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The Virtual Classroom resource for Mrs. Evans Jackson
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The
Virtual Classroom resource for Mrs. Evans Jackson
High School, Jackson Ohio
Pope
John Paul II
Nathanial T.
Sophomore, Jackson High
School
Jackson Oh
Submitted December 21, 2001
Pope John Paul II
A. Birth & Family s~t ~cJ.-;'
B. Schooling
C. Early Church Life A. College
B. Underground Seminary
A. Education
B. Jobs
C. Writings
A.
Accomplishments
B. Travels &
Writing Almost everyone knows who
the Pope is, but most do not know where he came from or what he did before
he devoted his life to God. The Pope's early life was full of tragedy. Yet
he pulled through all of his turmoil to become a great philosopher and
religious leader. John Paul's early life would
defy the imagination of a fanciful screenwriter. (Wiegel,2)
On May 18, 1920 he was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla, but his friends called
him Lolek. His home was in the Polish town of Wadowice, where 6,000
Catholics and 1,500 Jews lived, which led him to develop close friendships
with those not of his faith. He was the youngest of three children, one of
whom died in infancy. His parents were Karol Wojtyla Senior, a retired
army officer, and Emilia Kaczorowska Wojty1a.
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Nathaniel 2 Karol's childhood was filled with tragedy. At
the age of nine his mother died from heart and kidney problems. When he
was twelve his twenty-six year old brother, Dr. Edmund Wojtyla, died
from scarlet fever
(that) he
contracted from a patient. This left him alone with his father as his only
living relative. After these events his father decided to raise him with
strict discipline but he didnt' (no
contractions) forget to have fun.
(explain) Karol's education began in
1926 when he entered the first grade at the local elementary school
located in the town administration building, which was near his family's
apartment building. He was known to be a gifted student in all areas of
the curriculum. In 1930 he entered Marcin Wadowita State Secondary School,
an all-boys' junior-senior high school. During secondary school, Karol
began acting in local theatrical productions. At some stage in his high
school career, Karol became a member of the Sodality of Mary, which was a
society of young men dedicated to fostering devotion to the mother of
Christ. He also completed a mandatory course in military preparedness in
the summer of 1937. In the course of his last year he was chosen to give a
welcoming address to the archbishop of Krakow and also was valedictorian
of his graduating class. Nathaniel 3 From the start he was raised
to be a Catholic. He was baptized into the Church on June 20, just 33 days
after he was born. Then in May, at the age of nine, he received his First
Holy Communion. Nine years later, at the age of 18, he was confirmed. In
1930 a young priest came to Wadowice to teach catechism to elementary and
middle schoolboys. He remembers Karol as "quite tall, but also somewhat
plump, a very lively boy, very talented, very sharp and very go , who got
along well with both his friends and his teachers."( Wiegel However While Poland was under
German control, Karol continued his studies and worked with theater groups
underground. Then, in 1942, he began studying at an underground seminary
in Krakow and registered for theology Nathaniel 4 classes at the University. He continued his
studies, acted and worked in a chemical plant until 1944. He took refuge
in the archbishop's residence until the end of the war. In 1946 he was
ordained in Krakow, he also earned two masters degrees and a doctorate
before taking up priestly duties, in 1949, as assistant pastor in Krakow.
Karol was a very active
priest. He served as chaplain at St. Florian's Church in Krakow while he
worked on his second doctorate degree in philosophy at the University. In
1954 he was hired as a non-tenured professor at the Catholic University of
Lublin, the only Catholic university in the communist world. He was
appointed to the Chair of Ethics at Catholic University in 1956. In 1958
he was named the auxiliary bishop of Krakow. In 1960 Karol began to
publish various types of literary works. Some of these works include: "The
Jeweler Shop", a play, "Love and Responsibility", and his second doctoral
thesis titled "Evaluation of the Possibility of constructing a Christian
Ethic based on the ~ystem of Max Scheler. Then in 1962 he became an
intellectual leader of the Vatican Council II and took special interest in
religious freedom. That same year he was named the acting archbishop of
Krakow. Five years later Pope Paul VI appointed him to the position of
cardinal. From 1967 to 1978, he published Nathaniel 5 many literary works, such as "The Acting
Person" and was also invited to talk at universities such as the Catholic
University in Washington, D.C. and a university in Milan. In October of 1978, the
Sacred College of Cardinals elected Karol as the next pope after John Paul
I died unexpectedly ofa heart attack after reigning for only one month.
The decision process was long and hard but after seven rounds of balloting
the college agreed on Karol as the candidate for pope. When he formally
accepted his election he reportedly had tears in his eyes. He told the
crowd from a balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square, "I was afraid to
receive this nomination but I did it in the spirit of obedience to Our
Lord and in the total confidence in His mother, the most holy Madonna."
(Pope John Paul 11/28/01) Karol chose the same name as
his predecessor and became the first Slavic pope. He also became the first
non-Italian pope in 455 years, the last being Adrain VI in 1523. At the
age of 58 John Paul II is unlike any
pope before him. During his reign as pope he has traveled to six different
continents and well over 60 Nathaniel 6 German; Nairobi, Kenya; Horizonte, Brazil;
Managua, Nicaragua; Brisbane, Australia; Seoul, South Korea; Tirana,
Albania; Denver, Colorado, USA; and Siauliai, Lithuania. He also has
continued publishing literary works, such as "Responsible Love", "The
Gospel of Life", and "That they may be as One". However, his reign as pope
has not always been a tranquil one. On May 13, 1981 he was shot in St.
Peter's Square. He also had surgery on July 15, 1992 to remove a benign
intestinal tumor and on November 11, 1993, he broke his shoulder.
Furthennore, on October 8, 1996, John Paul II had his appendix removed.
These experiences have only strengthened the Pope's relationship with God.
~ From Karol JozefWojtyla to
Pope John PaullI, this man has lead
(Excellent information, minor mistakes, nice
pictures, Good Job!) Works Cited
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(11/28/01). "Short Biographical Sketch of Pope John Paul
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Biography. The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 2000 Weigel, George. Witness to Hope The
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