Interrelationship of the Freshman Students’ Knowledge, Participation and Witnessing of the Eucharist as Presence, Sacrifice and Communion

This study examined the interrelationship of the freshman students’ knowledge, participation, and witnessing of the Eucharist as presence, sacrifice and communion. There were two hundred sixty-five freshman students involved in this investigation. Data were gathered using questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings reveal that the students’ level of knowledge of and participation in the Holy Eucharist were average and high, respectively. Also, their lived experience of Eucharist as presence, sacrifice, and communion was to a high extent. Results of the study also show that students’ extent of knowledge of and participation in the Eucharist were significantly contributed to the extent to which they lived the Eucharist as presence, sacrifice and communion. Results further point the need of the campus ministry and religious studies instructor to emphasize strongly the teachings of the Church especially the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist through catechism.

Keywords: knowledge, participation, Eucharist as presence, Eucharist as sacrifice and Eucharist as communion, catechisma