Arts News

Father Frank Mann views some of the street art Feb. 8 in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, N.Y. Father Mann, a priest in the Brooklyn Diocese, begun a ministry to the young artists who have been drawn to the neighbourhood.

Priest ministers to street artists who are transforming neighbourhood

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – When Pope Francis urged that the Gospel be preached at the peripheries of society, he may not have had the street artists of Bushwick in mind.

Timothy Schmalz puts a face to humanity’s legacy of migration with his latest creation which pays tribute to the world’s refugees.

Refugees are a vision in bronze for sculptor Timothy Schmalz

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Christian artist Timothy Schmalz is putting a face to the label “refugee” with a new bronze sculpture.

Sister Teresa, pictured, and 11 other women, who are members of the Servants of the Plan of God, have taken their inspirational music to other countries but also do social service work in Peru.

Nuns of pop band Siervas says ministry spans service and music

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LIMA, Peru – When people wave at members of the pop band Siervas as they drive through the city, the nuns in the musical group know they've arrived on the world stage.

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.

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