Art and Architecture Archives

Ethiopia’s Church Forests

Emergence Magazine is an online publication featuring innovative stories that explore the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. They recently published an essay and a

Return Gallery Devotional Art to Churches?

June 9, 2020 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Art and Architecture Devotions and Sacramentals

These works proclaim to all the dignity of the human person, the majesty of the Christian spiritual journey, and the hope of heaven in the midst of the complications of now.

Returning to Church Post-Quarantine: The Liturgy of the Senses

May 31, 2020 Teva Regule Art and Architecture c_after Eastern Liturgy Liturgical Spirituality

The Lenten Quarantine Like many houses of worship, the church I attend (not pictured) closed in March to all but “essential” liturgical personnel. In this

Learning to Interpret Christian Art

May 8, 2020 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Art and Architecture c_resources

I recently fell down the delightful rabbit hole that is Kahn Academy’s series of art history presentations and videos.

Just Like the Early Church? The Relevance of Place in a Time of Isolation

April 19, 2020 James Hadley, OblSB Art and Architecture c_THEOLOGY Environment and Ecology

Our sacramental buildings are the last bastion holding out against the disenchantment and trashing of place.

The Yale ISM Review: On Healing

January 6, 2020 Rita Ferrone Art and Architecture Environment and Ecology Journals Music: General Music: Hymns Pastoral Theology Persons with Disabilities Popular Piety Protestant Worship Social Justice

What is healing about? How does it take place? What roles do prayer, liturgy, and the arts play in the process of healing? These are some of the questions raised and discussed in this issue.

The Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica

December 14, 2019 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Art and Architecture Liturgical year Pope Francis

On November 9 last, Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist in the Lateran Basilica for the Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica. This ancient church serves as Cathedral of the

Keep me in the shadow of your wings

November 10, 2019 Lizette Larson Art and Architecture Liturgical Spirituality Liturgy of the Hours

For many, the ambiguity of shadow is perhaps an important symbol, a pointing to our partial vision of the economy of God and a faithful participation of life between realities.

Six Days of Creation Icon Painting Workshop

September 8, 2019 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Art and Architecture Eastern Liturgy Ecumenism

This past week I worked with iconographer Anna Gouriev at a Hexaemeron icon painting workshop hosted at Diakonia Retreat Center in Salem, South Carolina. Another

Glimpses of Liturgical Renewal in Russia

September 2, 2019 Teva Regule Art and Architecture Eastern Liturgy Inculturation Liturgical Movement

Similar to the voices of the Liturgical Movement in the West, the Bishops of the Russian Church in the early 20th century were concerned with the participation of the faithful in liturgy. As one bishop wrote, “…the faithful must participate in it directly, consciously, and actively.”

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