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Caring for Creation
In a visually saturated world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and become desensitized to beauty. Visio Divina, Latin for “divine seeing,” encourages us to slow down and engage in visual contemplation, using art as a profound tool for connecting with the Divine. A Guide to Visio Divina Begin by …
Divine Seeing: Praying with Sacred Art
In a world oversaturated with visual content, we can become so desensitized to images that slowing down to fully appreciate art becomes a daunting task. Many people breeze through museums, galleries and churches, missing opportunities to not only engage with art, but also embrace a profound tool for connecting with …
U.S. shrine re-creates Our Lady of Guadalupe apparition with giant sculptures
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2022 / 14:30 pm A Catholic shrine is re-creating “Tepeyac Hill” — where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared nearly 500 years ago to St. Juan Diego — in the United States. The new hill, located in Oklahoma City, was dedicated Sunday in …
Canonization cause advances for ‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudí
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2023 / 11:21 am The beatification cause for Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect known as “God’s architect” and designer of the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, just completed an important step on the path to officially declaring him a saint in …
Largest statue of Christ in Mexico dedicated on Easter Sunday
By Ana Paula Morales ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2023 / 16:00 pm On Resurrection Sunday, April 9, the Christ of Peace statue was dedicated in Tabasco county in Zacatecas state, Mexico. The monumental sculpture which sits atop a pedestal measures 108 feet high, which makes it the largest of its …
School News: Vintage statue of Mary restored at The Summit Country Day School
Just in time for Christmas, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary at The Summit Country Day School has been restored to its original beauty thanks to campus chaplain, Reverend Phil Seher. Believed to be dated perhaps from the late 1800s or early 1900s, the statue had become worn over …
From ‘real life’: Papal artist unveils painting of Benedict XVI as pope emeritus
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 07:03 am Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years, likes to work from real life. “I am so meticulous about details. I have to see and touch and feel everything,” she said. But for her …
How Michelangelo’s 3 Pietàs speak to a suffering world
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Mar 7, 2022 / 04:00 am As war rages in Ukraine and the pandemic lingers, Michelangelo’s celebrated Vatican Pietà — and two lesser-known figures he also sculpted — can be deeply meaningful to a pain-wracked world, says a priest and art historian. Michelangelo Buonarotti’s Pietà depicts a …
A Few Notes on Sculpting Time
I’m a filmmaker by trade and philosopher by degree, thus I often procrastinate. One favorite procrastination method is mulling the question: What is the Catholic artist’s call — particularly the Catholic filmmaker— in society? Or rather, what is the filmmaker’s call, considering the call of Christians? When someone expresses a …
Assisi is illuminated with Giotto’s frescoes this Christmas season
by Courtney Mares Assisi, Italy, Dec 17, 2021 / 15:17 pm Saint Francis’ hometown of Assisi has once again been illuminated with Giotto’s frescoes this Christmas season. The frescoes from the interior of the Basilica of St. Francis are being projected each night onto the town’s churches from Dec. 8 …