Connection

May 2023 - #29

Welcome. Haere Mai.

The month of May is dedicated to Mary, the mother of God. I hope these links illuminate her presence and the presence of other inspiring humans of faith through beauty, goodness and truth in our world.

 

I have also been working on this etching on and off for many months. There's a free download in April / May to honour Mary and all women and humans of faith. >> Discover more....

AMDG. Love and prayer 
~ Jane

Inspirational Things

Beauty

 

> Calling Maria (2min): A beautiful modern reflective song by Alexa Sunshine Rose.

 

> Ave Maria (3min): Traditional hymn. New video produced by Abbey of the Arts.

 

> Salve Regina (3min): Modern video by Spirit Juice Studios featuring a multi-talented skateboarding Friar!

 

> Magnificat short film (2min): Featuring a reading of the Magnificat in Spanish, with words fleshed out in contemporary images. English version HERE.

 

> Hail Mary (3min): Modern rendition sung by Alana Levandoski.

 

> The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe: Read the stunning GM Hopkins poem or watch and listen through the lips of Jonathon Roumie.

Goodness

 

> Reframed - Built by Women (10min): Carpenter Jenna Pollard is passing along her woodworking skills to women apprentices in this patagonia film…. “it’s not possible to build it alone”.

 

> Cultural Madonna and Child: Images of Mary through a lens of varying cultures in an interesting good article from Francis Lim SJ.

 

> A Womb More Spacious Than Stars (1hr): Listen to this podcast from the Yale Center for Faith & Culture and learn about how Mary's goodness, beauty and presence upends patriarchy and stabilizes Christian spirituality.

 

 > Voices of Angels: Music of Hildegard von Bingen - Voices of Ascension (1hr 16min). Good, beautiful and true prayerful sound.

Truth 

 

> Birthing the Holy (New Book): 31 of Mary’s titles guide as a way to nurture truth, faith, creativity and renewal. And there's a Spotify list: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine.

 

> Fresh saint images (NCR): Meet Gracie Morbitzer and discover her modern paintings of saints with dreadlocks, tattoos and more.

 

> When art is prayer, and prayer is art: From architect to Jesuit to artist, meet Fr Young Gil Pedro Bae SJ and his truthful artworks.

 

> Wonders of the Universe (49min): Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, reflects on the beauty of God's creation in this new presentation.

New Resources 

 

> New Book/Illustrations: I have recently created a series of new illustrations for a book titled Finding Gods Traces. I will have a more info about this soon. For now, you’re welcome to order books and view more.

 

> Catholic Pioneers Bookmarks + Posters: Recently, I've designed a series of bookmarks and posters for NCRS. Science, Literature, and Spirituality are united with Catholicism. Good news for you, they are free to download!

Keep in touch on instagram, twitter or send me a message with any links to share.

Food For Thought

 

“When we come upon beautiful things, they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space.”

~ Elaine Scarry

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“Don’t you dare think that somehow your conversation with Mary and your interest in her is in competition with your relationship with Christ. You are flirting with heresy if you do not have a doctrine of Mary as mother of God.”
~ Matthew Milliner

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“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”

~ Dakota Proverb

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