Here is a clip from Zenit’s interview with Ray Herrmann: Meeting Ray Herrmann, a humble man of deep faith, elicits an obvious question: how does he live out his faith in what is notoriously a hedonistic and irreligious environment? “Some … Continue reading
Category: Arts and Culture
Cristiada: An Upcoming Film on the Cristeros
If this trailer is any indication, Cristiada is at least an attempt to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. The URL for the film’s web site is http://www.cristiadafilm.com/. This is a teachable moment, folks. Tell all your friends … Continue reading
Lord, I Have Loved the Beauty of Thy House
Katrina Fernandez, scholar of the history of art, has written an illuminating article, well worth reading, on the importance of beauty in the house of God and the sanctuary of the home. Patheos: Beauty makes the soul soar and is … Continue reading
New Missionary Museum of the Propagation of the Faith / A Catholic Treasure
If I ever get to Rome, this is a place I’d love to visit after a good number of churches. Elizabeth Lev takes us into a world of history and culture as she explores the latest public offering of the … Continue reading
Pray for the Dead and the Dead Will Pray for You!
I’ll never forget my maternal grandfather telling me this boyhood recollection of his Catholic upbringing in New Orleans. It seems that the good Sisters who taught him in grammar school imposed upon the children a vivid awareness of the Holy … Continue reading
Original Michaelangelo Pieta Masterpiece in Buffalo NY Home? Seems So!
Catholic Online: The Kober family in Buffalo, New York had an impressive painting on their wall that they nicknamed “The Mike.” Word had it that the painting, depicting Mary and Jesus was an original work by Michelangelo. A tennis ball … Continue reading
Book Review of Josef Pieper’s “Leisure: the Basis of Culture”
I am delighted that Michael Terheyden appreciated the importance of this brief but masterful study by philosopher, Josef Pieper. All of Doctor Pieper’s works are gems of wisdom, but this one is arguably his best. It’s a must read for … Continue reading
Saint Michael Samurai Slaying the Dragon
If you like Japanese art this is a worthy piece of work. Worthy of the great holy Archangel for sure. See here.
Thomas More College Establishes Medieval Style Catholic Guilds
The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts announced that it has established a series of medieval-style Catholic guilds that will enable its students to gain skills and experience from master craftsmen in areas such as woodworking, sacred art, music, and … Continue reading
The Case of Mel Gibson
“Put not your faith in princes,” Scripture exhorts us. In our day and age it might be added, “Put not your faith in celebrities.” I say that on account of the case of Mel Gibson. Back when his movie The … Continue reading
A Tribute To Anti-Revolutionaries: The White Russians
No, this is not hymn to the glories of the drink. The anti-Bolshevik defenders of Russian tradition, including the monarchy, were known as the White movement. If you recognize the tune, chances are you know it from the 1812 Overture, … Continue reading
The Unbearable Good News
A classic Joe Sobran column has recently been posted on his web site: The Words and Deeds of Christ. The column makes for some elevated Holy Week reading. It’s not a meditation on the Passion, mind you, but the “lapsed … Continue reading
Pope Sneaks Out to Catch Last Day of Patron Saints of Europe Exbibit
Catholic News Service: Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican unannounced last evening to visit an art exhibit, according to reports today from Vatican Radio and L’Osservatore Romano. Yesterday marked the end of the four-month run of the exhibit, “The Power … Continue reading
Umberto Eco, Meet Fyodor Dostoevsky
With a hat tip to Tancred at the The Eponymous Flower, I bring your attention to Umberto Eco‘s op-ed piece in the New York Times, The Lost Wisdom of the Three Wise Men. Eco is a secularized Italian who was … Continue reading