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just had a bit of a weird experience today - my friend (who is also catholic) asked somebody from the christian union something about where the catholic church was in StA, and the people from the union laughed (kind of like, snootily?) and mentioned something about catholics not really being in the christian union. i dunno, i thought it was weird. i've always considered myself catholic but always christian as well - i've never really experienced this kinda thing. i thought it was a bit odd that there was a separate catholic society...

My general understanding of CUs is that they are largely Protestant. Not entirely sure why, since we're clearly Christians too. It's sad that there is such segregation. At my undergrad uni, there was a lot of snobbery about who was "Christian" and who wasn't and people from the CU didn't wanna even talk to me about my/their faith, coz I'm Catholic and they weren't Very, very odd and not very Christian at all, tbh.

That said, I do think there is a need for a separate Cath Soc at most unis, otherwise all the Protestants (perhaps the Orthodox too) would get sick of us banging on about Mary and the saints

Welcome, btw

it's just weird cause all of the other branches of christianity seem to meet at the CU, and then the catholics are all off in their own corner. it wasnt even about catholicism, it was a simple 'do you know where this is?' question!

feel a bit sad tbh, cause i was going to start going to the meetings with a couple friends, cause they seem to be really fun evenings, but now i cant really :/ i guess when you come from 4-18 years catholic education, where all your friends and family are the same religion, you dont really encounter much like this

feel a bit like a sore thumb here though, cause im not the worlds most conscientious catholic over the past year i have felt my faith and general interest in the subject increase, but every now and then i still need the occassional poke and prod to remind me

I don't think they can actively turn you away. You might just find yourself getting stared at a bit and being the "outsider". That said, I could be completely wrong. I actively avoided my uni's CU, so don't have much experience of them, other than the initial obvious prejudice towards me. (Well either that or they thought I could out-Bible quote them, having gone to a convent school )

I think a lot of us have that problem of coming from a very Catholic-oriented education and then finding ourselves as somewhat outcast among our fellow Christians

Oh hun, believe me, you are more than welcome here! FYI:

- I rarely go to church
- As such, I still say the old responses during Mass
- I'm terribly irreverant and am always poking fun at the Church

So you can see I'm not a particularly conscientious Catholic either! :jebus: (Oh yeah, that's the other thing. I like the :jebus: smiley FAR too much ) Everyone needs prodding from time to time and this little community is all about helping each other on our spiritual paths

i dont think they'd turn me away either, i just dont really want to go somewhere where i know about the general feelings towards catholics arent rosey wooo i went to a convent school to no nuns though, sadly!

yeah, all my school weren't just 'ohh, we're catholic' they were like, in your face, religion in every corner of your life, religious. we had to say prayers before all our lessons, and all that jazz! so it's weird coming from that environment to this one.

i was quite good at going to church when i was at home, cause i had one that fitted perfectly into my routine, and stuff, but here, well, i have yet to find where it is doesnt your church give out those little cards with the new responses on? i kept forgetting to read them, and as such, was the victim of accusatory looks from my little brother every time i got it wrong

Dare I type the word nunja into Google?

Also,

Are you going to any of the Diocese of Westminster Year of Faith events, by any chance?

I need to actually find out what's going on and when, but quite possibly.

Perfect! Thank you.

I guess it'll depend on what I'm doing, but I'll definitely go to the first couple! Especially since spec are involved.

Also, I got through to the assessment centre stage of a museum traineeship on Norwich I applied for. I need to do a (max 5 minutes) presentation on an object that represents me. Any ideas?

Woo for convent education :jebus: My school has just become an academy and I think it might have lost its convent status Change is in the air! We didn't have that many nuns, though we did have an actual small convent and a nuns' graveyard on site!

Have you tried checking the Internet? I know that sounds like a really basic suggestion but that's how I found the Catholic church in Oxford. Literally just typed "catholic church Oxford" into Google and hey presto! it told me where it was I went once, got scared and never went back though

There are cards but you see I always forget that the responses are new now. So I always forget to take a card and don't realise anything is missing until I say "and also with you"

awww, i think mine's still going (although i have yet to go back and check!) - however they have completely changed the uniform and now it looks dreadful plus, i have heard that the new headmistress (the old one left when i did) is horrible and has imposed even more silly rules than there were last time

we didn't have any nuns, but we did used to be quite a large convent back in the day

like, i know what street it's on, but i have no idea where that street is might have to spend some time just wandering around the area to find out where it is apparently it's really old fashioned though, and they say mass in latin every second week, which i think will be a bit of a culture shock, seeing as the church i'm coming from is actually quite modern and laid back (quite uncharacteristic of the catholic church!)

i always say 'and also with you' i feel more sorry for the elderly people of the church though, because they must find the change harder to adapt to than the younger people

Oh wow. What a weird question to ask someone! I dunno. Do you have any ideas as to what object you might choose? Like for me, it would probably me my iPod, my piano or my violin?

The idea is:
"This presentation will provide an opportunity for you to demonstrate an area of personal interest, as well as being an assessment of your presentation skills. This is your opportunity to give us an insight into who you are. This might relate to a hobby, an event, a person, or any other area of interest."

I'm thinking maybe my crystal paperweight with an angel in the middle. I was talking about it with my mother and I came up with lots of ideas, but I'm not sure. Was wondering whether anyone else had ideas.

Just going to leave these here.

Just going to leave these here. :nunjagirl:

Ah I see Crystal paperweight with an angel sounds lovely. I always worry though whether people will think I'm a religious nut and go off me if I show people religious things. I think that's just coz my sister told me I shouldn't wear my rosary bracelet to interview though I get so easily paranoid about these kinda things

What other ideas did you have?

Incredibly awesome.


Yeah, that's why I'm not sure about it. But actually most of my ideas were more related to non-religious type things. The angel looks a bit like she's dancing, and I love dancing; angels sing and I was given it when I left choir; it's clear, but there's a lot to it etc.
Umm... I didn't really have any yet

I'm not 100% sure. I've always presumed French studies involves things like culture, arts, heritage, film, etc, whereas French is more language-focused, with a little bit of culture?

Oooh, shall pray for you. Good night and God bless

Durham does a combined arts course where you can do French and more or less whatever you want

Also I typed nunja instead of ninja just now. I have wonderful images in my head!

That's what i think too, I just want an inside story )*insert nunja face* ) on either kind...