Add art to Advent preparation December 6, 2018By 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, 2018By 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, 2018By 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, 2017By 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, 2017By 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.
Beauty beneath the grime: Basilica’s Stations of the Cross undergo restoration July 31, 2014By 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, 2014By 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, 2011By 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, 2011By 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 […]
Special report: Deep-rooted Polish faith faces secular challenge July 21, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Arts & Culture, Local News, News, World News Poland, one of Europe most Catholic nations, is facing new challenge in the practice of the faith as more people turn to Western secularization.
SPECIAL REPORT: Baltimore has special connection to popularizing devotion to the Infant of Prague July 14, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News, World News Every year, more than 1 million pilgrims from around the globe travel to the Czech Republic, praying in front of the Infant of Prague. They carry on a practice that stretches back hundreds of years.
Walters displays illuminated Scriptures February 19, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News Its transparent wings beating in a flutter of motion, the locust almost seems ready to jump from the calf-skin parchment on which it is painted. Resting on a delicately arching green leaf, the insect is a physical reminder of a passage in the sacred text that fills the page.
