Theology and Architecture

Last night was the last in Fr Vogel's BASIC session on The Visual Gospel: Christian Sacred Art. In our culture, a superabundance of visual and audio experiences flood or everyday lives. Many, if not most of these are neither beautiful nor Christian. In our visual culture, Fr. Vogel has been helping us rediscover the power and ability of sacred art to speak truth through beauty. Fr. Vogel has been showing how this art has the ability to awaken, teach and nourish faith.

In particular, last night Fr Vogel

 spoke about Sacred Art today.

He even went through to show how some the renovations in our parish a few years ago were meant to bring us closer to God.

For more on Fr Vogel's BASIC sessions or to listen to the recordings, you can click here.

The Visual Gospel

This year's BASIC (Beginning Apologetic Studies in Catholicism) has been focused upon the Visual Gospel. Friday night was the second session which Fr Vogel has been leading with the help of his sister Rachel.

We live in a culture where a superabundance of visual and audio experiences flood everyday life, many of which are neither beautiful nor Christian. In such a visual culture the time is ready to rediscover the power sacred art has to speak truth through beauty. Sacred art is not a consumer product of visual entertainment, but serves to awaken, to teach, and to nourish faith.
 

Fr Vogel pointed out the elements of this image which make it special ...

 ... but he did not speak highly of the above image of the crucifixion.

Below is a recording of the last session.

BASIC: The Visual Gospel begins Tonight

We live in a culture where a superabundance of visual and audio experiences flood everyday life, many of which are neither beautiful nor Christian.  In such a visual culture the time is ready to rediscover the power sacred art has to speak truth through beauty.  Sacred art is not a consumer product of visual entertainment, but serves to awaken, to teach, and to nourish faith.  Learn how to read this Visual Gospel.  Major topics include:  principles of beauty and sacred art, study of the sacred art tradition (Iconography, Gothic, Baroque, Stained Glass, etc.), and the theology of church architecture.

Basic: The Visual Gospel

with Fr Kevin Vogel

7:00 p.m.

Steinhausen Center

St Columbkille Parish