In class, we went over two aspects of this week:
The Conversion of St. Paul (Jan 25) and Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan 18-25 this year).
Used National Catholic Register (note: not National Catholic Reporter) column here. Read column in class.
Briefly defined popular/colloquial Catholic terms on board:
1. Cradle Catholic
2. Cafeteria Catholic
3. Non-Cafeteria Catholic
Why Christian Unity important?
(1) Why become Christian if we are not united?
(2) United for common cause(s).
Discussed Conversion of Saint Paul who was originally named Saul (I did my own version):
Went from persecuting Church to defending Her (Jesus to Saul, "Why are you persucuting me?" Basis for Mystical Body of Christ, etc.).
Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-31.
Talked about persecution of the Church.
Handed out examples: Religious Freedom handout of Baltimore Archdiocese
(Forgot to mention: 20th century had more Christian martyrs than all of the previous centuries combined; current prosecutions in Muslim countries and elsewhere also)
Asked if anyone heard of the viral Youtube video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" (not linked here). No one heard of it; I just pointed to an article about it that I handed out.
See video response here also (not shown in class):
Students did "play" of conversion of St. Paul at the end of class.
More commentary on the conversion of St. Paul (not shown in class), which is today:
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