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“Michael, of Celestial Armies Prince”
Join us for an artistic, poetic, and theological journey through an extraordinary twelfth-century painting of St. Michael the Archangel.
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Robert Keim
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Amelia Sims McKee
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Conversion and Martyrdom in Caravaggio’s Matthew Paintings
Saint Matthew
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Amelia Sims McKee
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The Exaltation of the Cross at Stavelot Abbey
The Stavelot Reliquary
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Amelia Sims McKee
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The Mass of Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great 540-604 AD
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Amelia Sims McKee
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August 2024

A Heart Burning for Wisdom
Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne
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Amelia Sims McKee
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The High King’s Palace in Fra Angelico’s Coronation of the Virgin
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
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Amelia Sims McKee
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The Splendor of Heaven in Botticini’s Assumption of the Virgin
The most striking thing about this enormous painting is its arresting luminosity.
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Amelia Sims McKee
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A Tale of Two Lawrences: the Teenage Bernini's First Masterpiece
Saint Lawrence’s feast day is August 10
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Amelia Sims McKee
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The Transfiguration mosaic at Sinai
Feast of the Transfiguration
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Amelia Sims McKee
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July 2024

The Heavenly Vision of Saint Ignatius in Andrea Pozzo’s Majestic Ceiling
July 31st is the feast of Saint Ignatius
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Amelia Sims McKee
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Giotto's Cinematic Telling of a Happy Reunion
Saints Joachim and Anne
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Amelia Sims McKee
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Mary Magdalene in the Light of Georges de La Tour
The French artist Georges de La Tour painted at least five portraits of Mary Magdalene, a sizable number considering there are only 35 known paintings…
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Amelia Sims McKee
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