The Empathy of St. Francis
Originally posted on DANIEL DeFOREST LONDON:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP7sbsX8eYg There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of Assisi. After school, a First Grader came home…
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Rothko on loan to the National Gallery of Ireland
Originally posted on Tales from the East Pier:
“We favour the simple expression of the complex thought.” — Mark Rothko with Adolph Gottlieb, New York Times, June 1943 If you…
Great facts-of-life scenes: Elizabeth Taylor, “At Mrs Lippincote’s”
I read somewhere that someone (bear with me) explained the facts of life to their son by reading them a chapter of Richard Llewellyn’s “How Green Was MY Valley” wherein…
Participants needed for Ireland’s Holy Wells County-by-County Project
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
Ireland’s Holy Wells County-by-County is a very exciting project set up and run by Dr. Celeste Ray Professor of Anthropology at the University…
Eleanor Parker on myths about the Middle Ages
An interesting piece that touches on anti-Catholic myths, historical myths, and science vs. religion myths. The medieval Church, let’s be clear, had no objection to scientific progress. Throughout the Middle…
Leandro Herrero: Never Sell Your Time
I have blogged quite a few posts featuring the work of Leandro Herrero on my other, more medical blog. His observation that a team is not a meeting. And that…
“False tension between the Christian and classical worlds”: from Victor Watts’ Preface to his translation of “The Consolation of Philosophy”, Boethius
A while ago I blogged about Albrecht Durer’s engraving of St Jerome in his study. I linked to and quoted an article on St Jerome by James R Edwards which…
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