The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:10:22 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Catholic artist gives audience a complex experience /item/34859-catholic-artist-gives-audience-a-complex-experience /item/34859-catholic-artist-gives-audience-a-complex-experience

Trying to explain the effect of Denyse Thomasos’ immense, complex, abstract paintings, Fr. Dan Donovan reaches for St. Thomas Aquinas.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:04:12 -0400
ArtistƵapp mural brings life to Calgary school /item/34190-artist-s-mural-brings-life-to-calgary-school /item/34190-artist-s-mural-brings-life-to-calgary-school

Prolific Blackfoot painter Kalum Teke DanƵapp latest residency has been at St. John XXIII School in Calgary, where for over a month heƵapp been sharing his art and culture with students from kindergarten to Grade 9.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 27 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400
The Catholic Picasso /features/arts/item/33621-the-catholic-picasso /features/arts/item/33621-the-catholic-picasso

When Pablo Picasso said “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls,” it wasn’t a casual remark. Picasso thought a lot about his own soul, the soul of the Spanish nation, the soul of 20th-century modern art, and he thought about it in very Catholic terms.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:38:10 -0400
Faith flows through artistic passion /item/33360-faith-flows-through-artistic-passion /item/33360-faith-flows-through-artistic-passion

Nestled amidst the evergreens in the village of Haines Junction in CanadaƵapp Yukon, a tiny church known as Our Lady of the Way has been a source of creative and spiritual inspiration for artist Libby Dulac.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:55:51 -0400
AntigonishƵapp St. NinianƵapp Cathedral restoring murals to former glory /item/32376-antigonish-s-st-ninian-s-cathedral-restoring-murals-to-former-glory /item/32376-antigonish-s-st-ninian-s-cathedral-restoring-murals-to-former-glory

Ozias Leduc (1864-1955) earned so much acclaim for his religious and secular paintings that the native of Saint-Hilaire-de-Rouville, Que., was heralded in his time as “the Michelangelo of Canada.’

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0500
MonkƵapp art challenges concept of ‘neighbour’ /features/arts/item/31165-monk-s-art-challenges-concept-of-neighbour /features/arts/item/31165-monk-s-art-challenges-concept-of-neighbour

When Emmaus O’Herlihy prays the Magnificat every evening, heƵapp thinking about how young and powerless Mary was when she discovered she was pregnant and carrying the Saviour of the world.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:13:35 -0500
Bob Brehl: Salvator Mundi painting goes on the lam /opinion/columnists/item/29296-bob-brehl-salvator-mundi-painting-goes-on-the-lamb /opinion/columnists/item/29296-bob-brehl-salvator-mundi-painting-goes-on-the-lamb

The art world is abuzz about the whereabouts of the mysterious painting of Jesus Christ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

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robertbrehl@catholicregister.org (Robert Brehl) Robert Brehl Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:43:22 -0400
Editorial: Christmas is eternal /columns/item/28676-editorial-christmas-is-eternal /columns/item/28676-editorial-christmas-is-eternal

No memories are so sweet as those which cluster round the Infant SaviourƵapp festive season.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:44:47 -0500
Alfonse BorysewiczƵapp lonely struggle gives Catholic art a modern face /features/arts/item/22535-alfonse-borysewicz-s-lonely-struggle-gives-catholic-art-a-modern-face /features/arts/item/22535-alfonse-borysewicz-s-lonely-struggle-gives-catholic-art-a-modern-face

Whenever Alfonse Borysewicz addresses a fresh canvas, a daunting set of issues stares back at him.

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Arts News Sun, 19 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400
Divine Mercy painting finds a new home /item/22168-divine-mercy-painting-finds-a-new-home /item/22168-divine-mercy-painting-finds-a-new-home

TORONTO – A painting of the Divine Mercy put up for adoption last year by the man who commissioned it more than a decade ago has finally found a new home at St. Francis de Sales Church in Ajax, Ont.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:30:00 -0400