Sophomore Religion Blog

1. What were some of the main points in Thomas Groome’s book, “What Makes Us Catholic?” Do you agree/disagree and why? People have chosen to enter the Catholic Church for various reasons; there is some central point I learned from Thomas Groome’s book. First, we need believing God who is our loving father and creator; God has created us out of his love that sustains and supports us daily. Second, we need bring God’s kingdom of peace, unity, and love to the world. We need love each other, unity together, spread the meaningful things to each other. We need to love and respect yourself and also respect to other people. To recognize our negative origins and destructive consequences. We should remember that human efforts alone cannot root out the evil of discrimination from our hearts or society. I agree with the main points in the book; it helps us not only to learn how to be a Catholic, and also teach us how to be a good man. 2. What were some new things that you learned about Pope F

1.What did you find interesting about the history of the Sisters of Notre Dame? (If you were absent that day, please look over the slides on Schoology) I learned the origin of Notre Dame High School. The history story of the sisters of Notre Dame impressive me a lot. St. Julie was born in a low-income family, and she was very religious that when she was only seven years old, she could memorize the catechism and understood it. Unfortunately, she lost the use of her legs. Sr. Francoise was a wealthy aristocrat’s daughter, she came to visit St. Julie because they both had the same faith, they became sisters. Julie and Francoise faced a lot of challenges; they almost lost their lives. Because of their holy faith, to lead them to pass through all the difficulties, god leads them to profess vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as Sisters of Notre Dame. The story of them impact me a lot, I realized how great of my school’s history and I want to learn something from them that do not eas