800-Year-Old Music Honoring St. Anthony of Padua
Highly venerated from the first, many works of art have had St. Anthony as their subject, from plastic garden statues to paintings by El Greco and Raphael. He has also been honored in music.
Singing in Tongues: Thomas Tallis’ Pentecost Masterpiece
The language of beauty continues to preach the truth of Catholicism to all nations; because of that, we ought to see composers like Tallis as contributing to the Church’s continued charism of evangelism.
Glimmering Hope in the Night of Postmodernity: Exploring the Music of Arvo Pärt
Any Catholic interested in a revival of the arts and questions relating to their place and expression in the face of modernity should discover Arvo Pärt.
Eight Activities of the Renaissance Woman
What are good activities which women have always done and which seem closely tied to being a fulfilled and feminine woman?
Hilaire Belloc’s List of Eight Manly Activities
Hilaire Belloc described a handful of activities which modern industrial and urban life has all too often endangered or made extinct, but should be recovered by today’s Catholic men.
On the Legitimacy of “Parish Tasting”
Is it okay to engage in “parish tasting?” Or should we stick with our local parish, no matter what?
Feminized Faith, Failed Families, and Fertile Fields
Hope-filled in its conclusion, a new book offers the Catholic community a fresh look at current issues, addressing them with scholarly and thoughtful argumentation, and peaceful and commonsense rhetoric.
“In the Land of Promise”: An Encounter with a Pro-Life Painting
A relatively obscure painting speaks to the Pro-Life movement, to the shifting sands of familial ideologies, and to the necessity of loving the simple and domestic realities of life.
The Universal Call to Hobbitness
The temptation to be distracted from our own precious plots of land is terrible, as every man, looking into his pocket palantír, sees the forces of evil arrayed to destroy the world he loves.