The Arts and the Beautiful

Why Did So Many Artists and Intellectuals Resist the Abolition of the Latin Mass?

Professor’s Bookshelf #19: Joseph Shaw’s “The Latin Mass and the Intellectuals”

Sep 12 • Peter Kwasniewski

The Beauty of Thy House

On the Exhibition “The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem”

Aug 17 • Angela Cuba

Bardolf, Agincourt, and Henry V as a Catholic King

How Shakespeare's Catholicism illuminates the details of his plays

Aug 3 • Joseph Shaw

A Lesson in the True Spirit of the Jesuits

Rubens’ portrait of St Ignatius of Loyola

Jul 30 • Peter Kwasniewski

Learning the Proper Christian Use of Media—Especially Movies & Music

Catholics should stop sullying their imaginations with lust and violence

Jul 13 • Peter Kwasniewski

The Mass & the Missions, Part V: The Mission Parishes of San Antonio, Texas

Spanish Franciscan architecture in its humble perfection

Jun 15 • Angela Cuba

Behold Thy Mother: Meditating with the Stabat Mater

This poem set to music by Gregorian chant, Josquin, Charpentier, and Haydn

Mar 5 • Angela Cuba

Giotto as a Guide to Christmas Light and Darkness

Giotto di Bondone (ca.

Dec 25, 2025 • Peter Kwasniewski

Rorate Candles: Advent Meditations with the Art of Georges de la Tour

The traditional Roman Rite offers irreplaceable treasures of grace in every liturgical season.

Dec 1, 2025

Five Advent Chants Every Catholic Should Sing [+Free PDF]

Learn them this season!

Nov 24, 2025 • Julian Kwasniewski

A Stunning Depiction of the Last Supper

Tintoretto's artistic insight into the supreme gift of Christ in the Holy Eucharist

Nov 6, 2025 • Peter Kwasniewski

For Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday: Gregorian Chant at the Origins of Tintinnabuli

I encourage those who are receiving this post in their email, or seeing it online, to consider listening to the voiceover.

Sep 11, 2025 • Peter Kwasniewski

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