. . .this particular renovation took place at St Mark’s Catholic Church in Peoria, Illinois & was the first full-scale church renovation done by Murals by Jericho (MBJ, an Architectural & Arts Business Apostolate); one that, by all accounts, was a smashing success. . .
. . .the Catholic response to the Met Gala itself, which consisted of an institutional blessing for the spectacle — not just Timothy Cardinal Dolan opening the museum exhibit, but the Sistine Chapel Choir performing for the swells & starlets in the evening — followed by an angry Catholic social-media backlash against the evening’s various impieties. When a living faith gets treated like a museum piece, it’s hard for its adherents to know whether to treat the moment as an opportunity for outreach or for outrage. . .
A Screen Shot of a Partial Image of The Seven Liberal Arts by Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (a.k.a., Lo Scheggia), c. A.D. 1460 [National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona] (Credit: The Catholic Thing)
. . .The Wall Street Journal editorial (April 20) commented on Reed College’s capitulation to student “bullies,” as it called them: “This (campus protest) is about blocking the study of core texts of Western Civilization. That Reed College would agree to this, and, especially under political pressure, is an insult to the meaning of a liberal arts degree”. . .
. . .a troubling exchange between two professors at my university, St. Mary’s College of California. One professor mentioned a student who advocated Nazi eugenics as a viable social solution for America. The other, unsurprised, said he regularly receives essays on race & gender theories championed by the alt-right. . .
. . .failure to give German bishops proper directives, based on the clear doctrine & practice of the Church, points to a drift towards apostasy from the truth. . .
. . .a group of nuns pray in Adoration at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Sacré-Cœur) in Paris, France. Since 1885 (before construction of the basilica had been completed) the Blessed Sacrament has been continually on display in a monstrance above the high altar. Perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has continued uninterrupted in the basilica since 1885. . .
. . .the other night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Michelle Wolf, who I’m told is a comedian, regaled the black-tie & sequin-gowned crowd with her “jokes.” Almost all were in extremely bad taste and/or wildly offensive, but one has become accustomed to that sort of coarseness in the comedy clubs & even on mainstream television. . .