The Mission Journey

In the movie The Mission, even though Cardinal Altamirano deeply regrets destroying the missions to the Indians, he believes it is the right thing to do. Altamirano is a wise man and tries his best to remain just. He makes a difficult decision that helps the Portuguese create the boundaries of Central America, and he is filled with sorrow at the knowledge that his influence and decisions will result in many deaths. The cardinal is not only misunderstood by the Jesuits, he is also easily overlooked. He is also quite worldly, as he is bathed in riches, he has his own personal servants, and all his decisions are fuelled by greed. He is not the film’s main character, but he is the character who stands out the most to me. He makes difficult

The Jesuit missionaries were also falsely represented in the film. They were rendered as heroic, very kind and almost Christ like in the movie. “They were martyrs and defenders of Indian rights.” They used nothing but the word and teachings of God to persuade the Guarani, and allowed the tribe to behave as they wished. Actual Jesuit missionaries of the 1700s did not defend Indian rights. With the development of missions, there came various rules and regulations that Jesuits and the Spanish were adamant on enforcing. Jesuits required that women wore cotton gowns and were not permitted to reveal private areas of the body. They also segregated males, females and children by gender. Women were placed in institutions in order to preserve their virginity for the reason that Jesuits believed it was honourable to become celibate. Joffe and Bolt illustrate that men and women were consistently in the presence of one another and often revealed their bodies. “The film overlooks how catholic missionaries imposed more

There were two big rivals, France and England, had been more powerful. Spain got treasure by mining gold and silver. Spain moved

Spain goal was to save the native people of the Americas from heathenism and prevent them of Protestantism.

Before Columbus landed in the West Indies in 1492, The Spanish Inquisition made it known to anyone within Spain’s domain of influence that if a person was not of the Catholic religion, they were to be punished severely and sometimes even fatally. This influence would undoubtedly be brought over to the Americas a century later, as the colonization of the New World would begin by then. While it was very essential for the Spanish (as well as the Portuguese) to improve their economy by using the resources they found in Latin America, it seemed to a number of them as if that was the only reason for being there, or the main reason at the very least. During the Spanish Inquisition and from that point after, it was the Pope’s main goal, to

Out of all places I could go I would ultimately pick Kenya, Africa. When I was a little girl, my mom told me stories of how she went there for a mission trip and how it was an experience of a lifetime. But, Kenya has changed a lot since my mom has been there. The amount of people that face starvation has drastically increased over the past few years. I intend on going to Our Lady of the Lake of University and receive my bachelors in Nutrition and become a licensed dietitian. A dietitian’s job is to promote dietary health and devise eating plans based on the science of nutrition. I want to do exactly that except on a much greater scale. Around 1.5 million Kenyans are facing starvation across the country especially in arid areas due to low rainfall.

James Seager's article The Mission and Historical Missions: Film and the Writing of History and Jesuit Ruiz de Montoya's The Spiritual Conquest journal entries allows us as historians to gain insight of the actuality of event that occurred in Guarani’s community with the Spanish and Portuguese occupiers; which the the movie The Mission loosely portrays. Seager’s work makes consistent point on how the movie misrepresent the Guarani people, by taking action to point-out actual historical events versus that fictitious events in the movie. Montoya’s entries demonstrates some historically accurate, but it is not a credible source itself; as it is shrouded in the Jesuits own bias. The purpose of this journal entry is to elaborate on how these two

The movie, “The Mission”, depicts the Guarani tribe being converted to Christianity instead of being captured and involved in the slave trade. In “The Mission” , Rodrigo Mendoza was a former slave trader until he killed his younger brother, Felipe Mendoza. Mendoza was filled with guilt and depression for his actions. However with an altercation, the Guarani Indians forgave his actions of being a slave trader and Father Gabriel offers his assistance and guidance. The society had changed socially, politically, and economically when relationships

