Pauline Greig s Life And Life - 1593 Words

Pauline Greig was born in 1934 to a Protestant family. She grew up with 5 siblings in Cygnet, Tasmania and married Robert Greig in 1960 when she was 26. I was first introduced to Pauline by my mum. In 2011, working as a nurse, she treated her husband Robert in hospital as he was recovering from surgery. Pauline was staying with Robert in his recovery room when she noticed the necklace my mum was wearing around her neck. It had the little infant Jesus on one side and Mary on the other. They then discovered and connected with each other through our shared faith, Catholicism. When we moved to our new house in Macgregor we began attending Mass at St Johns in Kippax and we would say hello to them after mass whenever we saw them. We became close†¦show more content†¦Advertisements for job vacancies made by Protestant employers often stated â€Å"Catholics need not apply.† revealing the degree of mistrust they felt towards Catholics. (Nguyen, 2013) Eventually tensions eased following the events of World War II, â€Å"especially after the Japanese threat to the nation [...] united Australians who were previously divided by denominational and ethnic boundaries.† (Reid, n.d) Further endeavours sparked by Vatican II enhanced ecumenical cooperation between the two denominations which would ultimately lead to the harmonious attitudes that all Catholics and Protestants promote today. Method For the interview, I came up with a mix of open as well as closed questions, making sure that there was still a chance to expand on the responses for closed questions if need be. I decided to ask generic questions as I was still unfamiliar of Pauline’s history when I was creating the questions. I made sure to structure the questions chronologically, beginning with ones regarding her childhood and then leading up to questions about life and spirituality in today’s society. I did this in order to ensure the interview flowed well and so that we weren’t jumping back and forth from one period of time to another. Results / Discussion As a young Protestant, Pauline went with her family to go to Mass every Sunday, where â€Å"all the Sacraments –