Friday Links
December 13, 2024
CATHEDRALS OF SOUND: Behind the Scenes on the Making of Fiat Lux
The Color of Dust: Beauty Matters with Jason Baxter
Sr. Carino Hodder: Of Dragons and Other Creatures
30 Years of the Vatican Film List
A Voice from Deep Space
Thomist Poets Reading Series
CATHEDRALS OF SOUND: Behind the Scenes on the Making of Fiat Lux
This is such a lovely video of what went into the making of Fiat Lux. There are clips from the Pacific Symphony’s performance, as well as interviews with the composer Sir James MacMillan; the poet Dana Gioia; the music director and conductor of the Pacific Symphony Carl St. Clair; the music director/conductor of Pacific Chorale; Robert Istad; and the Ahmonson’s, who supported the perfomance. The arts in America (and elsewhere) are better because of the financial support of the Ahmonsons. May God bless them.
The Color of Dust: Beauty Matters with Jason Baxter
Dr. Jason Baxter joins the guys from The Color of Dust podcast to chat about beauty, Dr. Baxter’s new Substack, as well as his new book, Why Literature Still Matters.
Sr. Carino Hodder: Of Dragons and Other Creatures
Sr. Hodder writes about “Kristin Lavransdatter through trauma and healing.”
But as I journeyed with Kristin through The Wreath and on to the last book of the trilogy, The Cross, I found something else: not just companionship in the present but also hope for the future. Kristin spends the final years of her life, following Erlend’s death, in a convent. She enters with a clear desire to give the rest of her life totally to God; while there, she reconciles with two of her sons, nurses plague victims, rescues a young boy from pagan sacrifice, and ensures a Christian burial for his mother. Her life is marked by firm convictions, healed relationships, and selfless service. On her deathbed, she offers God thanks for the gift of her married life, and the faces that surround her as she dies—both real and imagined—are not those of the people she fears, but of those whom she loved and who loved her in return.
30 Years of the Vatican Film List
John O’Callaghan hosts a panel discussion with Thomas Mirus from Catholic Culture), Nathan Douglas, and Andrew Petiprin to discuss 30 years of the Vatican Film List.
A Voice from Deep Space
My brother Sean is a documentary filmmaker. His most recent work, A Voice from Deep Space, has been almost eight years in the making. It began as a response the the New Atheist movement, but changed, as these things often do, into an exploration of the modern search for meaning. You can learn more about the film HERE.
Thomist Poets Reading Series
The Thomist Poets Reading Series, conceived by Christopher Honey and Jon Bishop, will feature me reading some poems on Sunday night, December 15 at 7PM EST. Please join us online if you are free. Here’s the Google Meet link.
