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Arts & Culture

History of St. Peter’s Basilica, Paris cathedral on exhibit in Washington

July 8, 2022
By Zoey Maraist
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

“Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition” at the National Building Museum is one of two summer exhibits in Washington that delve into the history of a beloved place of worship visited by pilgrims and tourists alike.

Actor is ‘transformed’ by portraying Father Tolton in theater production

July 8, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

After nearly 300 performances of “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” actor Jim Coleman said his life has been transformed.

Baltimore’s strongman

July 5, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Arts & Culture, Commentary, Feature

Antone Matysek’s most-famous stunt, which he performed on the Vaudeville stage, was hoisting three men over his head with one arm as they pedaled vainly on a custom-made bicycle outfitted with added weights.

Judge blocks Catholic University of America’s sale of Dorothy dress

May 24, 2022
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, News, World News

A federal judge prevented The Catholic University of America from selling a dress worn by Judy Garland in the “Wizards of Oz” the day before it was scheduled to be auctioned.

Pope, Bono launch Scholas educational initiative

May 20, 2022
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Celebrating the launch of the Scholas International Educational Movement and its environmental project, Pope Francis encouraged young people, especially women, to lead the charge in fighting climate change.

Notre Dame of Maryland students recreate 99-year-old photos

May 6, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

The cast of Notre Dame of Maryland University’s production of the Shakespearean comedy “As You Like It” joined forces with a class of digital photography students to recreate 99-year-old images of their predecessors, with the results now on display in an online exhibit.

Emmitsburg grotto awaits return of statue of Blessed Virgin Mary

May 5, 2022
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is expected to be returned to its high perch at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes overlooking the campus and surrounding countryside this summer.

Report: Kids’ time spent on screen soars during the pandemic

April 27, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Coronavirus, Feature, Guest Commentary

Use of screen media per day is up 17 percent for teens (ages 13-18) and tweens (ages 8-12) from the start of the pandemic, according to Common Sense Media. And that doesn’t take into account time spent attending school virtually and doing homework.

Sulpician Father Peter Gray’s art deepens faith

March 31, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

For Father Gray, art is his full-time ministry. He spends hours a day working on a paint-splattered kitchen table to create sacred and secular art.

Youthful voices fill Baltimore Basilica with sacred song

March 14, 2022
By Todd Karpovich
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

The voices of young singers filled the chambers of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore with sacred songs.

Cancel Crusade: How gossip, scandal ruined a rare Renaissance treasure

February 17, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

During a lecture Feb. 15 in Rome, Francesco Buranelli, president of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments of the Holy See and former director of the Vatican Museums, presented a picture of what can happen when fierce family rivalries, a Counter-Reformation “cancel culture” and 500 years of “fake news” find the perfect target in a problematic pope.

Australian Mercy sister who got gold records for Our Father recording dies

February 2, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News

Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.

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