James Hasse, SJ, is an artist who has ministered in African-American parishes for more than 40 years. He says, “When I do my art I am surrounded by beautiful faces and souls. Friends, neighbors, and parishioners are both my inspiration and models. I believe that we are all God’s Work of Art, the Body of [...]
This lovely painting by Robert Gilroy, SJ, is part of a series of 27 paintings on themes from the Spiritual Exercises. The images are displayed on Fr. Gilroy’s website, which also includes an material on praying with art.
Marko Rupnik, SJ, is a Slovenian Jesuit, based in Rome, whose dazzling mosaics adorn churches at Fatima and Lourdes as well as the Pope’s private chapel. His latest work is the mosaics in the chapel of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. The mosaics were unveiled earlier this year. Fr. Rupnik works in the ancient [...]
Several readers asked where they could see the the lovely stained glass window created by Dennis McNally, SJ, featured here last week. As far as I can tell it’s not installed anywhere. Fr. McNally says that the window is “partially realized.” I certainly would like to visit a church where it’s installed. Fr. McNally is [...]
This is a stained glass window created by Dennis McNally, SJ, depicting three of the principal meditations in the Spiritual Exercises. The artist explains: The Principle and Foundation is depicted on the left as abstracted wheat and grapes cascading from heaven with two hands holding a terrestrial globe on which is planted the cross of [...]
Anthony Vanarsdale did this portrait of St. Ignatius to mark his feast day last week. It looks like an oil painting but it’s all digital. He painted the image in Photoshop. The image is displayed on the sketchblog of the Catholic Illustrator’s Guild.