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Arts & Culture

Basilica windows sparkle in new home

December 21, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News

On a recent sunny afternoon, the stained glass windows at St. Louis in Clarksville sparkled with a radiance few could have imagined when they stood in their original home at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Illuminated by the mid-day sun, brilliant shades of cobalt blue, deep purples and fiery reds seemed to leap from the glass and command a visitor’s gaze.

James Goettsche, Vatican organist, pulls out all the stops

September 22, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News

For the last 16 years, he has served as principal organist of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican and organist to the pope – the first American to hold either post.

Travolta movie films scenes at St. Michael, Fells Point

May 14, 2003
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News

Disney film crews were on site at St. Michael from April 27 to May 2 filming the baptism and funeral scenes and a Christmas Midnight Mass scene.

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