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Abbey-Roads
http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/
An art blog about art, architeccture, design, and things Catholic.
- Added on: Dec 2nd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Terrance Nelson
- Listed in: Arts Artists
- Tags: painting icons spanish colonial
Recent Posts
Advent wreaths and calendars...
Advent wreaths and calendars....Neither custom has ever interested me in the least. I suppose that sounds irreverent, but the practice has never moved me to devotion. And they are usually awkwardly displayed as well as real...
Saturday stuff...
Twiddily dee...dah... dah... ta... dah.... twidid... whatever..I'm painting shepherds today - with an angel appearing to them - on the first Christmas eve. I would have liked to have seen that - the angels. I decided to dream about i...
The Irish Timeline...
How the story of abuse allegations in the Irish Catholic Church emerged....1987 to now.."The sexual abuse of a child is and always was a crime in civil law; it is and always was a crime [in] canon law; it is and always was grievously sinful." - Most ...
Poverty of spirit amid the recession.
Do you buy it?.Watching news coverage of shops open on Thanksgiving and stores invaded by shoppers on Black Friday, one might not believe there is a recession going on. It all seems to be business as usual... Thus far our reces...
The Medal of the Immaculate Conception
November 27 marks the feast of the Miraculous Medal, otherwise known as the medal of the Immaculate Conception. Though the feast honors the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the memorial commemorates the anniversary of...
Kiss my...
Oops! It's Thanksgiving - don't wreck it..Well it is only Thanksgiving in the U.S. - not elsewhere - especially in the U.K. As reported here, Archbishop Nichols offered flowers to Hindu deities last Saturday. Come on! Hindus&n...
