Catholic University of Leuven Essays

  • Fulton Sheen

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    school at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, where he attended Saint Paul Seminary in Minnesota before he was ordained. He was ordained on September 20, 1919. He continued his studies at The Catholic University of America, which is located in Washington D.C. At The Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Sheen earned his doctorate in philosophy. While he was there, he became the only American to ever win the Cardinal Mercier award for the best philosophical treatise. He did so well on his

  • Who Is Fulton Sheen's Fame

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    Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Fame. Fulton J. Sheen never planned for a life of stardom. On September 20, 1919, Sheen’s ordination into the Catholic priesthood fulfilled his lifelong ambition of becoming a priest (Riley 1). Sheen was eager to learn, and his passion would cause him to become one of the most notorious public figures of the twentieth century. During his devotion to God through the priesthood, Fulton J. Sheen displayed intelligence, popularity, and influence. Fulton Sheen was a particularly

  • The Church: An Analysis of The Rerum Novarum Publication

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    1992, pp.405-416. Ralls, W. The Papal Aggression of 1850: A Study in Victorian Ant-Catholicism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Shuck, M. That They May Be One: Social Teaching of the Papal Encyclicals, 1749-1891. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. 1991. Verstraeten, J. Scrutinising the Signs of the Times in the Light of the Gospel. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2007. Walsh, M. & Davis, B. ed. Proclaiming Justice and Peace: Papal Documents from ‘Rerum Novarum’ through ‘Centesimus

  • Description of Belgium's History and Geography

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    “Impacts of Climate Change in Belgium.” Greenpeace. May 2005. 12 March 2014. Trueman, Chris. “The Treaty of Versailles.” HistoryLearningSite. 2013. 10 March 2014 . "Evolving Landscape Of Religious Beliefs in Belgium." The Voice Leuven. University of Leuven, n.d. 10 Mar. 2014 . Wikipedia contributors. "Brussels." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 8 Mar. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. Wikipedia contributors. "List of hospitals in Belgium." Wikipedia, The

  • Pros And Cons Of The Big Bang Theory

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    The Big Bang Theory is “the beginning of space, time, matter, energy and the expansion of the Universe.” The Universe started off as a small point in the middle of nowhere. It was around ten billion degrees less than a second after starting. As everything expanded and got pushed apart, it all started to cool down. As the particles formed together, they created atoms. Over time, the atoms grouped together so much that they started making stars and galaxies. After an even longer time, the atoms started

  • Holistic Urban Initiatives: Curitiba, Brazil

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    Reform. Retrieved November 30, 2011, from http://www.urbanauapp.org/wp-content/uploads/Urbana-Autumn-2006-Volume-VIII-Ivani-Vassoler-Froelich.pdf G. - R. Hom &' E. Gerard (eds). Left Catholicism 1945-1955: Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation. Leuven University Press (Belgium), 2001: 319. IPPUC. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. factbook/index.html>. Sherlick, Lawrence H. and Vassoler, Ivani. Urban Brazil: visions, afflictions, and governance lessons. Cambria Press (New York), 2007

  • Text Messaging and the Negative Effects on Teens

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    The mobile phone, invented in 1979, by Douglas Han is one of many ways that has changed the way our society communicates. With the mobile phone comes a list of features and capabilities such as checking emails, Internet, taking pictures, viewing and recording video, and video calling. Out of all the features that are available with mobile phones, SMS has become the most commonly used feature in popular culture, especially with teenagers. Short Message Service (SMS) began as just an idea of the Global

  • An Introduction to Gregory of Nyssa

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    An Introduction to Gregory of Nyssa The classic understanding on Gregory of Nyssa, and his view of slavery, is that in his Fourth Homily on Ecclesiastes he denounces the ownership of slaves but does not go far enough and call for the abolishment of the institution. Peter Garnsey offers an analysis of this homily; he states that "Gregory was drawing on a long tradition of 'liberal' thought in both pagan and Christian circles, stressing the shared humanity of slave and masters and their common potential