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Gwyneth Holston

Gwyneth Holston is a sacred artist who works to provide and promote good quality Catholic art. Her website is gwynethholston.com. Read more.

Gwyneth Holston · June 23, 2014

Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (8 of 8)

Eagerly awaiting a Pastoral Letter on Sacred Art in Divine Worship.

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Gwyneth Holston · May 30, 2014

Artist Lecture Series at Thomas More College

If you are in New England July 25 – August 1, you don’t want to miss this!

Gwyneth Holston · May 5, 2014

Pathetic Beauty

Can A Pure Intention Create Objective Beauty?

Gwyneth Holston · April 14, 2014

Mass for Artists on May 4th in NYC

It will be in the extraordinary form with a modern setting by Arvo Part

Gwyneth Holston · April 8, 2014

Summer Programs at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

Great opportunities for formation in drawing, painting, writing, reading, and leading

Gwyneth Holston · April 7, 2014

“Crucifixion” by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

A striking image that should be more well-known.

Gwyneth Holston · March 31, 2014

What is Catholic Art?

Help me define the indefinable.

Gwyneth Holston · March 24, 2014

Jubilee Museum Sacred Art Biennial 2014

Call for entries for visual artists!

Gwyneth Holston · March 17, 2014

Finally! A Manly Saint Joseph

I’m not sure why, but there are an unusually high number of saccharine depictions St. Joseph. This is not one of them.

Gwyneth Holston · March 11, 2014

Painting of St. Catherine of Siena Part II

See the “reveal” of the finished painting.

Gwyneth Holston · March 3, 2014

Painting St. Catherine of Siena Part I

See what goes into designing a painting.

Gwyneth Holston · February 27, 2014

A Visual Chronical of Parish Life: Day 4

“A Sad Inheritance” by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Gwyneth Holston · February 26, 2014

A Visual Chronicle of Parish Life: Day 3

“The Daughters of Charity” by Henriette Browne

Gwyneth Holston · February 25, 2014

A Visual Chronicle of Parish Life: Day 2

“Choirboys” by Jose Gallegos y Arnosa

Gwyneth Holston · February 24, 2014

A Visual Chronicle of Parish Life: Day 1

A week of inspiring images to brighten your day.
Day 1: “The Baptism” by Joaquin Sorolla

Gwyneth Holston · February 17, 2014

Musing Over Mass at MIT

Perhaps after a few more decades of research, MIT will be able to design an attractive chapel.

Gwyneth Holston · February 10, 2014

How to repaint a statue with professional results

Were your parish’s statues whitewashed in the eighties? Here’s how to restore them to their former glory.

Gwyneth Holston · February 3, 2014

The Heresy of Formlessness

How have I not read Martin Mosebach’s book before now?

Gwyneth Holston · January 27, 2014

Do You Like This Painting or Not?

Help me decide what to think on the feast of St. John Chrysostom.

Gwyneth Holston · January 20, 2014

Twelve Films I Recommend to Catholic Artists

These films withstand repeated viewing because of their richness and complexity.

Gwyneth Holston · January 13, 2014

Upcoming Opportunities for Catholic Visual Artists

A call for entries, two summer programs, and two places to get published!

Gwyneth Holston · January 6, 2014

St. Eulalia by John William Waterhouse

A daring painting for a daring saint.

Gwyneth Holston · December 30, 2013

Tips for Parents in Guiding Artistic Teenagers

Suggestion #6: After high school, don’t send your child to an art college.

Gwyneth Holston · December 23, 2013

Good King Wenceslas Looked Out When?

The connection between the Feast of the Nativity and the Feast of St. Stephen.

Gwyneth Holston · December 16, 2013

Impatiently Awaiting the Publication of the English Translation of von Hildebrand’s Aesthetics

Finally, English-speakers will able to read Hildebrand’s examination of the splendor of beauty.

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5 April 2021 • When Girls *SING*

Covid restrictions here in California are still extremely severe—switching “two weeks to flatten the curve” into “two years to flatten the curve.” Since 2020, we’ve had police breaking into our church to check if everyone is wearing a mask…even when only 5-6 people are present! But we were allowed to have a small percentage of our singers back on Easter Sunday, and here is their live recording of the ancient Catholic hymn for Eastertide: Ad Cenam Agni Providi. The girls were so very excited to sing again—you can hear it in their voices!

—Jeff Ostrowski
29 March 2021 • FEEDBACK

“E.S.” in North Dakota writes: “I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU for all the hard work you have put—and continue to put—into your wonderful website. In the past two years, my parish has moved from a little house basement into a brand new church and gone from a few families receiving Low Masses twice a month to several families (and many individuals) receiving Mass every Sunday, two Saturdays a month, and every Holy Day. Our priest has been incorporating more and more High Masses and various ceremonies into our lives, which has made my job as a huge newbie choir master very trying and complicated. CCWatershed has been an invaluable resource in helping me get on my feet and know what to do!!! Thank you more than I can express! May God bless you abundantly and assist you in your work and daily lives!”

—Jeff Ostrowski
29 March 2021 • Condemned?

On Palm Sunday, the Passion was read. Immediately after mention is made of the betrayal by Judas, the Holy Eucharist is introduced. Is this not a condemnation of “Christians” who deny the Church teaching on the SANCTISSIMUM? Here is Matthew 26: And Judas that betrayed him, answering, said: “Is it I, Rabbi?” He saith to him: “Thou hast said it.” And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

Yet, with all its advantages, the new Missal was published as if it were a work put together by professors, not a phase in a continual growth process. Such a thing never happened before. It is absolutely contrary to the laws of liturgical growth, and it has resulted in the nonsensical notion that Trent and Pius V had “produced” a Missal four hundred years ago.

— Josef Cardinal Ratzinger (1986)

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  • (Hymn) • “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”

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