Institute of Catholic Culture

Episode 48 - Talk on the Vision for You for the Institute of Catholic Culture, Part 1

This week, I am going to direct you to the first of a series of three talks that I have been invited to give for the Institute of Catholic Culture. In this one, I describe the story of how I met David Birtwistle at a cafe in the King’s Road in Chelsea, London in 1988. As a result of this contact, I asked him to take me through a series of spiritual exercises, even though I was a sour atheist. I describe how he sold me on taking this process. The result of this is that I became an artist, as I had always dreamed, and I became a Catholic (which is beyond anything I’d ever imagined for myself). The link is here. The Institute of Catholic Culture, Part 1. Scroll down to the bottom for the video, which is an hour long.

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Episode 42 - David Clayton on The Book of Kells - Beauty that Beguiled Oliver Cromwell!

Episode 42 - David Clayton on The Book of Kells - Beauty that Beguiled Oliver Cromwell!

Should we create a book like this today? You might think that it is obvious that we should (assuming we have anyone capable of it), but there are some problems - would actually read it if we did? Wouldn’t it just be a museum peice from the moment it is created?