Bibliography: “Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice”. Vol. 9, No. 3. March 2006.…
3. The Bishop was born on April 15 in 1942 and attended St. Callistus Elementary School and St. Thomas More High School. He had a younger brother named Paul and a younger sister named Anita. In 1960, he enrolled in St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. In 1971 he was sent to Rome for continued studies specializing in moral theology. He earned a license in sacred theology in 1973. Bishop DiLorenzo has served as a member of the Administrative Committee of the USCCB and as chairman of the Committee on Science and Human Values.…
In October 11, 1962, over 2500 catholic bishops assembled in Rome under the leadership and guidance of Pope John XXIII. Top catholic leaders felt that the church needed urgent and radical reforms so as to make the church relevant and engage it to the modern world. The assembly took four years to come up with a set of regulations that governed the relationships of the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. The gathering documented and referred to the new reforms as the Second Vatican council (Vatican II). Today, there is widespread debate on whether the council has failed or succeeded in achieving the goals and objectives set (Ratzinger 19). Therefore, this brief essay examines the situation of the church before and after the Vatican II.…
The Great Schism of 1378 to 1417 (also known as The Western Schism) impact the Roman Catholic Church by the credibility of the papal lineage after it was split into 2 different camps known as the anti-popes at Avignon and the papacy at Rome. However at the time it confused people as to who was the true popes were which cast doubt on the authoritative unity of the Church…
The focus of this paper will deal with the issue of women in the Catholic Church not being able to have a ministerial role in the church. The catholic doctrine belief is based on the fact Jesus Christ only chose men to be his disciples and apostles. Being that the catholic beliefs are doctrine and tradition this is the base for their reason to keep women from becoming ordain ministers as well as priest. The Roman Catholic Church and the Pope refuses to ordain women based on these facts. The Church always followed this example of Christ, both in the apostolic times and even now in the twentieth century.…
Easter - the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held…
Note to the teacher: The narrator is referred to as "Marguerite" in the questions that deal with her memoirs, since…
Catholic Social Teaching is a doctrine created by the Catholic Church dealing with issues such as poverty and other social injustices. Over the years, there were many people, such as Dorothy Day, who influenced Catholic Social Teaching. Catholic Social Teaching is the Church’s helps guide the members of the Church in various to way to assist those in need, not only with respect to poverty and illness, but in all aspects of life.…
The word Catholic does not necessarily mean where one belongs to a certain set of guidelines in an institution rather, it means to be a part of a “whole community” that represents God’s children. The phrase “whole community” is the town where one resides, the country in which one lives or visits, the people found within these boundaries. As a child of God, one is taught that every person is to be considered ones’ brother and sister in Christ. The word Catholic is simply a word until the individual sets forth a kind gesture which reflects the true meaning of God’s love.…
This paper is to inform the reader about the religion called Catholicism. This religion had spanned the trials and tribulations of time, and been throughout history as the only religion held sacred to the followers of this faith. The following will be told about the religion that I have found from a believer/follower of this faith. I will tell you about the interviewer, the interview site, what the interview contains. Also, I will be writing about how this religion compares and contrasts to the religion of my faith, which is Christianity.…
4. True or False (if false, explain why): Peace is the absence of war. False, peace is more than the absence of war,…
The Greek word for fish is the ixthus, each letter that begins a word of the phrase “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”…
A: Roman Catholic believes in one God and Jesus. We follow the pope and traditional holidays such as lent, Christmas, Easter, and Ash Wednesday. We focus more on old prayers and a yearly cleansing where we confess our sins.…
Catholic Social Teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organizationand the role of the state. Its foundations are widely considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum, which advocated economic Distributism and condemned both Capitalism and Socialism, although its roots can be traced to the writings of Catholic thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo, and is also derived from concepts present in the Bible.…
Holy Week is the week in the catholic liturgical calendar before Easter Sunday. It begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday. During Holy Week Catholics remember the last week of the life of Jesus. It gives them an opportunity to recall what Jesus did and taught. During Holy Week there are special liturgies such as the Stations of the Cross which are intended to build up to the resurrection on Easter Sunday. Also, holy week is a time of prayer and reflection. Catholics remember that Jesus suffered and was tortured until he died. They worship him especially during Holy Week because they are taught that he did these things so that they could be saved from sin and enter the kingdom of heaven with him and God.…