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Gee, I wonder what I reviewed for Aleteia this week? Probably some small independent drama about transsexual Muslim immigrants trying to run a health food store in the deep south, right? Sorry, I’m afraid not, although the movie I saw…

For Aleteia this week, I reviewed The Purge, a potentially nice little siege movie that quickly became weighted down by an over-bloated sense of self-importance. Still, the idea that the government would legalize all crime for a 12 hour period…

The Russian Academy of Art in Florence 

I have just been given information about a school that teaches the traditional academic method according that  which developed in Russia in the 19th century, which seems to be a place that Catholics…

With all the real (and often deadly) persecution of Christians going on in places like Asia and the Middle east right now, it seems almost trivial to complain about a bynch of stupid movies mocking my religion. But, you know,…

St Andrew’s Church in Maine – A Model in Interior Decoration

by David Clayton May 22, 2013

Here are some photos St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Maine. It was designed  at the end of the last century by the English architect Henry Vaughan. There are many beautiful neo-gothic churches in New England, and what generally comes…

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THE B-LIST: FOUR MOVIE MOMS WORTH MENTIONING

by David May 12, 2013

It’s Mother’s Day, so there’s going to be lots of lists out there covering the best and worst moms the movies have to offer. For the more mainstream choices, Steven D. Greydanus’ top ten moms over at Catholic Digest is…

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WEEKLY NEWSREEL

by David May 6, 2013

Good evening Mr. & Mrs. Catholic, and all you other Christians at sea, welcome to another edition of the Newsreel. This week, we have a trio of stories with a surprisingly common thread. What is it? Read, and see. And…

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Summer Schools Teaching Art, Theory and Practice, in a Beautiful Abbey in Devon, England; and Kansas

by David Clayton April 19, 2013

Taking place at Buckfast Abbey, a Benedictine monastery set in the beautiful Devon countryside, the Maryvale Institute has offering a short residential summer school that will take place in August and which offers you the chance to study Catholic traditions…

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Mozart’s Laudate Dominum in Ahmeek, Upper Michigan (pop. 123)

by David Clayton April 5, 2013

In some ways it is surprising that I became an artist (apart from the lack of talent in painting that is…before someone comments!) I always find that music can transport me more readily and more powerfully than any painting can.…

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