Online Edition: May 2009
Vol. XV, No. 3
Table of Contents
The Calling of Saint Matthew by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
(1599-1600, oil on canvas, 322 x 340 cm) Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
The Conversion of Matthew: Pope Benedict XVI – General Audience – Wednesday, August 30, 2006
News and Views — Msgr. William Smith, Dunwoodie Dean, Dies | TAC President Dies in Car Accident | USCCB Meets with Publishers on Missal | New ICEL Executive Director Named | FCS 2009 National Convention
Sacred Art as a Pedagogical Tool — An Example from Rome: Caravaggio’s "The Calling of Saint Matthew" — by Matthew E. Peszek
Art at the Service of the Liturgy – Selections from Vatican Documents
Rebuilding for the Twenty-first Century — After a devastating fire, a parish recovers continuity with its past, hope for future — by William Buckingham
Beauty Restored to Historic Church — Saint Francis Xavier in Vincennes — the Oldest Parish in the Indiana Territory by B. Gunar Gruenke
Catechismus in Lapidem — How can we make our churches true "Catechisms in Stone"? — By Duncan Stroik
Readers’ Forum — “Christ the Redeemer King” | Hymn Writers of Early Pennsylvania | “Missalette” | Cleansing Altar Linens | Footwashing Confused?
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