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Sept. 30th, 2006

In class we learned more about each other by creating posters that gave an insight into our personalities.

Oct. 14th, 2006

This week we started out by trying to flick a ping pong ball off a wine bottle (not as easy as it sounds). This led to a discussion about the 10 commandments. In this discussion we discovered that most of the group was guilty of breaking more than 4 commandments (doesn't sound so good now does it). After that we worked on a new name for our group, motto, and symbol (really we just drew all over the page). To end Me and TJ did a great prayer and reading talking about the crisis with North Korea and the middle east. Oh and we had popcorn and donuts, yea donuts.

Oct. 22, 2006

Fr. Dan McMullin, director of the Cornell Catholic Community, came to visit class to discuss the religion of Islam. Fr. Dan explained how Islam began around 600 AD by a man named Muhammad. Muhammad was visited by the Angel Gabriel who inspired him to write the book that we know today as the Qur’an. The Qur’an recognizes many of the same people as Catholicism, including Abraham, Jesus, and Mary. However, Muslims view Jesus as a great prophet rather than as the Son of God. The Qur’an, like the Bible, encourages people of faith to pray often and to give money to the poor. In addition, both Muslims and Catholics recognize one and the same true God, with the exception that Catholics see God as three persons (God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in one. Various traditions of Islam were also described. Many Muslims pray approximately 5-7 times a day, at predetermined times. When they pray, they face Mecca, which is the place where Muhammad was born. Each week, the main holy day is Friday. Also, women and men are kept separate by a wall when they come together to pray at a mosque. Like many religions, there are different forms or degrees of observance. Islam has several forms that are more or less strict.One of the manifestations of these differences can be seen in how women are dressed. In some forms of Islam, women are required to be covered at all times and wear a garment called a burka, while in other forms, covering one’s head with a veil is sufficient. Ramadan, a major Muslim holiday was also discussed. Ramadan is a month long period of atonement, involving fasting and prayer that precedes the New Year.(this was written by Colleen, not me, thus why it's kinda boring)

Nov. 12, 2006

First we took candy that people had leftover from Halloween, and filled bags full of the candy for all the Holy Cross Youth Group Alumni.Then we all sat down and watched the Chronicles of Narnia. Along with that was some amazing popcorn made by yours truly, with some good milk and some of the candy. The night was topped off by a lovely prayer by Beth and Grant.

Nov. 19, 2006

This day we finished The Chronicles of Narnia, with this lovely new church projector we got. Then we discussed it a little. After that we had a short but sweet prayer and reading by Carl and Patrick.

April, 1 2007

We watched the DaVinci code. We are watching this because its allows us to see different views on our belief.

April, 25 2007

We discussed what we watched in the DaVinci code. We talked about things that would make us think that our religion is wrong. Thinking that Jesus was married didn't make anyone feel that way.

May, 6, 2007

We threw a party for Colleen McGrath, one of our teachers. She is leaving for Nashville, Tennessee to pursue post-doc research. She has been teaching our High School Youth group for 4 years. We will all miss her.