By the end of the year, Notre Dame Cathedral’s silhouette will be restored: Its entire 315-foot-high spire will once again crown the transept crossing, hidden beneath a 330-foot-high scaffolding.
Arts & Culture
Washington exhibit on Rome’s pilgrim churches showcases pilgrimage history
A map from 1575 is part of a current exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington and is among Jeff Kolha’s favorite prints on display in the exhibit “A Journey of Faith: The Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome” in the museum’s Vatican gallery.
‘Hard work’ of standup comedy a labor of love, faith for Jen Fulwiler
The “hard work” of making others laugh is a labor of love and faith for standup comic Jen Fulwiler, a former atheist and Catholic convert delivering a “fresh take on modern life as a woman” to audiences throughout the nation with her 2023 “Maternal Instinct” comedy tour.
Catholic singer recalls how winning battle with shyness, relying on faith brought success
Guelmis Tavárez has a successful career in the Catholic music industry, but that success didn’t come without a fight against the extreme shyness he suffered from a young age and his reliance on his faith to evolve into the musical artist he is today.
Mount Calvary parishioners combines music, farming and family
Erik Christensen, a parishioner of Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Baltimore, has extended his life into both music and what’s known as homestead farming. Hence the goats.
New artwork honors hero of Cumberland
It took Scott a full year to design and sculpt the nearly three-foot statue of Blessed Seelos, which was erected in March at the Shrine of Ss. Peter in Paul. Blessed Seelos walked the very grounds where his likeness now stands, when he served as pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul and prefect of students at a Redemptorist seminary in Cumberland from 1857 to 1862.
C.S. Lewis’ work continues to gain popularity 60 years after his death
When Clive Staples Lewis bought The Kilns, a former brick factory, in 1930, he used its quiet remoteness to produce a stream of literary and spiritual masterpieces that are still quoted with reverence today.
Perfect harmony: Music internship program helps parishes in Western Maryland
Music interns from Frostburg State University are helping to bring new life to liturgies at Divine Mercy Parish in Western Maryland.
Sinéad O’Connor, iconic Irish singer and victim of child abuse, dies at 56
The July 26 death of acclaimed Irish singer and songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, who was 56, has seen an outpouring of tributes from all walks of Irish life.
Aldean’s strange ‘small town’ sticks a finger into raw wounds
“Try that in a Small Town” boasts lyrics about Grandad’s shotgun, handed down and waiting in readiness in case any miscreants currently shoplifting, sucker-punching and otherwise diminishing our cities show up on his turf.
Medieval altar masterpiece of Kraków, Poland, receives European ‘Oscar of Culture’
The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland’s medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece.
Hit-making Christian musician now a Catholic priest
For Father Crabtree, music drove him closer to Christ and, eventually, closer to the church.