Pope Benedict XVI (Acrylic on Canvas)

You are invited to join and support Montagne Ministries in an exciting evening displaying the artwork of Devin Montagne. Bishop Conley will begin the night with opening prayer and reflection!! Enjoy and experience a Live Performance Painting, Live Auction and Reception.

Mar 11 @ 5 pm
John Paul II Center – Archdiocese of Denver
1300 South Steele Street, Denver, CO

(c) 2010 Grassroots Films, Inc.

The long-awaited world premiere of Grassroots Films first feature film is coming!

The gorgeous award-winning docudrama, “The Human Experience,” first became public after initial editing in 2007, including the pre-screening we were blessed to co-host in Madison, Wisconsin in November 2007. With each screening, Grassroots garnered more and more popular acclaim and support, gaining momentum to eventually begin winning film festival prizes, totally twenty six to this date, including thirteen official selection awards, the top award at any film festival.

If you’ve seen this movie, you undoubtedly loved it. If you’ve not seen it, you must go.

GF is an immensely talented group of filmmakers and artists. They’re Christians, and though their work is not always explicitly religious, their work is profound and supernatural. Believers love the message of the beauty of human dignity imbued in this film, but the response of non-religious people has been tremendous as well. GF’s crew have a gift for portraying universal truth in an engaging way that is just simply beautiful. Please support them, tell your friends, and go to this film.

Premiere Info Here

for Colorado–Denver’s Northfield 18

Happy Feast of St. Josemaria Escriva!

This painting is done by Sr. AnneMarie Heyne, who is currently a novice with the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Florence, Italy. If you would like to support her vocation and promote the sacred arts, consider purchasing her paintings. Contact me at ruahfellowship@gmail.com if you’re interested.

For more on St. Josemaria:

• Short biography, links and the collect for the day
• St. Josemaria’s works for free online

This great video, “March of the Unqualified” from Igniter Media is a fantastic use of media for evangelization, and a reality check for those who use false humility as an excuse for delaying Church involvement and conversion. Unfortunately, it’s a little expensive. Check out a preview here.

THE FOUNDATION FOR SACRED ARTS presents

A New Way of Seeing: understanding Christian art April 25th, 2009 10:00am – 3:00 pm at Saint John Cantius Parish 825 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60642 ________________________________

“Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?”

 by H. Reed Armstrong

Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm

Catholic Information Center

 

Hamilton Reed Armstrongstudied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with internationally recognized sculptors Carl Iluva, Walker Hancock, and Fredrick Shrady.  Mr. Armstrong is a professional sculptor who has done commissioned work in Spain, Italy, Germany, Africa, and the United States.  Much of his work was produced during an extended stay in Spain, where it was extolled by noted critics Raul Chavari and Cecilio Barbaran as a revitalization of the Spanish mystical tradition embodied in El Greco, among others.  Mr. Armstrong is presently the professor of Fine Arts at the International Catholic University, Notre Dame, Indiana; associate professor of Modern Languages at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia; and is the former director of the Magi Center for Sacred Art at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.  Recent commissions include the commemorative medal for the Victims of Communism Committee, Washington, D.C; a portrait bust of Pius X for the papal memorial chapel, Riese, Italy; and a portrait bust for John Paul II for The John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.  He is presently working on a series of monumental sculptures for the Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He has lectured on Cathoic art and symbolism worldwide and has contributed to such periodicals as Crisis Magazine, Latin Mass, Communio, and Culture Wars.  He has appeared on EWTN and has published numerous monographs on religion and art in both Spanish and English.  Mr. Armstrong lives with his wife, painter Roxalana Luczakowsky Armstrong, in Front Royal, Virginia, where he continues his professional work as a sculptor, lecturer, and writer.

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The Beauty that Saves: Art in the Life of the Church is The Foundation for Sacred Arts’ bi-weekly spring lecture series in five parts. With enlightening talks given by prominent Catholic artists and art historians, this series will demonstrate the manner in which beautiful Christian art is indispensable for catechizing the faithful, facilitating prayer, and inspiring conversion.

 

Lecture schedule:

April 1:  Art and the Liturgy ~ Fr. Giles Dimock, OP

April 15:  Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? ~ H. Reed Armstrong

April 29:  St. Paulin Art: The Beauty of Holiness ~ Dr. Jem Sullivan

May 13:  Transcendent Beauty: The Importance of Catholic Architecture ~ Arthur Lohsen

May 27:  Hope in Suffering: How Baroque Art Made God Present on Earth ~ David Clayton

 

All talks will be held from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m at the Catholic Information Center, 1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.

 

 A $10 donation is suggested.

 For more information, contact us at (202)898-1288 or rachelross@thesacredarts.org, or visit our website at www.thesacredarts.org/lecture.

The Foundation for Sacred Arts is pleased to announce two upcoming events:

“The Beauty that Saves: Art in the Life of the Church” is our newest 5-part speaker series. With enlightening talks given by prominent Catholic artists and art historians, this series will demonstrate the manner in which beautiful Christian art is indispensable for catechizing the faithful, facilitating prayer, and inspiring conversion. Talks will be held at 7pm every other Wednesday from April through May at the Catholic Information Center, 1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 2005. $10 suggested donation at the door.

Lecture schedule:
4/1 — Father Giles Dimock, OP: “Art and the Liturgy”
4/15 — H. Reed Armstrong: “Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?”
4/29 — Dr. Jem Sullivan: “St. Paul in Art: The Beauty of Holiness”
5/13 — Art Lohsen, AIA RIBA: “Transcendent Beauty: The Importance of Catholic Architecture”
5/27 — David Clayton: “Hope in Suffering: How Baroque Art made God Present on Earth”

“A New Way of Seeing: Understanding Christian Art”, offers a day of exploring art and the Christian faith. Learn about meaning and content in Christian art through lectures by David Clayton and Reed Armstrong, two recognized Catholic artists/art theorists. See the beauty and permanence of the Christian faith in works of art with a guided tour of the Art Institute of Chicago. April 25th, 2009 from 9:30am- 3:30pm. Program begins with a Mass and two lectures held at St. John Cantius Catholic Church, 825 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60642. Transportation to and from the Art Institute will be provided. $35 registration includes museum admission, and transportation to and from the museum.

I found on a friend’s blog a post on mediocrity and marketing natural family planning, and I agree with the mediocrity in marketing Church work and evangelization in general. The bar is usually way too low, and definitely behind the technological curve. Well, I found a new web site you might like: Catholic Media House. It’s got great resources for the new evangelization: mini-movies, backers (for song projections or powerpoints) in motion or stills, and more. They even have section for free stuff. Check it out!