Saint Paul

On November 2, I was delighted to attend “Solemn Mass for the Dead on the Feast of All Souls” at St. James Cathedral. Now I still feel highly honored to hear Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem—one of the most beautiful and greatest musical works of the 20th century. As an international student from China and have no religion belief, it’s totally brand new and unusual experience for me to have this special chance to open my eyes widely to see the magnificent church. This opportunity is of great benefit to

The cross-pollination religious customs and material culture in the Cuban Diaspora has provided a wealth of indigenous and assimilative sources (Gordon, 2014: 53), and this has afforded Mendive a rich abundance of inherited iconography of fauna, flora and otherworldly phenomena to consume and use in the process of creating his artworks. Mendive is able to animate the pantheon of Orishas, depicted as either interacting with or sometimes assimilating human postures and gestures. Such representations

Throughout the stories told in both Mohawk Saint and The Unredeemed Captive, the unintended consequences of attempting to convert the American Indians to Christianity are powerful players in the unfolding events. When these Christian groups arrived in the New World, they came armed with the word of God that they wished to share among a group of people that have never before encountered the concept of Christianity. While eventually these relationships improved and Christians and American Indians began

in a positive context and always had a relation to the Catholic church.  In paintings of the Renaissance artists, such as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello, saints were depicted with great respect and the power of Jesus Christ was exemplified. In Raphael’s Saint George and the Dragon, the evils of the dragon are being struck down by Saint George to show the positive power of Christianity on one’s inner peace and security.     When initially looking at the painting, the subject matter is clearly

Isabelle or Romée. Her mother taught her how to work at home and on the farm. About God and the Catholic Church she only ever learned. When she hit the age of thirteen, she started hearing voices and having visions. In a few of her visions were Saint Michael and Saint Catherine. To help fight for France against the English she believed that they were all telling her. At sixteen years of age, she was forced into a marriage by her father after taking a vow of chastity, so she went to the court and they said

God and people in different ways, original sin, confession with the priest, purgatory, continues to pray for the loved one who has passed away, and the Hail of Mary, the conception of Mary. The differences are: maybe some people chose a different of Saints as their favorite depending on their own choice. Base on the answered above provided by my interviewee, I think Catholic peoples have a very strong belief, hold on to their beliefs, knowledgeable of their own religion and

Saint Sebastian is the Patron of Saint of three things. Those three things are soldiers, athletes and those who desire a saintly death. However, in Saint Sebastian’s lifespan he shows multiple Gifts of the Holy Spirit, why he is a saint, and why he is chose to be my patron saint for my Confirmation. But, to know why he shows multiple Gifts of the Holy Spirit, why he is a saint and chosen to be the patron saint for my confirmation’ we would need the history of Saint Sebastian first. The

The saint that I choose to follow as an example and pray to and whose name I chosen for Confirmation is Saint Sebastian. His feast day is January 20th. Saint Sebastian had many very important events occur throughout his life, but there were three that stood out to me. The first thing that impressed me about Saint Sebastian was that he converted many Roman prisoners and the governor of Rome to Christianity. He did this even though he knew that if he was caught he would be killed. The next important

Mỹ Sơn is a temple complex located in central Vietnam consisting of over 70 Hindu temples constructed between the 4th to 14th century by the kings of Champa. The temples were built to worship the god Shiva that symbolizes the father/male realm. According to the Brhat Samhita scriptures of Hinduism, “The gods always play where groves are near, rivers, mountains and springs and in towns with pleasure gardens.” Hence, Mỹ Sơn was erected within several closed valleys that provide the watershed of the

The veneration of the saints has been a long standing tradition in the Catholic faith, one that is highly exalted. Saints, in the Catholic faith, are meant to be ideal role models for the practicing Catholic, so that every Catholic may be closer to God through the saints. Saints lived an extraordinary life as a human and lead an example for all Catholics to follow. While the canonization for sainthood is a long process, before the canonization process, martyrs were the saints that people looked up