Connection

October - November 2021 - #21

Welcome. Haere Mai.

This new image is based on The Woman Caught in Adultery and has been completed for young woman to use in a series of presentations. I hope the links below, the images and the short reflection may connect us to Jesus through the 'Eleos Way'. 

> Read on + view more...

Inspirational Things

Truth

 

> New Digital Artists: Rome reports - Watch a short video on global Catholic Illustrators. Discover how they communicate the truth of faith today.

 

> m)adam: Adam's Rib Reframed: This short video breathes new life and inclusivity into an old Bible story we thought we all knew. Plus watch more via a Future Church reflection here.

Goodness

Free Resources to inspire goodness: 

 

> Free e-Book: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places; Ignatian prayers, poems, reflections and illustrations.

 

> Free linocut artwork: For congregational, small group or devotional use.


> Creativity with purpose: Art can inspire goodness. Discover ways to amplify voice...

 

Beauty 

 

> 100 Days of Dante: Discover beauty through this incredible project (celebrating Dante's 700th anniversary). I am following along using this $5 kindle translation + also take a look at how illustrators have tackled this enduring work.

 

> God’s Grandeur: A series of ten powerful audio reflections based on the beautiful poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.

 

> Engravings: Discover beauty through the intricacy of Francesco Bartolozzi’s engravings.

New Things 

 

> Sign of the Cross in Te Reo: Free illustrations and animated GIF's are available.

 

> New Shop Items: I have recently sorted a new solution to make greeting cards and prayer cards available in smaller numbers. Hurray.
I'm listening to hear if there is a need for this for other prayer cards or print items.
 

Take a look and just let me know if you have any questions or suggestionss...

Food For Thought

 

“The work of the supreme artist is more excellent than any human art could be.”

~ St Bonaventura (Gothic Art: Glorious Visions. Page 134)

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“By being receptive to the things that we don’t understand, we fling open the center of our being to the mysteries of the Divine.”  
~ Barbara A. Holmes (Crisis Contemplation: Healing the Global Village. Page 133, 134)

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"Christianity isn’t a failure it just hasn’t been tried yet” 
~ G.K. Chesterton (
What’s Wrong with the World (1910). Page 61)

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