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The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
October 6, 2023
St. Teresa of Avila Novena
Nobel Prize Winner: Jon Olav Fosse
The Three Faces of Auden
The Monsignor versus the Fascists by Maureen Swinger
J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction
Arthouse2B Upcoming Events
Catholic Art Institute Short Film Festival
St. Teresa of Avila Novena
Today begins the novena to St. Teresa of Avila. She is depicted, in the artwork above, triumphing over some demonic creatures. May she teach us how to repeal the demons that plague our world today.
Nobel Prize Winner: Jon Olav Fosse
“...everyone has a deep longing inside them, we always always long for something and we believe that what we long for is this or that, this person or that person, this thing or that thing, but actually we’re longing for God, because the human being is a continuous prayer”
Here are Katy Carl’s thoughts on Fosse’s novel, Septology.
The Three Faces of Auden
“I first made up my mind to become a poet on a Sunday afternoon. . .” Oh, that voice!
The Monsignor versus the Fascists by Maureen Swinger
Another fabulous essay in Plough, which you should subscribe to, if you don’t already.
“All who joined the venture knew there was someone pulling the network together. He was known to them as Golf (not the most original code name, but it held). Some of the most stalwart members were escapees. One early addition to the ranks was Princess Nini Pallavicini, of one of Rome’s noble families, whose vocal disapproval of Mussolini’s government had brought her under suspicion. When the police traced illegal radio broadcasts to Nini’s palazzo, she escaped the raid by jumping out of a window. O’Flaherty tucked her away in the German College, where she ran a successful document-forging operation for the remainder of the war.”
Read the essay and then watch the movie, The Scarlet and the Black, starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer, with a score by Ennio Morricone.
J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction
“One foot in this world and one in the next”: that’s how J.F. Powers described the Midwestern priests he wrote about in his fiction. Having one foot in another world can be awkward, and Powers’ characters are known not for their graceful mysticism, but for the humiliating and mordantly entertaining stumbles they make while trying to live their faith. We’re looking for carefully crafted short stories with vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings—we want to see who, in the age we live in, might have one foot in this world and one in the next. Follow the link for more information on submitting your work to this contest.
Arthouse2B Upcoming Events
Check out what our friends at Arthouse2B are up to.
Catholic Art Institute Short Film Festival
For all of our filmmaking friends…a call for entries for their upcoming festival.
