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Michigan iconographer roots work in prayer when depicting the divine

June 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Kathleen Bordo Crombie stands next to an icon of St. Francis of Assisi, dedicated to her late husband, Robyn. The Church of the Divine Child in Dearborn, Michigan, parishioner took up iconography after taking a class at the Sacred Art Institute … […]

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Ukraine iconographer and artist paints history while it’s still unfolding

July 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Ukrainian refugee and artist Serhii Kolodka in his studio at Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, where he is putting the finishing touches on two large icons destined for Holy Spirit Parish in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. … […]

The Dispatch

Iconography and healing the eyes of the heart

March 8, 2022 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 4

What does it mean to see God? Are there special places to look, or particular ways to adjust our vision so that we might overcome our blind-spots about God—or much else? I spent the fall […]

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“The arts are languages of the soul”: An interview with Michael O’Brien

November 7, 2020 Carl E. Olson 9

Iconographer, painter, and writer Michael O’Brien has been a unique creative force for decades. He is the popular author of several best-selling novels, including Father Elijah, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father’s Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, Theophilos, The Fool […]

The Dispatch

Three books to read in a monsoon—or in the summer sun

June 5, 2019 Russell E. Saltzman 3

I have been driven from my deck by endless rain—13 inches in May. The deck is my spot where I read the books I have put off since winter, or longer. Here are three I […]

The Dispatch

New book explores the meaning and place of icons in the West

November 28, 2017 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 7

Authored by the young Benedictine Sister Jeana Visel, Icons in the Western Church: Toward a More Sacramental Encounter deserves the widest possible readership among Western Christians. […]

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