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David Clayton, who recently gave two lectures on beauty and sacred art for the Institute of Catholic Culture, gave a lovely review of the Institute for the New Liturgical Movement. He writes, “I have never seen anything quite like it before.” Read the entire thing!

Robert Royal has a great post up over at the Catholic Thing entitled “Work, Pray – Study.” He reminds us that there “is a tremendous hunger for substantive Catholic thought,” and writes that “we need what only careful study provides. Once upon a time, Catholics didn’t so much need to know a lot as to

From Catholic Culture.org: God’s ‘radiant beauty’ expressed in art, Pope says after concert Following a concert presented at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo on August 11, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the “radiant beauty and life force of the Creator” that is expressed in great art. This “divine claritas” enables mankind to “grow beyond

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Vatican Council for New Evangelization, spoke some powerful words at a conference in Australia: “The Church exists in order to bring the Gospel to every person in every age, wherever they find themselves. Jesus’ command is so crystal clear that it admits neither of misunderstandings nor of excuses of

In 1999, the Blessed Pope John Paul II write a stirring letter to artists everywhere, speaking about the high calling of their vocation, the history of art, and art’s role in the Church. A few excerpts: “It is in living and acting that man establishes his relationship with being, with the truth and with the

Pope Benedict XVI gave a general audience in 2011 in which he reflected on “the way of beauty” and how art can lead the soul to God. He said, “A work of art is a product of the creative capacity of the human being who in questioning visible reality, seeks to discover its deep meaning

Among many reflections on and references to beauty in St. Augustine’s Confessions is this classic quotation, recognizing God as Beauty itself: “Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In

“The Church teaches that… 1. No one can be constricted to believe in the private forum, because faith is a personal choice formed in the conscience of man. 2. Man has no right to religious freedom  in the public space, or rather freedom to profess whatever religion, because only the true and the good have

If you have not yet had the opportunity to visit David Clayton’s web site, The Way of Beauty, please do so! Prof. Clayton writes that “The aim of this site is through it’s [sic] articles, media and advertised courses is to inspire devotion to and guidance on The Way of Beauty. This is the most

“Life is not just a succession of events or experiences: it is a search for the true, the good and the beautiful. It is to this end that we make our choices; it is for this that we exercise our freedom; it is in this – in truth, in goodness, and in beauty – that