Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
The "Poor Man of Assisi" can help us fix our gaze upon the Crucified One By ITV staff St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most well-known of Catholic saints, founder of one of the largest and oldest religious orders in the world, a figure immediately recognizable in his brown robes and tonsured head, even [...]
A new Catholic college in Maryland embraces Tradition while thinking innovatively to make education more affordable We opened the doors of Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum (The Collegium of the Holy Angels, called The Collegium for short) in the fall of 2021 in historic Hagerstown, Maryland, on the eastern coast of the United States. We are a classical [...]
“And thou, Bethlehem, Ephrata... out of thee shall He come forth unto Me, that is to be the ruler in Israel.” — Micah 5:2 St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), the Church’s “Angelic Doctor,” wrote with remarkable breadth and detailed insight on thousands of questions pertaining to God, man and the Catholic faith. In his Summa Theologiae, he [...]
By Lucy Gordan The first liturgically elaborated Advent wreath was the idea of Johann Hinrich Wichern. Although Advent falls at the end of our Gregorian calendar year, it marks the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The term “Advent” derives from the Latin adventus, meaning “coming” or “arrival.” Thus it’s a time [...]
By Aurelio Porfiri Nativity by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Vatican Museums Introitus, Puer natus est (“A child is born”), medieval Gradual from the Poor Clare Monastery in Bamberg, Germany When the time of the Christmas season approaches, we are often taken by the consumerist frenzy that pushes us to buy a certain food or [...]
By Mother Martha Pumpkin pie, an international symbol of harvest time, is a favorite dessert, especially in the United States and Canada, but also in Northern Italy, between Halloween and Christmas. Its custardy filling flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, the pie, topped with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream, is especially [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist... By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of [...]
Amid the crisis of unbelief, a plan to re-Catechize U.S. Catholics Patrick Reilly, president and founder of The Cardinal Newman Society, which identifies and celebrates good Catholic education by Patrick Reilly In the United States, surveys show a crisis of faith in the Eucharist, especially among young people. Not only do many baptized [...]
Places where the physical world manifests the spiritual in miraculous ways By ITV staff The entrance to the Church of San Francesco, which contains the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano. It is annexed to the homonymous convent of the Friars Minor Conventual. Inside are the famous relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano (photo [...]
By Lucy Gordan De honesta Voluptate ac Valetudine libri decem (On honest indulgence and good health, Ten Books, often shortened to De honesta voluptate) was the first cookbook ever printed. Compiled ca. 1465 by Bartolomeo Platina, it appeared between 1470 and 1475 in Rome. Rossano Boscolo, creator of Garum Its inauguration postponed several times [...]
