Summary Of Faith Story: Catholic Students At John Brown

Catholicism is the belief that God made the world and all creation. God's son, Jesus, was conceived immaculately by a virgin named Mary, who was chosen for this very holy task. (Adair, 2012) Jesus was created in the likeness of God and was born with the Holy Spirit's miracle. We do not know very much about Jesus' childhood. However we do know about Jesus as a man. He healed the sick, performed glorious mysteries, and included all people even sinners and tax collectors. Jesus set an example to include everyone and love your enemies as you love everyone else. Jesus was born so that he could die for all human beings on Earth. Catholics believe in Christ's death and resurrection. Jesus was killed on a cross with other sinners and buried, yet he still rose again. "Catholics believe that Jesus is 100% man and 100% divine." (Richert 2006) He is not half man and half holy. They also believe that Jesus embodies everything that we should strive to be. We can strive to be like Jesus, but there is no way that we could even rise up to his level. Catholics are said to believe that they cannot be on the same level as God.

My Christian liberal arts education is a major factor in establishing my current vocation. As a junior at Wheaton College, my current vocation is to be a student. I feel called to give my best effort at everything I do, and every assignment I work on. In reading C.S. Lewis’s essay on “Learning During War Time”, I was encouraged by his explanation of how the pursuit of knowledge, and my vocation of being a student, are worthwhile and valuable, no matter the circumstances surrounding us (Lewis, p.43-45). Going to a Christian liberal arts school definitely influences my current vocation. By learning about many subjects by taking a well-rounded course schedule of classes, I can learn to appreciate a variety of subjects and understand more about

Attending Catholic school is very important to me especially because I have a lot of very good friends at Sacred Heart School. For example, my best friend Lucianna is attending Sacred Heart again next year and I look forward to her company. My teachers and the staff at Sacred Heart are kind, dedicated, and very nice and I really like our principal Mr. Coyle. Mr. Coyle teaches us that school can be holy, educational, and fun all at the same time. Everyone at my school teaches us about our Catholic faith, like the importance of following the ten commandments, our church history such as Peter becoming a martyr for his faith, and learning a lot prayers such as the Apostles Creed and the Prayer of Saint Francis. At my Catholic school we go to church every month and we have religion class every day. I like learning about my faith and that by having religion class on a daily basis, practice makes permanent. We have special faith activities like our entire school says rosaries together and we have stations of the cross. We get to wear a uniform, which I think is really pretty, and I do not have to

A.) The mission chapel is beautiful. The beauty of this chapel can compare to the Santa Barbara one. They both are bright in color. When in the chapels I get a warm feeling. Old artwork. Kind of built like an ancient style building. Candles light up the room.

Indeed, almost everywhere black college students are for the most part compulsively antireligious. They do join gospel choirs and (like their white peers) take part in fundamentalist

I serve as a Pastoral Intern at the Evanston Vineyard Church, a non-denominational church and is located at 2495 Howard Street, Evanston, IL. This is my second year serving here in the capacity of an intern. The Vineyard is a diverse community that welcomes both religious and secular people belonging to different ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic, economic, academic, professional and non-professional backgrounds. People from more than fifty–fivenations of the world gather together and worship here at the church. A total of twelve salaried pastors serve on staff, out of which five are male and seven female. I am one of two female pastoral interns presently in service.

My most impactful service experience happened this last summer. I have been lucky to have been a part of various youth groups throughout my adolescence. With Memorial Baptist Church, I was happy to attend PASSPORT Camps. Like other camps I have participated in, PASSPORT is a camp where youth spend a week in the summer to enthusiastically worship and serve the community surrounding their site. PASSPORT sent us to Danville, Virginia, and despite being on Averett University’s cozy campus, we were surrounded by a dying, deprived community. Social exposure is exponentially increased when your mission groups are melting pot assignments from various churches. PASSPORT did not hold back in showing us the poorest of the community, and the sheer lack

First, Goodman Brown loses his faith in God because he decides to compromise his moral beliefs. In the beginning of the story, Brown consciously decides to allow the temptation of sin to entice him away from his faith. For example, as Brown prepares to leave his Faith behind to explore the tempting, dark path of evil with Satan, Brown says “…my Faith, of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee” (Hawthorne 261). Through his statement, Brown shows that he consciously allows his fascination with sin to lead him away from his faith. In his essay “Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’:

II Timothy 2:15 (New International Version) states: “Do your best to present yourself to God as

What do you want to be when you grow up? Did you think I meant a profession? No, I meant what type of Christian you want to be when you grow up. To this day, a substantial amount of Christians question God’s powers. I have learned at Holy Family that God is almighty and can do anything. I just have faith in my Lord.

Adjusting my midnight blue tie, I hurried down the sidewalk to St. John’s Baptist Church. Sunday morning, and I was barely awake, the thick fog blurring my vision. If you haven’t already guessed, I’m the enterprising young fellow that springs out of bed at five o’clock every weekend to ring the church bells, waking up my dead and dying little town. This Sunday was muggy as usual, the sun never showing up to greet me. Skipping up the cement steps, I took hold of the clammy oakwood door to let myself in.

The major I intend on pursuing is Elementary Education. Education has always been a interest of mine that started in Kindergarten. Throughout my years in school I have had a fascination with learning. I loved exploring new subjects and growing my understanding of the world. My eagerness to learn has motivated me to strive in school. As a teacher I will be able to give back to my community and hopefully make a difference in the lives of students. I can inspire children to take initiative of their learning on a day to day basis. Through teaching I have the ability to work with a specific group of children daily, getting to know their interests, strengths, weaknesses, personalities, and learning styles.

Of all the classes I have taken in college, this one is the most out of my comfort zone. I went to a public school in high school and we never talked about religion in a formal setting. The only time I have had an education in religion was when I had to go to classes once a week for church, up until I was confirmed. Although, the class I had to take only focused on Catholicism and didn’t touch on any other religions. My mom was a religious study major in college, so I was raised with the belief that all religions are important and you should try to have an understanding of all of them. Even those I find this to be true, so far in my life I have failed at getting to understand other religions.

In the coming years, I not only hope to grow as a student but also as a Catholic. I have always strived as a person to be the best I could be towards others and to be an active member in my faith community as well as in the city I live in. By the year of 2024 I would have hoped to establish myself in my profession as a kindergarten teacher. I value the importance of education and believe that by being able to help young children learn the necessary skills to be successful it can leave a big impact in our society. We live in a world where education is not as valued as it used to be and considered as a right of passage rather than it being a privilege or chance to further your knowledge. I hope to have been able to use my profession as a teacher

There are many different types of higher education institutions: liberal arts colleges, community colleges, research universities, etc. But regardless of where a student attends college, they can be divided based on three different worldviews: religious, spiritual, but not religious students, and secular students. A study at Trinity College identified some of the main differences among these worldviews. The study sent a survey to 1800 students from thirty-eight colleges and universities that asked questions based on their worldviews (the