Friday Links, December 10, 2021
+ Katy Carl invites everyone to a talk about her new novel with publisher Joshua Hren on December 13.
+ Video recording of “How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic” panel discussion at Notre Dame Fall Conference.
+ Sacred art contest winners gallery—not to be missed.
+ A priest reflects on his two weeks volunteering at a migrant shelter in El Paso in his preparation for Advent.
+ Help! DT magazine has a $5,000 matching grant to meet.
An Invitation From Dappled Things Editor-In-Chief Katy Carl
In the above linked post, Katy Carl, Dappled Things editor in chief, and recently published novelist, writes:
“Please join me and Wiseblood Books editor-in-chief Joshua Hren for a literary reading and author-and-publisher conversation around my debut novel, As Earth Without Water, the evening of Monday, December 13. The event is cosponsored by Dappled Things Magazine and our partners in the Ars Vivendi Initiative through the Collegium Institute at Penn. I’m incredibly grateful and honored to be invited and, in turn, would like to invite you into what has developed into one of the longest and most fruitful ongoing conversations of my life.”
Carl also give the backstory of the genesis of her novel here.
Panel: How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic
DT Managing Editor Ann Thomas shares the above link to a YouTube recording of a panel discussion from the November 2021 Notre Dame University Fall Conference, "I Have Called You By Name: Human Dignity in a Secular World.” Participants in the discussion were: Christopher Beha (Harper's Magazine), Joshua Hren (University of St. Thomas, Wiseblood Books), James Matthew Wilson (University of St. Thomas), and Jessica Hooten Wilson (University of Dallas).
Panelists: Beha, Hren, Wilson, and Wilson
Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize 2021
Michael Rennier, DT web editor and contributor, shares the above link to the winners gallery. Take a look at the inspiring prize-winner and finalists in the Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize 2021 competition.
Dappled Things readers will probably recognize the extraordinary painting below, which was one of the finalists. It is featured on the cover of the Mary Queen of Angels 2021 issue and at the Dappled Things website.
Theotokos by Joseph Macklin
Advent on the Border, Part I: Tears, Thorns, and Fatherhood
A priest who writes for Dappled Things under a pen name, and who wishes to keep both names private, writes also under the name of “Fr. Luke” at "Priesthood from the Inside Out" blog, which he co-writes with another priest. (If you are confused by these multiple names, well so am I.)
“Fr. Luke” wrote to ask us to consider promoting a series of reflections entitled “Advent on the Border.” The first of the planned series of three is at the link in the above heading, and I think you’ll agree it is interesting to read a first-hand account of some asylum seekers’ and volunteers’ experiences through the eyes of a compassionate Catholic priest/writer.
Help Dappled Things Continue to Build Catholic Culture
Bernardo Aparicio García, DT founder, writes:
“We have a $5000 matching gift that we need to meet!
“THE GOOD NEWS: with a new donation from Brad Wolf (thank you!) we have now reached $1120 in our fundraising campaign. THE BAD NEWS: That's still just 7% toward our goal, and still leaves $4,440 left to raise to meet our matching grant. Folks, we REALLY need your help with this. If you love this Catholic literary revival happening before our eyes, don't let it die, don't wait for someone else to make it happen. We are depending on you, and each little bit helps because it will be doubled by our matching grant from the Collegium Institute.”
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