The Church Needs Beauty
Last week, Frank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for traditional classical music, knocking John Williams down to No. 2.
Last week, Frank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for traditional classical music, knocking John Williams down to No. 2.
Some algorithm somewhere has decided that I'm undereducated, for regularly I receive via my internet server invitations to join masters' courses at universities — at considerable expense to me, be it added.
Art provides an initial sign of the Christian vision, and Christian witness confirms its living reality in the world.
Since my adolescence I have loved churchyards and cemeteries.
A man lies back against a wooden cradle, high in the apse of the ancient church of Saint Clement in Rome.
Regular readers of this column know that we are often engaged in a species of cultural pathology.
"It's a strange place, Mat," said the young bride, shivering, and looking at the monastery covered in snow.
Catholic schools are in a privileged position to help parents in [their] vocation, by providing opportunities to form themselves as families in that true Christian spirit which is nurtured by the sacred liturgy.
We in the West are obliging amnesiacs of our greatest achievements.