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Scholars name "Pieta', as' art best reflecting Gospel ~ It drew more votes than
said it "captures both the power and the humility of God, and both the humanity and divinity of Christ." Another Michelangelo work, the painting of the creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, was nominated by Joseph fl. Kelly, professor of religious studies at John Carroll University in Cleveland. Handel's "Messiah" was chosen by William R. Barnett, associate professor of religious studies at Le Moyne College, because "its text By JAMES BREIG includes the entire economy of salCATHOUC NEWS SERVlqE vation from both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. Handel's ALBANY, N. Y. - If you want to achievement reminds all of the clas. see the essential teaching of Christ sical meaning of the Christian mesvisualized in art, look at the "Pieta" by Michelangelo. sage as wen as its rootedness in JewThat's what several ish tradition." The choice of Benedictine Fatheologians and 1 .'::J' ~< UnIversIty historians anofAmerica in ther James Wiseman, from the deswered when ~"7./W, 5~J Washington, partment of theology at Catholic they were asked "". / ; . ' \'. . f.. l who lauded University, was "any of the magthis question:. ,i;~~' the sculp- nificent photos that show the planet "Other than the 'II. " J ~r '~_\' ture "for its Earth from outer space." . . . .J,.,.... ... , Bible, what work Father Charles D. Skok, profes.', •. .... . '. beauty and MARC SCHWEDE of the Church of Annunciation in Buffalo, N.Y., of art best illumisor emeritus of religious studies at yells across the street to supporters of legal abortion near the clirlic nates or cap,Gonzaga University in Spokane, where slain Dr. Barnett Slepian worked in Buffalo. '(CNS photo by tures Christ's . ~ ,·'tJ ./ Wash., selected Leonardo da Vinci's ;::Michael Okoniewski) message?" ''The Last Supper" because "it has been the inspiration for They were responding to the many similar works of art fourth in a series in practically every of quesculture of the , world" and because t ion s posed to it "embodies the oria panel 1"~Jlftl( \~, gin of the cel~brationofschol:t : /~ \' of the EucharISt." afS from /~;.:...' i Three of the scholApril 25, 1999' '. ~ , ; ' , ars selected written Catholic Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina univerworks as their candisities \1 dates. "The Divine \ through:J" \ Com~dy," Da,nte's ,. epIc poem, IS the out the nation ........"" 'j~' ...., "great c,la~sic ''Dear children, Also today I call you to prayer. Little children, by The . • '~of ChrIstIan be joyful carriers of peace and love in this peaceless world. By Evangeculture," said fasting and prayer, witnes~ that you are mine and that you live lis t , '~......... Lawrence S. my messages. Pray and seek! I am praying and interceding for newspa-· Cunningham you before God that you convert, that your life and behavior per of ~ d,; \:',~)l.l from the theolalways be Christian. .~':,' f:... L.:";1,\ ogy department the Al"Thank you for having responded to my call." b any THE PIETA by Michelangelo sits inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. a~ the UniverDiocese, The 16th-century sculpture depicts Mary cradling the crucified body slty of ~otre OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE GROUP in an- of Christ. (CNS file photo) Dame. How ticipa. could you not tion of love a poet who MarUln Messengers . the coming millennilim. ·P.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 01701. Tel. 1·508·879~9318 demptive act of Christ, which it rep- understood that a man could'iead Four panelists chose the "Pieta" resents...· you through hell and purgatory, which is on permanent display in Maureen A. Tilley, associate pro- but it took a woman to show you SL Peter's Basilica. Others found fessor of religious studies at the Uni- heaven?" '. All 'Welcome ,the }jest encaps~lation of the m~s versity of Dayton in Ohio, said that Francesco c. Cesareo, associate sage of Christ in "Messiah" orato- the "Pieta" ."portrays the image of professor of history and director of rio by George Frideric Handel, in God'siedemptive love in the battered the Institute of Catholic Studies at various books or even in the pho- an~ broken body of Jesus:" ' :. John Carroll, chose "The Imitation tographs of the -planet Earth sent .' Another vote for the "Pieta" came of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis from outer space. Diocesan Charismatic. Healing Mass.in from Jesuit Father Robert Scully;'as- because "it embodies the notion , . "The: single '":lost impoitant ¥sista,nt ,)cofessor of history at Le that the truespiritual'life is the imi(' ; .Pseparation for Pentecost' ," .'. ' " .. tistic expression 'of the Christian Moyne College in~Syracuse, who tation of Christ;',~,
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faith is the masterful 16th-century sculpture, the 'Pieta' of Michelangelo," said Father Conrad Harkins, associate professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in.Ohio. "The work perfectly captures Christ's message of total loving dedication to the Father," he added. "If art can be in~pired, who would deny the power that guided Michelangelo's hand?" Also selecting the "Pieta" was 'Jude P. •.•~'.,,' Dougherty, .dean ofthe .( ,l-" school of ;1' ph i loso-
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May 10, 1999:";' ~ " Prayer &-Praise 6:39 p.m., Mass '7 p.m.. Holy Name Church 709 Hanover Street Fall River, MA Pentecost readings in English and Portuguese - Groups are illlvited to bring their banners (Sponsored by the Diocesan Service Committee for the Charismatic Renewal in the Fall River Diocese)
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WESTPALMBEACH,Aa(CNS) - The Norton Museum ofArt in West Palm Beach reported thesecond-highest ticket sales of the five U.S, cities which hosted the blockbuster art exhibition 'The Invisible Made Visible: Angels from the Vatican." More than '110,000 tickets were sold at the Norton; the top attendance was 205,704 reported by theSt. Louis Art Museum, which had the longest run of the show.
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The exhibition explored the imagery of angels with prototypes of nonbiblical cultural and artistic traditions of winged victories, genies and semidivine figures of the Assyrians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans. With over 100 rare and sacred objects dating from the ninth century B.c. to the 20th century A.D., it ineluded works of Raphael, Fra Angelico, Guido Reni, Ludovico Carracci and Salvador Dali.
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