Art and Architecture Archives

The Yale ISM Review: On Healing

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.”

A response to Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s comments on Christ Cathedral

August 29, 2019 Other Voices Art and Architecture

The Church is a big tent, Personal taste and sensibility understandably vary. But…

Is God a “Tourist Attraction”?

August 25, 2019 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Art and Architecture Episcopal/Anglican Liturgy

I imagine that many readers are already familiar with the photographs of some of England’s ancient cathedrals that have recently been retrofitted with more “relevant”