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Arts & Culture

Walters exhibit showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi

January 28, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

The same book that inspired St. Francis in 1208 is expected to inspire thousands of others as the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore places it on public display for the first time in 40 years Feb. 1 through May 31.

Madonnari Arts Festival revives chalk work with Renaissance roots

September 9, 2019
By Mary K. Tilghman
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

With subjects as varied as saints and Madonnas, Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry Potter, madonnari came from Italy and Belgium, Germany and Mexico, along with about 10 local artists and local students.

Add art to Advent preparation

December 6, 2018
By Mary K. Tilghman
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

If you’re looking for an artful way to prioritize Christ this Advent season, visit the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

Baltimore parish celebrates 150th anniversary of precious icon’s arrival

November 5, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Saints

“This icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help came to accompany her sons and daughters – all of us migrants here, all of us new to this country,” the superior general said.

‘Homeless Jesus’ finds a permanent haven in Baltimore parish

July 12, 2018
By Mary K. Tilghman
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

Versions of the sculpture have found homes across the globe and, now, in an urban park where people experiencing homelessness find refuge.

St. Andrew by the Bay welcomes ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue for Christmas

December 16, 2017
By Rico De Silva
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News

A lightweight, resin replica of the statue, which was created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, has traveled around the Archdiocese of Baltimore since February.

Why poetry matters

November 16, 2017
By John Garvey
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue

Richard Wilbur died last month. He was, Dana Gioia said, the finest poet of his generation and the greatest American Christian poet since Eliot. 

Lead post-Vatican II architect dies at 84

July 23, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News, Obituaries

William L. Gaudreau, a leading post-Vatican II architect who designed many churches, school buildings and other structures in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died July 6 of heart failure at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Baltimore. He was 84.

Beauty beneath the grime: Basilica’s Stations of the Cross undergo restoration

July 31, 2014
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News, Parishes

Gently wielding a thin bamboo skewer tipped with a bit of rolled cotton, Nancy R. Pollak gingerly dabbed the painting of Jesus.

In streets of Little Italy, St. Leo parishioners remember Christ’s sacrifice

April 18, 2014
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News

For parishioners of St. Leo, the annual Good Friday commemoration was meant to bear witness to Christ’s crucifixion and death.

Christmas stamp features Walters Art Museum treasure by Raphael

December 5, 2011
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News

A Raphael masterpiece that hangs in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is getting national attention this holiday season as the U.S. Postal Service features the “Madonna of the Candelabra” as one of its 2011 Christmas stamps.

A rare birthday present for St. Joan of Arc

November 16, 2011
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Blog, The Narthex

Pope Benedict XVI minces no words when he describes the medieval judges who interrogated and sentenced St. Joan of Arc to death 580 years ago. The French clergymen were aligned with St. Joan’s political opponents, the pope said in a Jan. 26 general audience, and they “lacked charity and the humility to see God’s action in […]

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