The Lost Art of Sacred Art

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Sean Fitzpatrick, over at Catholic Exchange, has a nice overview “sacred art,” and why it is so vital for our spiritual health.

“the renewal of sacred art faces an uphill battle. The battle must, nevertheless, be faced and fought because when the supernatural is reduced to the saccharine and the simplistic, the supernatural is lost…What remains is meaningless.”

Read the article here.

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Pontifex University is an online university offering a Master’s Degree in Sacred Arts. For more information visit the website at www.pontifex.university

Lawrence Klimecki is a deacon for the diocese of Sacramento as well as a working artist, he writes on art and faith at www.DeaconLawrence.org 

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