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Catholic Art
Art Meets the Divine at the Cincinnati Art Museum
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Step into a world where art meets the divine, history comes alive and beauty becomes a gateway to the sacred. This April, the Angelico Project will again host an unforgettable evening at the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), where timeless masterpieces and stirring music converge to create an experience that transcends …
St Luke and Beauty
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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 making …
Suffering with the Black Madonna
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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 making …
Caring for Creation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …