Visits with Catholicism
By: Robert Peate
Publisher: Prose City Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781495447525
Subjects: Public opinion; Social perception; Christianity; Catholic Church
Description: In the summer of 2011, for my teaching career, I took the classes necessary to be ESL certified. One of these, the Impact of Language and Culture in the Classroom, was led by an excellent instructor, who gave us the assignment to visit "cultures," or subcultures, with which we were uncomfortable. I chose religion in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular. As my instructor was Catholic, she was able to recommend churches to visit. I decided, for contrast, to visit the most "liberal" and "conservative" churches in Portland, Oregon. The experience taught me a great deal, even that those terms were flawed. As I told my professor, "You have accomplished true education, enlightening me." This is the paper I got out of those visits, featuring the addenda "Prayer and the Virgin Mary" and "My views on the Universe."
Table of contents: title: The assignment; title: Preconceived ideas: Catholicism; title: First visit to the culture: Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (July 17, 2011); title: Second visit to the culture: Holy Rosary of Portland (October 2, 2011); title: Final analysis.