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THE MOTHER WHO PRAYS
Our second Indian saint to be canonized in November isBLESSED EUPHRASIA ELUVATHINGAL who was born in 1877 in the village of Kattoor, in Kerla. Her mother’s deep piety and great devotion to the Mother...
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PROCESSION
Procession (Amadeo de Souza Cardoso- Portugal -1913)Last year at this time I was once again in Piura, Peru, and was able to see the Catholic youth of that city in Procession for the feast of CORPUS...
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OUR MOTHER UNTIES OUR MESSES
The original paintingMARY UNTIER of KNOTS (or Mary Undoer of Knots) is the name of both a Marian devotion and a Baroque painting (German: Wallfahrtsbild or Gnadenbild) which represents that devotion....
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MARY'S HEART
(Cameron Smith-USA)Today is the Feast of the SACRED HEART of JESUS but tomorrow is a lesser known feast of the Mother of God. THE IMMACULATE HEART of MARYis a feast in which we commemorate the interior...
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THE WEST'S FASTEST NUN
As we celebrate our Independence Day, I put forth someone most if us have never heard about, but who played a great part in the Western part of the USA. One who kept the gun-slingers of our West in...
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MADNESS OR MAGIC?
Séraphine de Senlis I am sometimes asked, due to my love of art, if I am an artist- to which I reply only in my mind! When I was in college many years ago, in a rigorous pre-med program, I found...
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ISLAND ART
"Tree" - Todd SpaltiOur neighboring Island (Orcas) has for years had a treasure of a museum, which few know about, and now seems to be on its last legs- which we hope is not happening! Several years...
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HEAVEN PREVAILS
Most of us are great fans of FLANNERY O’CONNOR, especially her spiritual writings. As the story goes, the Dominican nuns of Hawthorn begged her to write a book about the child in this blog. Flannery...
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PRIME IMAGES
In doing my new artists "research", I came across a letter St. John Paul II wrote in 1999 to artists:"To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new “epiphanies” of beauty so that through...
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WOMEN WHO BRING THE SAINTS ALIVE
Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality's surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of...
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ART AS PRAYER
Descent from the CrossThe artist, image of God the Creator None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the...
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ICONS
Our Lady of VladimirOur Lady of CzestochwaThrough his “artistic creativity” man appears more than ever “in the image of God”, and he accomplishes this task above all in shaping the wondrous “material”...
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INFLUENTIAL ART
The particular vocation of individual artists decides the arena in which they serve and points as well to the tasks they must assume, the hard work they must endure and the responsibility they must...
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MODERN SAINT MAKERS
Virginia Marie RomeroEvery genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality's surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs...
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SAINT MAKERS- PART II
Every genuine art form in its own way is a path to the inmost reality of man and of the world. It is therefore a wholly valid approach to the realm of faith, which gives human experience its ultimate...
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SACRAMENTAL NATURE OF ART
Song of Creation My hope for all of you who are artists is that you will have an especially intense experience of creative inspiration. May the beauty which you pass on to generations still to come be...
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HOPE IN ART
This is the last in our series of contemporary American Catholic women artists (at least for now).I grew up under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet(L.A.) and have great regard for...
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OUR FIRST BLACK PRIEST
SERVANT of GOD AUGUSTINE TOLTON, born in Missouri in 1854, was the first Roman Catholic priest in the United States publicly known to be black when he was ordained in 1886. His mother Martha, who...
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OUR ANIMAL PATRONS
St. BrigidWe all know to pray to St. Francis of Assisi for protection of our pets, but there are many saints that people have prayed to, even before St. Francis' time, for intercession on behalf of...
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SPECIAL FRIENDS OF OUR SHEEP AND LAMBS
St. GermaineFor years I have prayed to Sts. Genevieve, Germaine and Cuthbert for safe and healthy lambs. But there are more out there waiting to be called upon for their gifts. There are patrons of the...
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