Tag Archives: Catholic Arts

Book Review: Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene

By roger | Published: 29 May 2010
For centuries now, our world has been increasingly filled by purely humanistic culture. And the majority of what we regard as great literature turns on very worldly themes. In the novels of Jane Austen or E. M. Forster for instance, we do not have profound explorations of Divine Grace in our lives, nor matters of [...]
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Imaging the Sacred

By roger | Published: 20 January 2010
(Illustration by Ariel Agemian. Note: It is only since and through publishing this picture that I discovered the identity of this wonderful artist. For more, please see discussion in comments below.) I was happy to discover this old image of the Mystery of Ordination on the web. And I am doubly happy to republish it here. To [...]
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DVD Review: Circle of Friends

By roger | Published: 11 July 2009
A Flawed, Fond and Important Evocation of Catholic Ireland
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Book Review: The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene

By roger | Published: 20 May 2009
Heartbreaking, beautiful Catholic Masterpiece
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Book Review: Ugly As Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces and How We Can Change Them Back Again – Michael S. Rose

By roger | Published: 24 April 2009
A powerful and accessible account of how Catholic Churches are succumbing to ugliness.
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Book Review: The Portal of the Mystery of Hope – Charles Peguy

By roger | Published: 14 April 2009
A genuine classic, heartbreakingly beautiful.
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