“This little book is a beautiful invitation to go more deeply into the moments of Holy Week and Easter.”
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Category: Art and Architecture
Pope Francis to Sicilian clerics: Take off your grandmother’s lace.
In an audience with bishops and priests of Sicily on 9 June 2022, Pope Francis told the clerics to stop wearing their “grandmother’s lace”, saying
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Black Vestments
When I was ministering in the United States (mainly Newark, NJ and Tri-State area), I never came across black vestments in use in the liturgy.
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Symbolic Dissonance
This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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From the Wires: A Cathedral for the 21st Century
Hartford’s Christ Church Cathedral unveils its newly renovated nave.
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Mass Rocks as a Possible Future
Over the past few weeks, we have looked at the setting for the church to gather in a number of posts. Anthony has commented on
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Dippy the Dinosaur in Norwich Cathedral
Sometimes people say that the Christian Faith is in trouble. Numbers of people attending church are down. Many ecclesial institutions have trouble staying open. A
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Shed of the Year
I am not the most optimistic person in the world. So looking at the situation of the Church, I often despair that it will all
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Marian Icon Lecture
Marek Czarnecki returns to Saint Meinrad for another week of work on icons for a portable iconostasis. He will be offering the following lecture Monday night, April 19, at 6:30 CT, available by live-stream: “Mary, the Mother of God in Icons: From the Catacombs to Today.”
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For the priest who has everything
I like to think of myself as a fairly avid follower of things liturgical, so I was surprised when, a few weeks ago, I came
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