A transformative journey that combines traditional Catholic spirituality with holistic artistic formation and is offered to everyone. Become the creative you were meant to be. Designed by David Clayton, Artist-in-Residence at the Scala Foundation and Provost, Pontifex University
The Vision for You is a process by which we discovered our true calling in life—what we call our ‘personal vocation’; and through which we discovered the Great Fact—that we have a choice in life: WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY OR TO BE MISERABLE.
In this book, Clayton provides us with a synthesis that places all within the context of the greater tradition of Catholic thinking on these topics and shows how, far from being a radical departure from it, the Theology of the Body is reinforcing a traditionally Christian and conservative approach to the nude in art. - Deacon Keith Fournier
I am delighted that Sophia Institute Press is going to use my painting of St Michael for the cover of an upcoming book, Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits, which will be published next month. Charlie McKinney of Sophia Institute Press told me that he chose it because he likes the sense of effortlessness ease with which St Michael deals with evil personified, the Devil.
This book brilliantly introduces us to the story of who we are in the West and why it is so good to be alive today. Shapiro explains how Greek philosophy and the Jewish and Christian faiths have been the forming influences of who we are. If we want to preserve and nurture a good society, it should be part of the general education of every young person in America.
As a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church, he is making such observations as an outsider, and while he is critical about some aspects of traditional Catholic culture, he is refreshingly open to the first developments taking place in what he sees as a renewal of sacred arts in the Roman Catholic Church.
This program designed by The Way of Beauty's David Clayton gives you a unique formation in beauty and a Catholic inculturation. For artists of any creative disciplines, catechists and all who love beauty. Learn more at www.Pontifex.University.
