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Why prayer isn’t supposed to look like panic — and how to rediscover its peace. La Religieuse (The Nun) by Henriette Browne. 1859 Oil on canvas. Height: 92.4 cm (36.3 in), width: 73.6 cm (28.9 in). National Inventory of Continental European Paintings. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) It was several years ago, so I couldn’t tell you now what I was working on when I went searching for reference photos of someone in prayer. I only remembe

Becky Heier, an art teacher at Frassati Catholic Academy in Thornton, has been named the Colorado Private, Independent and Charter School Art Educator of the Year by the Colorado Art Education Association. (Photo courtesy of Frassati Catholic Academy's Facebook) When students step into Becky Heier’s art classroom at Frassati Catholic Academy in Thornton, they find more than brushes and paints. They find a place where creativity becomes prayer and where beauty points to someth

Pacino di Bonaguida, Tree of Life, 1305-1310. 248x151 cm. Accademia Gallery, Florence, Italy. (Photo: Elizabeth Zelasko) "For the word of...

(Photo by Elizabeth Zelasko) World Youth Day in 2005 was the first time my feet left the soil of my homeland and touched ground overseas....

Pentecost by Jean Restout, c. 1732. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) It is easy to be caught off guard by Pentecost. If I don’t...

Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1481. Tempera on wood. 46 in × 47 in. Uffizi, Florence. (Photo: Public...

Pope Francis addressed approximately 200 prominent artists and other creative people from more than 30 countries in the Sistine Chapel on...

Understanding Christ's Love through Iconography and the Cross Artist(s) Unknown. Maestro della Croce 434 . “Crucifix with Stories of the...

A new Biblical film, Paul, the Apostle of Christ , starring Jim Caveizel ( The Passion of the Christ ) and James Faulkner ( Game of...

As the Archdiocese of Denver has prepared for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, one particular image of her stood out — a...

It can be hard to find movies to watch. A recent Netflix study showed that 18 minutes of our time on a given day is spent just searching...

Art in the Church is not what it used to be. But in the past, particularly during the Italian Renaissance, the Catholic Church...

Ten new stained glass windows installed at Our Lady of Loreto Parish in Foxfield depict the mysteries of the rosary in dazzling pieces of...

For a Catholic, our faith is not about a book, but about the Word, and at Christmas we celebrate the moment when the “Word became flesh ”...