Following a two year mission trip in Brazil, I applied for a prestigious service scholarship available at Mesa Community College. At the time, I was living in the Northwest, over 1,000 miles away. My pursuit and dedication to earn the scholarship drew the attention of Duane Oakes, the college’s Director for the Center of Community & Civic Engagement. Impressed with my initiative and follow through, Mr. Oakes took it upon himself to mentor me as a student leader. His valuable support furthered my political science education by introducing varied student leadership opportunities, resulting in becoming the President of the Latter-Day Saint Student Association (LDSSA). I learned to manage LDSSA with order, delegating responsibilities and engaging

Mission Essay In the movie “The Mission” a conflict arises between the Spanish and the Portugese is concerning the Guarani Indians and their land. This took in the 1750s in Northeastern Argentina with a Jesuit priest, Father Gabriel sent to Covent the Guarani Indians into Christiansand to build a mission. The characters include Father Gabriel, Rodrigo Mendoza and Papal Nuncio Altamirano.

First off, Jeremy Irons plays Father Gabriel, a Spanish Jesuit priest, who has invested his life in the conversion of the Guaraní people. In the film he successfully converts a group living above Iguazu Falls near the modern-day Paraguay-Brazil-Argentinian border. Irons was convincing, but he seemed to lack real, bold emotion at the appropriate moments. In other words, he didn’t appear to be very invested in the movie’s story. In addition, he appeared to take on an overall “nice guy” personality that was hard to break when the script required him to be stern. Robert De Niro, who played Rodrigo Mendoza, a former slave trader, conveyed his character excellently. De Niro is a versatile actor known to play a variety of roles, which is apparent in this film, where he is able to be two different characters in one. At the beginning he appears almost heartless towards the Guaraní people. For example, he has no trouble capturing and killing them. Not long into the movie, however, his character does a complete hundred-and-eighty-degree-turn and becomes a merciful and sympathetic man, devoted to the Native Americans he used to sell for a living. De Niro is able to convey this change very well. There is one more actor worth mentioning: Ray McAnally. McAnally plays the Church’s representative who must make the impossible decision of whether to keep the Jesuit missions under the protection of the church or leave them to the Portuguese. McAnally does a great job representing the mental and emotional strife that his character

Think about the poverty and problems that all countries around the world are facing today and every day. As Americans we have an urge to go into these countries to help as much as possible because of that we have begun a revolution. Americans began going on mission trips around the 1960s but did not really pick up until the 1990s. The trend grew after multiple natural disasters, Americans saw and need and went, since then short term mission trips show no sign stopping anytime soon. As the popularity of leaving our comfort zones, many people have found issues with the way the trips are led to the extent of questioning whether or not these trips are really worth the amount of money and time that they consume. Through periodicals, interviews, narratives, and articles, I will show the issues and improvements that could be made to the living situations, attitude of the Americans, and relationships that are acquired during the short term mission trips.

‘The Mission’ is a piece that I wrote and is about a suicide mission a squad of Special Forces members are volunteered for. This piece is aimed at those with an interest in the military or action pieces however the moral is political in nature and thus this piece could be categorised as primarily political. I believe that ‘The Mission’ is an effective piece for both its military and political audiences, more so the military however. This is because of a small number of reasons, one being the military acronyms; another is the detailed combat scene, and lastly the military allusions used for example, eating as much as you can before leaving for a mission. This piece also may not appeal to the political audience to the same extent as it does to

In this movie, that translates into, how the Portuguese only wanted to gain these lands for profit. Since natives lived there the Portuguese wanted to gain the land so they could trade slaves there. This was the whole reason Mendoza disregarded his vows and fought against the Portuguese. The other reason, imperialism, is the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political domination over other nations. In this case, the Portuguese wanted to acquire the lands belonging to the natives because of economic reasons.

My personal mission theology is disciplining and proclaiming the pure word of God in the correct context to those that claim to be abiding in Jesus Christ. This includes pointing out and warning them against false doctrine and belief systems. Contrasting what the modern institutions preach about what it means to be a child of God against what scripture actually says it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.