Monthly Archives: December 2021

Many thanks to Kieran McEvoy for sending this beautiful pictorial and musical video on the feast we are beginning to celebrate – enjoy Enya singing Silent Night in Irish.

The Year of St Joseph, proclaimed by Pope Francis, ended recently on the 8th December, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. This gives us the opportunity to reflect on St Joseph in the Nativity scene above. Situated on the very … Continue reading →

The Gospel of the fourth Sunday of Advent (Luke 1: 39-44) tells of the visit of Our Lady to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. The beautiful image above is taken from western art, and is by the Salimbeni … Continue reading →

As part of St. Eugene’s Cathedral’s ‘In Conversation’ series, Bishop Donal McKeown discusses icons with Association member, Clare McReynolds. Clare talks about the process of writing an icon, their meaning and place in her own spiritual life. The conversation begin … Continue reading →

As members of the Association, John the Baptist is the third icon we learn to write. I remember at Dromantine, as my Pantocrator was in its closing stage, I wandered over to another student who was working on John the … Continue reading →

Many thanks to Kieran McEvoy for drawing our attention to the Consecration of a new cathedral in Bahrain, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia. The country’s 80,000 Catholics are mainly made up of migrants from India and the Philippines. … Continue reading →

The seventh and final webinar from the Loyola Institute in its series to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of St. Colmcille will take place on the 14th December at 7:30 pm. The title is: Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica, v.15-17 and Adamnán’s De … Continue reading →

The message below has been sent out by the American Association of Iconographers. ECVA stands for the Episcopal Church and Visual Arts. 5:00 pm EST is 10:00 pm GMT. —————————————————————————————————————————– ECVA CONVERSATIONS Sacred Art & Iconography This is a series … Continue reading →