Thursday, October 19, 2006
PRAYING WITH THE ISLAMIC STUDENTS
From the religion writer, Akron Beacon Journal:
Sam Goddard is accustomed to kneeling during Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Wadsworth.
But he got a new kneeling experience during an afternoon prayer at the Islamic Community Center.
``I'm used to kneeling and standing but this was different -- it's harder on the knees,'' said Sam, 14, referring to the kneelers at his church and only a carpeted floor in the center's prayer hall.
Sam was among the 69 seventh- and eighth-graders from Sacred Heart School who visited the Islamic Center in Cuyahoga Falls on Wednesday to learn more about Ramadan and the Islamic religion.
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It would appear that the Catholic students at Sacred Heart School in Wadsworth prayed with the Islamic students:
Those were some of the specifics the students from Sacred Heart learned during a presentation. They also toured the center, talked with the students of the Islamic Academy and prayed with the students and other members of the Islamic community during the afternoon.
The obvious question, of course, is who did they pray to? And then does it matter to these students who they prayed to?
I'm all for getting to know people from other cultures, but I do think worship must not be integrated.
