By Joynel Fernandes – Christ as the Good Shepherd is one of the most endearing and abiding images in Catholic faith and tradition. This theme
Read more
Category: Art / Book / Film
Easter at Emmaus: ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ by Vittore Carpaccio
By Joynel Fernandes – Easter indeed is a time of hope and new beginnings! Yet 2000 years ago on the Sunday of Easter the disciples
Read more
Picturing the Passion: ‘The Lamentation Over the Dead’ by Andrea Mantegna
By Joynel Fernandes – ‘It was now about the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the
Read more
Picturing The Passion: ‘The Entry into Jerusalem’ by Giotto
By Joynel Fernandes – The story of art has been ruled by great artist like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli etc. The ‘father figure’
Read more
Picturing the Passion: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ by Hieronymus Bosch
By Joynel Fernandes – The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls’ – Edgar Allan Poe Hieronymus Bosch (1515 – 1516), a
Read more
Picturing the Passion: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ by El Greco
By Joynel Fernandes – The best understood symbol of Christianity is undoubtedly the Cross; a dead tree on which was hung the Saviour who brought
Read more
Temple Tantrums: ‘Christ Cleansing the Temple’ by an Unknown Netherlandish Artist
By Joynel Fernandes – We are in the Dutch provinces of the 1500’s. The Dutch Revolt (1568 – 1648) and the Reformation (1517 – 1648)
Read more
Picturing the Passion: ‘The Mocking of Christ’ by Fra Angelico (1441)
By Joynel Fernandes – The Archdiocesan Heritage Museum, Mumbai brings to you the fourth article in the series titled ‘Picturing the Passion’ ‘Upon His precious
Read more
Picturing The Passion: Taking of Christ
By Joynel Fernandes – This is a story of betrayal, crime, murder and mystery. The protagonists vary; their passion prolongs! We begin with the artist
Read more
Lenten Reading: To Be the Little Drummer Boy
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – To read is to be replenished. To read is to be privileged to fight against unbelief and atheism. For when bad
Read more
The Lent Project: Looking for God this Lent? Read a Book
By Susanna D – Have you ever felt bored with God? Just sort of indifferent, wondering what all the fuss is about? Maybe you once
Read more
A Song for the Exodus
By Dr Samrat Gali – Of all the incredible scenes in the epic-animation film ‘The Prince of Egypt’ the most remarkable scene is not the
Read more
10 Great Books for Your Catholic Moorings
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Reading rewires the brain, cleanses our soul and is Lectio Divina or swadhyaya. 2018 is around the corner and it is
Read more
Christmas Is A Star
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ- Christmas is a STAR Which hovers faintly from one inn to another Accompanying a tired migrant couple together Searching desperately
Read more
The Other Wise Man
By Fr. Hedwig Lewis, SJ — Introduction Henry van Dyke’s, ‘The Story of The Other Wise Man’, is a small classic of its kind. It
Read more