Unity is impossible? Here’s what a 450-Year-Old, 40-part motet can teach us December 1, 2023By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Arts & Culture, Commentary The richness of 40 distinct voices lifts the soul upward, but also outward.
Powerful masterpiece: Beloved rendition of Handel’s Messiah coming to Baltimore Basilica December 1, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News “My approach is one of electric white heat that can be so dramatic and inspirational,” said Polochick, a former longtime music professor at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore who has led the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra in Nebraska since 1998.
Conference puts pope’s call for ‘outgoing theology’ into action November 29, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Theologians, social scientists, historians and artists, including an Indigenous Mexican rapper, met in Bogotá to discuss how religion is represented in popular culture today.
Radio Interview: Becoming thankful and grateful people November 20, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Western Vicariate Lara Schumacher and Father Collin Poston share their insights and stories of growing in gratitude in light of the month of November and the celebration of Thanksgiving. Schumacher is director of faith formation, evangelization of youth and the family at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Ijamsville. Father Poston is pastor of St. Bartholomew in Manchester.
Excellence in women’s devotional art on display at Baltimore Museum of Art November 18, 2023By Nora Hamerman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News “The Education of the Virgin,” is now on view in the exhibit “Making Her Mark” at the Baltimore Museum of Art and is one of many works that are worth a visit to this grand show of what female artists achieved in the pre-modern era before 1800.
Seniors drawn to art by health benefits November 15, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Seniors Art classes can be an important part of seniors maintaining their cognitive ability as well as a terrific way of socializing.
Radio Interview: A conversation with a Black Catholic artist November 14, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Wayman Scott IV, a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Timonium, talks with George Matysek Jr. about his development as a Black Catholic artist.
Seven new books to help feed your mind and your faith November 11, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, News, World News In this year’s annual fall book review, we offer seven selections to support you in your faith journey:
Norway Catholics welcome Nobel Prize for writer-convert October 16, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Church leaders in Norway have welcomed the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Jon Fosse, a Catholic convert, predicting the honor could raise Catholicism’s profile in the traditionally Protestant country.
Reconstruction of Notre Dame is ‘sign of hope for everyone,’ cathedral rector says October 9, 2023By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News 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.
Washington exhibit on Rome’s pilgrim churches showcases pilgrimage history October 7, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Bible, Feature, News, World News 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 October 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News 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.
