Coming of Age: Intro to Confirmation

HOMEWORK FOR MARCH 1/2:
*Write a one page summary explaining a time when you had a 'coming of age' experience in your life; i.e., a time when you felt as though you matured or were transformed by a powerful moment or experience. Perhaps, after this experience you felt more like an adult and your parents, friends, or family saw you as a man rather than a boy. Re-tell this experience in your own words.
*Read, "Vision Quest" handout and take notes
*Unit 2 Project: Faith, Family, and Fun

CLASS NOTES FOR FEBRUARY 28/29:
Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? Saint Augustine believed in the idea of a visible and invisible church. He said that the invisible church, within the visible church, are those people that are the true Christians. These people are the elect.

Karl Rahner borrowed from this idea and reversed the concept in a more inclusive way that included people of various other faith traditions and people with no faith tradition at all. The visible church consists of those people that profess Christianity as their belief, and the invisible church would be made up of those that are not a part of the church. He argued that all human beings have some sort of awareness of God (even though it is often easily missed) and a response to God's grace is sharing in the divine life.

Today we read the short story "Shaving" by Leslie Norris in class. Here's a link for more information on Norris. And a PDF copy of the article if you were absent.