I was recently reading about the Chartres Cathedral, located in Chartres, France, and found a notation stating that the cathedral was slated for destruction by American forces during World War II, as they thought it was being used by German forces as a post for snipers; but this grand 12th century Catholic cathedral was saved by one American Army officer…
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Art and Time
“God is eternal. Human life is temporal. In Christ those two meet, and the artist has to try to present both.” ~Dr. Chloe Reddaway The following is a link to a delightful seven minute mini-instruction from Dr. Chloe Reddaway of The National Gallery (London) on the depiction of time in Christian art. As the opening quote (above), lifted from the instruction, notes:…
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In the Bleak Midwinter
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficedThe Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.…
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Fr. Hopkins and His Poems
There has been a bit of good news in the world this week: a cache of poems by the Victorian era poet-priest, Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins (b. 1844- d. 1889), has been, I will not say discovered, but has been handed over to the British government by the family of the fellow poet, and longtime Hopkins friend, Robert Bridges. The collection has been placed in…
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Fine Art Restoration
Yesterday, after posting on St. Boniface Church in Pittsburgh, I received word that a friend of a friend’s grandfather (you know how these things work in Catholic circles!) was one of the German immigrants who had, literally, built this grand structure: her grandfather was a roofer, had roofed the church, and maintained it through the years. He, with his family, owned a…
