Before introducing these two images to the viewer I will begin with an explanation of icons and images. I assume that we will not have the chance to visit these in person so context on the types of images and their placement would be very important. To view images iconically…

The Missa Wellensis by John Tavener truly feels like you are entering into a new time and space as you listen. You can lose your sense of time when listening to each of these quite long pieces. There is repetition but also still uncertainty to the shifts of what is…

The community at All Saints Church in Knoxville, Tennessee has a great pride in the church that they built. The parish began in a warehouse down the street, and eventually were able to build their own church building. Many of them speak so highly of the process of searching out…

In Eating Beauty, Sr. Ann Astell gives us a wide look at the Eucharistic formation of several different religious orders and individual saints who lived within the Middle Ages. She showcases for us the diverse expressions of the way that these saints have been shaped by “eating beauty.” Astell states…

In preparing a family for the baptism of their child I would like to focus on the imagery that Robin Jensen elaborates on in her chapter, “Incorporation into the community.” …

Romano Guardini begins to speak of aesthetics in a somewhat cautionary tone, with similar warning that he gives to emotion earlier in his book, The Spirit of the Liturgy. Guardini warns that the aesthetes, or those with a special affinity for beauty, may be lured into our Churches, but they…

In my experiences working with the faith formation of kids and teens, my favorite resource to rave about is the saints. While I knew I loved certain saints for my own reasons, I had no idea how instantly I would be able to captivate middle schoolers with the stories of…

In reading Maritain’s description of the artist in Art and Scholasticism, I instantly thought of Vincent Van Gogh. He seems to match the haunted artist that Maritain describes, not simply because of the missing ear, but from his writings which portrayed the great ache of his vocation as artist. Similar…