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    Patrick Shanley‚ was written in 2005. This play is a classic antagonistic pair. Shanley writes about the suspicions of the principal of a catholic school about the new Father at the parish. The principal‚ Sister Aloysius is the hard charging strict nun‚ and Father Flynn is the laissez-faire new comer. This play unfolds with the help of Sister James and a student named Donald Muller. Father Flynn has taken a liking to young Mister Muller and Sister Aloysius thinks the Father is up to no good. The principal

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    Mother Theresa‚ a Catholic nun who entered the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland to become a teaching nun‚ was sent to India to teach. Later‚ moved with compassion‚ and the love of God‚ she received a "call" from God to help the poorest of the poor. Modern people‚ and most people who call themselves Christians‚ think that going to Church on Sunday‚ saying some things‚ and being nice to people is what it is all about. They are completely missing the mark. Those kind of things are just the tip of the

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    Roman Catholic Brenda Barber HUM 130 Kea Chatman August 6‚ 2010 Religion is a communal system for which people beliefs focus on a system of thought‚ unseen being‚ person‚ or object‚ that is considered to be supernatural‚ sacred‚ divine‚ or of the highest truth.   Religions teach morals‚ values and all local communities become defined by the religious beliefs that one embraces. The aim of this report is to compare two of the many religions: Roman Catholicism and Buddhism. Mainly‚ I aim to

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    THE DISOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES WAS DONE FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS Name Course Date The term “Dissolution of the Monasteries” is used to describe the series of administrative and legal processes that were initiated by King Henry III from 1536 to 1541. These processes were aimed at disbanding al the friaries‚ monasteries‚ priories and convents in England‚ Wales and Ireland. Not only were these institutions dissolved by the government‚ their assets were seized and sold of by the

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    They had been replaced with lay teachers who‚ while well versed in the language of guilt‚ never really had the same fluency as the native speaking nuns. Besides Sister Mary of the Joyful Sorrows‚ the only other nun left at Our Lady of Perpetual Help was Sister Margaret Mary‚ or Sister M&M as the children called her‚ the school’s principal. She and Sister Mary shared the convent across the street and while children lived in constant

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    studied Greek logic‚ and was teaching Latin to young children at age 13 (www.poets.org) Her sentences were extensive and flowed with long‚ intricate words that I haven’t seen in a while. I had to read this letter slowly in other words. La Cruz was a nun although she probably could have been rich. She chose this life style to focus more on her religious studies while at the same time‚ learning everything else she possibly could. The best way I can describe La Cruz is she reminds me of a sponge‚ soaking

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    presented Clare with a palm‚ which she took as a sign to follow her vocation.  Clare and her cousin‚ Pacifica‚ ran away one night to enter the religious life.  She soon accepted the veil of a nun from St. Francis at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisi. Francis place her temporarily with the Benedictine nuns of San Palos near Bastia‚ then to San Angelo in Panzo‚ until she was finally sent to San Damiano where she founded the first community of the Order of Poor Ladies (later the Poor Clares

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    Stephen Spradling Oct 22-Dec 15 The Rights of Women In the Classical era China‚ India‚ and Rome all had different views on women’s roles in society. Each society placed them as second class citizens but as you read in each document in “Considering the Evidence” they are each treated a little better. At the bottom is the Chinese culture‚ they treat their women as objects‚ as things you should own such as servants. The Indians are who the text explains

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    setting. The biggest vision of Father Daniel Mary included expanding the monastery by acquiring the Irma Lake ranch for its current listed price of $8.9 million. This would enable to build a retreat center‚ a Gothic church‚ a convert for Carmelite nuns‚ hermitage and transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks to 30. Father Daniel Mary believed that Mystic Monk Coffee could fund the purchase of the new land. The vision of the Mystic Monk Coffee was to make the vision a reality‚ by “turning the coffee

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    Fr John Bede Polding a key personality of the Australian Catholic church was born On November 18‚ 1794 in Liverpool‚ England. At 11 years of age‚ he was sent to the Benedictine Monastery of St. Gregory and was educated there by Benedictine nuns and monks. After settling in with the Benedictine community he made his vows in 1811‚ 8 years later was later he was ordained a priest. On the 5th of April 1842 he was translated to Sydney as a bishop to spread the word of God. Today he is recognised as the

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