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The Reasons of Hope: Alessandro Franchi’s “Story of Conversion”
Class 1977, childhood in the legendary 80s based on Japanese cartoons and videogames, atheist “satiated and desperate” a step away from the abyss, Alessandro Franchi at 22 years old screams to God, who collects his life and decides to make it something worth living.He became a professional journalist at Sky Tg24, then documentary filmmaker for Rai Storia under the guidance of Giovanni Minoli, reborn in the Church rediscovering the baptismal charism, trusting the Lord by receiving the gift of an extraordinary wife and three wonderful children. To serve God more and better, he studied Religious Sciences at the Lateran, then…
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“Biblical Tuesdays” Returns on 25th of October for its 2nd Edition
The II Edition of Biblical Tuesdays organized by the San Paolo Cultural Center will open on October 25. With the success of the first edition dedicated entirely to the New Testament, the second edition will focus on the Old Testament. The study proposes a path in two cycles: the first (October-November) dedicated to the mysteries hidden behind Genesis and Exodus, the second (January-February) dedicated to the period between the entry into the Promised Land and the birth of the monarchy. The course of introduction to the Old Testament will intertwine in the “strong” times (Advent and Lent) with prayerful stops…
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Growing Closer to God Through the Gospel and the Arts
Pope St. John Paul II in his Letter to Artists wrote: “To communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible and attractive the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God. It must therefore translate into meaningful terms that are in itself ineffable. Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes, and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look or listen.”Christian Art is a London-based multilingual site that offers daily Gospel reading and reflections, in a unique “approach”. Each…
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The Word that Colors the Canvas: Marcello Silvestri’s Arts
Roots, twisted woods, pieces of metal and leaves, rope and straw are the elements with which he builds his works. Intertwining them with the colors of the earth, the shades of water and sky, the thousand shades of green of the landscape that he sees from the windows of his house on the hill. His name is Marcello Silvestri. Together with his wife Margherita, they live in the middle of the meadows and under the trees of a house in Tarquinia. Many men and women in love with art and life in the Spirit have passed through this sea-facing countryside.…
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Bibbliodrama: Encountering the Word of God in our Everyday Lives
The Bibliodrama is an active methodology that fosters a profound encounter between the Word of God and the concrete life of every person. It is a form of group biblical confrontation, based on the interaction between the biblical message conveyed by the Spirit and the human experience of each participant. Participating in a Bibliodramma meeting allows you to live a biblical passage in person. Each participant is invited to reflect himself in the text, stimulated by the biblical passage met, meditated and represented in an unpublished form. In this way he internally associates aspects of himself and his life, freely…
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“Dialogue” Between Scriptures and Art: Fr. Marko Rupnik’s Frescoes
Yellow, orange and red. Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, the Jesuit artist who founded the Aletti Centre, chose to use warm colors to fresco the entire walls of the nave and apse of the Major Chapel of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary. The gaze of the visitor who crosses the inlaid wooden portal is immediately attracted and wrapped by the colors of the apse which is accessed through a pedagogical path in which the Old and New Testament are in dialogue with each other. On the occasion of the blessing of the Chapel presided by Card. Angelo De Donatis, in reference…
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The Chosen Series Begins Filming for Season 3
“Sometimes you need to stir up the waters”. This is just one of the remarkable quotes from the Jesus of The Chosen series. It is the first-ever multi-season series about the life of Jesus of Nazareth and it has taken the world by fire as it already had 300 million views (and counting!) since its 1st season. The team has started filming for the third season.Beyond the season 2 finale, there are many more chapters of Jesus’s story left to tell, and episode 8 ending with the Sermon on the Mount, leaves countless miracles and story threads yet to explore.…
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Understanding the Gospel Through the Arts
Sr. Stefania Arosio was born in Milan and lives in Monza. She is a graduated of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Art Criticism and she teaches History of Art since 1986. Her interest in the iconological research of works of art led her for many years to take care of catechesis through sacred art in parishes and for groups of young people and adults. She proposes meditations on sacred themes referring to the ancient and contemporary artistic heritage. Her insights are punctual, profound and accurate. We point out the comments to the Sunday liturgy of the Easter…
