Arts News

A flyer for the Final Testaments play performed at Centre Pauline-Charron in Vanier in September, 2024.

Play makes Notre Dame Cemetery come alive

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Past memories of Ottawa's Notre Dame Cemetery have been brought back to life. 

A participant of a former Kalos Iconography retreat work on gilding the gold of an in-progress icon.

Iconography: from darkness to light

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A unique retreat combining elements of art, religious history and prayer is making its way to Canada for the first time, giving Catholics in Halifax the opportunity to craft their own "windows to Heaven." 

American Christian Rapper Christopher Hulvey starred at the Jesus of Nazareth (JON) Festival in Ottawa in 2023. His debut album Christopher peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Top Christian/Gospel Albums chart in 2021.

JON Festival aims for Christian revival

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The JON Festival will return to Ottawa for a second time Sept. 22, bringing with it a wide range of Christian performers.  

Dr. Christina Labriola, a scholar of music and theology and current music director at St. Michael’s College gives a lecture.

Course aims to direct us to God through music

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A new course from Regis College’s Windows on Theology series is offering a look at how everyday music can become a platform to help people draw closer to God. 

Jonathan Roumie, who plays Christ in the television series 'The Chosen', is pictured in a scene depicting the sermon on the mount.

New Bible study accompanies latest season of popular series 'The Chosen'

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The husband and wife team of Dallas and Amanda Jenkins, alongside Dr. Douglas S. Huffman, have released their fourth interactive Bible study coinciding with the newest season of The Chosen. 

Miniaturized sculpture of Blessed Carlo Acutis

Schmalz to unveil latest work, an homage to Carlos Acutis

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When thousands gather this summer in Indianapolis for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, they’ll be able to view the creation of another in the long line of Christian art by renowned Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz.

Deacon Robert Kinghorn, above left, speaks with Jonathan Michael in Episode 4 of The Sacred Project. This episode discusses Kinghorn’s “Church on The Street” ministry.

Sacred music passion fuels TV series

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A new television program airing March 30 looks to combine sacred music performances with riveting discussions from local ministers of the Catholic Church.

A cherub holding the keys of St. Peter and one holding up a papal tiara can be seen in this close-up photograph of the wooden canopy of the baldachin over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Knights fund St. Peter’s Baldachin restoration

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St. Peter’s Baldachin (Baldacchino in Italian) is undergoing its first major restoration since 1758, thanks to the efforts of the Knights of Columbus. 

Andrea Bocelli sings before Pope Francis' meeting with participants in the Renewal of the Spirit meeting in St. Peter's Square in 2015.

Faith is believing in the power of good: Bocelli

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For one brief moment at the outset of the pandemic, the hopes of the world seemed concentrated on a single man standing alone outside the massive Duomo di Milano in Italy.

Ofrenda by Norma Rios Sierra and Calaca figurines.

Death in its many forms celebrated at ROM

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A Royal Ontario Museum exhibition now running captures the depiction and celebration of death in its many forms, in nature and across different cultures.

Bea Arthur, left, and Rue McClanahan in an episode of Maude.

And then there’s Maude’s abortion

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Jesuit Father Patrick J. Sullivan and Robert Beusse were not intent on launching an early battle in the culture wars when they met with CBS President Robert Wood the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 1972. They were simply out to prevent a summer rerun.

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