What is Catholic Art?
Help me define the indefinable.
Archives for March 2014
Audrey Hepburn, Fulton J. Sheen, & Church Singers Who Can’t Read Music
Do you direct choir members with flaws? Do you direct choir members who can’t read music? BE COMFORTED!
Saints Who Were Artists
A Catalog
Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent (Year A)
A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.
Learning the Latin of the Pater Noster
You need to have even just a little bit of understanding to help you love something. You can’t love what you don’t know.
Why Do We Kneel in Church?
Kneeling is a sign that both signifies and helps produce in the soul the disposition of humility before the great King over all the earth.
“Turn Those Altars Around!” — Cardinal Lercaro, Consilium President (1965)
Could this be the missing link explaining why “versus populum” celebrations took over?
“Confusion and Annoyance” — Pope Paul VI on the New Liturgy (1965)
“Previously it was enough to be there; now we must participate. Previously one could doze or perhaps even have a chat; but no longer; now one must listen and pray.” — Pope Paul VI, 17 March 1965
“The Most Beautiful Thing This Side Of Heaven”
A wonderful 18-minute sermon by Fr. Christopher Smith.
Jubilee Museum Sacred Art Biennial 2014
Call for entries for visual artists!
What did Pope John Paul II think of the Cappa Magna?
The cappa magna has a five-meter-long train. Pius XII shortened it to 3 meters, but it’s said that John XXIII restored the ordinary length.
Homily: 3rd Sunday of Lent (Year A)
A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.
Secular Architecture
Reneging on the Promise of Public Art
Reverent and welcoming parishes are not mutually exclusive.
Yes, the house is on fire. Yes, liturgy is important. Seriously? Yes.
Catholic Identity Crisis: Who Are We? What Do We Believe? How Should We Live?
Eastern Catholics and Christians have maintained the depth, beauty, and sacredness of their liturgical heritage. How does the institutional failure of Roman Catholics to preserve their own heritage affect their ability to evangelize, or even to live a fully Catholic life?