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ISSUE 2 JULY 2021
How has the church helped you grow
over the past 12 years?
Joel Thomas Bevan Roy
Church allowed me to grow by realizing The first instance that the church has helped
me grow is through the community I have
that helping the community is something been given and blessed with. This community
that is very important. The church always has showed me that support comes from
pushed me to help out for different
within and also that people do care about you
events, and although initially I was through praying and giving you
encouragement. Another instance of this is
hesitant, I now realize how it helped
others around me and this gave me a love through prayer groups, which allow me to
pray to God with a community rather than
for helping others. It taught me how the
liturgy is very important. In ninth grade being an individual and not knowing where to
start. With a prayer group, I can praise God
we learned about the mass and this was with friends and have a deeper connection
very eye opening. I learned about the and understanding of what I am saying.
different parts of the mass and it allowed
me to realize the importance of mass. It Lastly, another instance is through playing
songs for the choir because I was able to
me
giving
allowed me to grow by again praise God through the art of music.
opportunities to come to adoration and There were some moments in which I felt that
sit with Go. This helped me grow because
communication could be better because of
I started to realize that God is someone different cultural practices, but overall there
that is there for me and looking out for were not too many areas that have hindered
me. I have found a Friend that loves me. my journey.
Albert Sebastian
Ann Muriken
The church has helped me grow ways in the last 12 years. One of the ways in
The church has helped me grow in several
and provided a place for me to which it has done so was during an
meet similar individuals who opportunity to go to a retreat that was
have also been brought up in experience
this atmosphere. The church is much deeper in
hosted by a powerful priest. I felt I left that
my
made up of the people. And Another instance where the church helped
faith.
these people have helped me in me grow was when I was put into CCD
my faith journey. Even when I where I got to meet many new friends that
was in a very rough place, I helped me grow into the person I am today.
always got brought back to the The final instance where the church has
church because my family has helped me grow was when I went to CCD as
always been super involved. a high school student and got to learn more
Some areas I would like to about the real world and the implications
improve is my spiritual the church has on it on a day to day basis.
laziness. I feel like I have a Personally, I don't feel that there are any
resistance to praying because I areas that have hindered my faith journey.
think of it as a chore and not a
conversation.
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