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Is Veneration of Angels Forbidden?

by Stephen Beale on May 6, 2013 · 10 comments

In the Book of Revelation, two encounters between an angel and the Apostle John end in what Protestant reformers claim is an admonition against the veneration of angels—something the Church certainly still teaches and practices to this day.
Here is…

Scripture Speaks:Sixth Sunday of Easter

by Gayle Somers on May 3, 2013 · 1 comment

During His conversation with the apostles on the night of His arrest, Jesus looks into the future. What does He see?
Gospel (Read Jn 14:23-29)
In a long section of St. John’s Gospel that we call “the Last Supper Discourse”…

Chinese Landscapes in Berkeley, CA

by David Clayton on April 16, 2013 · 0 comments

I spent Easter Week in Berkeley, CA recently and so as I always try to do when visiting a town I went to visit the local art gallery. It is amazing what treasures even a local gallery can have sometimes. …

This Sunday’s Gospel: John and James

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on October 19, 2012 · 0 comments

It was time to make their move. Usually it was Peter who took the initiative, but now it was their turn. They cleared their throats and asked the master for the best seats in the house, the places of honor…

19th Century Japanese Landscapes from Worcester Art Museum

by David Clayton September 14, 2012

Here is a series of 18th century prints by the Japanese artist called Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849). I saw them recently as a new display at the permanent collection of the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. Chinese and Japanese landscape is…

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19th Century Visitation Academy in Frederick, Maryland

by David Clayton March 9, 2012

19th Century Visitation Academy in Frederick, Maryland
by David Clayton on March 9, 2012

Here are some photographs of the well preserved 19th century chapel of the Visitation Academy in Frederick, Maryland. Sitting on three-acres the Chapel and monastery were…