Liturgical Arts Journal

The atelier, Sacra Domus Aurea, has recently produced a very interesting and unique vestment, the origins of which are hinted at in the name they have given to it: Pianeta Memento Mori di Duomo Siena. They offer the following description of the set and the source of its inspiration:Roman cut requiem set inspired from the historic marble pavement found at the Duomo di Siena, repl...

Hape Sculture in Legno is a workshop, based in Italy, that will be already quite familiar to our readers.  Their workshop is one which we have featured here many times and as we have pointed out many times, in a modern era that has become absolutely saturated with plaster and resin statues, when it comes to proper ecclesiastical statuary, wood-carved statues, especially polychromed

A very important student chapel in Rome is the church of St. Dominic and Sixtus (Santi Domenico e Sisto), located on slope of the Quirinale Hill. Today it is shared with a convent of Dominican friars. It was for centuries a convent of Dominican nuns until the Dominican Order decided to move the Angelicum to this location in the 1930s. The church has functioned since then as the ...

The Catholic Church has always been a culturally creative force. It teaches that throughout the ages of life and the seasons, mankind is being leavened and permeated by a transcendent principle. And every part of nature is capable of being influenced and sanctified by this divine influence. The Resurgence of Rogation Days It is a sheer delight to see many young Catholics discove...

Many of our readers will be familiar with Fynders Keepers, a brokerage firm founded in 2001 with an original mission dedicated to finding and re-selling antique church goods and items back to churches for continued liturgical use.  This is still a service they offer of course, but they have now also expanded their raison d'être to not only include the discovery of antique items,