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A New Conference Aims to Further the Renewal ofCatholic Education and Culture

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A New Conference Aims to Further the Renewal ofCatholic Education and Culture

The Most Rev. James D. Conley, DD, STL, Bishop of Lincoln, NE, said: “There is a quiet but powerful renewal happening in the world of Catholic Liberal Education. You won’t want to miss the 1st Adeodatus Conference on Catholic Education & Culture, which will gather the ‘best of the best’ of leaders in this exciting renewal. This is a must-attend conference for those who want to immerse themselves in this great tradition!” 

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Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

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Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

To repeat our opening words, we act as we see. The first step is therefore education, not  education merely to swell our head knowledge, but to check, and if necessary, recalibrate,  our vision of the world and of our worship.

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The First Adeodatus Conference on Catholic Education and Culture

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The First Adeodatus Conference on Catholic Education and Culture

Pasadena, CA; June 21-24th. Theme for 2023: Major Sources of Catholic Education and its Renewal, The Formation of the Supernatural Man. Featuring: Michael Waldstein, Andrew Kern, James Matthew Wilson, Ed Feser, R. Jared Staudt, Mike Foley, David Deavel, Fabio Reali, Josef Froula, Fr. Robert Spitzer, Arthur Hippler, Paul Shrimpton, Joe Heschmeyer, Fr. Sebastian Walshe, Margarita Mooney Clayton, Dale Ahlquist, David Whalen, RJ Snell, Andrew Seeley, Deal Hudson, Michael Naughton, and Pater Edmund Waldstein.

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 3

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 3

Trying to Understand, and Counter, the Philosophy of Mainstream Art Schools and Contemporary Art Criticism. Part 3. How Marxist theory has entered the mainstream, and how radical, Christian ‘counter-revolutionary’ beauty is the response that will save the world.

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 2

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 2

Trying to Understand the Philosophy of Mainstream Art Schools and Contemporary Art Criticism. Part 2, The Appeal of Marxism as a Quasi Religion with It’s Own Salvation History, and the Counter-Revolutionary power of Christian sacred art

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 1

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The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 1

Trying to Understand, and to Counter, the Philosophy of Mainstream Art Schools and Contemporary Art Criticism. Part 1, Postmodernism, an art movement that doesn’t really exist?

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Does the Church Need Artists Who Are Humble Scribes? Or Original Geniuses?

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Does the Church Need Artists Who Are Humble Scribes? Or Original Geniuses?

A hermeneutic that dictates that artists do as little original work as possible (rather than as much as they can), is one that respects the past and, paradoxically, allows for the development of steadily better work in the future.

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The Mathematics of Beauty - Teaching Principles for Today, and Work Submitted by a Student

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The Mathematics of Beauty - Teaching Principles for Today, and Work Submitted by a Student

Intution has a part to play in the creation of beauty, but as with a musical composer needs the theory before he can create a new and beautiful piece of music, so does the artist. Even Mozart and Beethoven, prodigies that they were, had music lessons and were taught some theory by their fathers. 

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The Art of Matthew Paris as a Model for the Transformation of American Sacred Art

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The Art of Matthew Paris as a Model for the Transformation of American Sacred Art

The new American gothic? If we are looking for a starting point for the rejuvination of American sacred art, and more broadly even American culture, I suggest that the gothic could be one starting point.

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The Burning Bush: Learning to See Again Through Marian Art; by Margarita Mooney Clayton

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The Burning Bush: Learning to See Again Through Marian Art; by Margarita Mooney Clayton

Register for a unique event about one of the most intriguing women in history with one of today’s most prolific sacred artists and widely-viewed cultural commentator Jonathan Pageau! 

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Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Christ Painted Onto a Candle

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Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Christ Painted Onto a Candle

Designs by Gina Switzer, based upon the 'Vulnerary of Christ', that is emblems of the wounds of Christ, incorporated into a cross. that relates the life and death of Christ to his resurrection by directing our attention, through the symbolism of the flowers, to paradise.

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