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Quebec sculptor Jacques Bourgault passed away Jan. 26 at the age of 77.

Quebec sculptor, who created a new vision for the cross, dies at age 77

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Quebec sculptor Jacques Bourgault, whose contemporary, carved wooden statues of a triumphant, risen Christ on the cross hang in churches throughout North America, has died at the age of 77.

Vancouver's St. Paul’s Church has installed a icon of St. Paul made by André Prevost in the style of First Nations art.

B.C. artist depicts St. Paul as a First Nations icon

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VANCOUVER – A Vancouver church has acknowledged the rich First Nations heritage of its parishioners by installing an icon of St. Paul the Apostle wearing a woven cedar hat and holding a talking stick and cedar bough.

The Braccio Nuovo Gallery in Rome opens to the public beginning Thursday, Dec. 22.

Vatican gallery reopens after seven-year restoration

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VATICAN CITY – One of the jewels in the Vatican Museums will reopen to the public after a $2.4 million makeover to make it earthquake resistant.

Jason Taylor, with his puppet characters Opus, left, and Joyous, are out to fill the void in Catholic children video series.

Producer out to fill video void for Catholic kids

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Jason Taylor logged on to Facebook one June afternoon and found a post that triggered an idea he long carried in his mind.

Man Up!, the true story of the Boys Club Network, was performed on Parliament Hill at an event sponsored by Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, who is himself a mentor in the program.

'Man Up!' play brings powerful message of mentoring hopeless young men

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OTTAWA – In very dramatic fashion, the Vancouver-based Boys Club Network has taken its case for mentoring programs to Parliament Hill.

Philip Davydov, a Russian iconographer, teaches an iconography class at Wesley Theological Seminary, a United Methodist-affiliated school in Washington, D.C.

Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images

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WASHINGTON – Anna Schalk finds herself weeping each time she enters an Orthodox church and gazes at the flat, colorful icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

Elisa Lollino, the founder, actor and playwright at Ephphatha Productions stumbled upon her unique ministry in the form of one-person plays.

One-woman shows bring Scripture to life

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When Elisa Lollino performs, it’s not just a play. It’s also a form of prayer.

Dylan O'Brien and Mark Wahlberg star in a scene from the movie "Deepwater Horizon."

The ‘Homer Simpsonization’ of men in the media today is a very troubling trend

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Two recent films, Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg and Sully starring Tom Hanks, represent something of a breath of fresh air. Both movies feature men who are intelligent, virtuous and quietly heroic. If this strikes you as a banal observation, that just means you haven’t been following much of the popular culture for the past 20 years.

A wooden crucifix from the 14th century is pictured during a media opportunity to showcase its restoration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 28. The crucifix is one of the few items that was present in the original St. Peter's Basilica. The restoration was funded by the Knights of Columbus.

Medieval crucifix in St. Peter's Basilica 'resurrected' from obscurity

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VATICAN CITY – His toes curl in pain, his veins bulge from exertion, his bony chest heaves in the last throes of death.

“The Prophet Isaiah at the Walls of Jerusalem” from three volumes of an antiphonary made for the Franciscan community of Bethlehem Venice, ca. 1401–4.

City of peace, division, or both? Met exhibit celebrates Jerusalem as house of mirrors

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Four years ago, the co-curators of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s mind-bending new show, “Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven,” visited Theophilos III, that city’s Orthodox patriarch, and solicited his community’s cooperation.

The Basilica of St. Anne de Beaupre in 2013.

Shrine tour opens eyes to Church role in early Canadian history

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I realize it isn’t everybody’s ticket to dreamland. Indeed, I can think of many for whom it would constitute unmitigated boredom and misery. But if you’ve got some sort of semblance of faith or an interest in early Canadian history or an aesthetic love for religious architecture and art (or a galloping case of all three), then a pilgrimage to the Catholic shrines of Quebec can make for a wonderfully stimulating holiday.

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