head is going to thrust open any minute now. My head was spinning like the earth orbiting the sun. So, I told my friend, I have a severe headache. Before I could finish, I lost control of myself. I fall to the ground.

This is my journey to Catholicism, the true Church created by God! Disclaimer, I am not officially Catholic, but I wish to take you on my path to become an “official” Catholic. Here’s a little run down of my religious history…