A biography of the life and work of artist William Schickel. In a career spanning 50 years, Schickel has brought his deep personal faith and skills as an artist and designer to bear upon the needs of various communities.

Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel (Beauty of Catholic Life Series)

Arts & Photography

Wolfe, Gregory

History & Criticism

Univ of Notre Dame Pr

In Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel, eminent biographer Gregory Wolfe chronicles the life of American artist William Schickel of Loveland, Ohio, one of the most distinguished, versatile, and spiritual artists at work today. In a career spanning nearly fifty years Schickel has drawn on his deep personal faith and his skill as an artist and designer to meet the needs of a variety of diverse communities. With quiet intensity and a joyful, often playful spirit, Schickel pursues a cultural quest that is profoundly shaped by Jacques Maritain, Marc Chagall, Charles Eames, Emil Frei, Yves Simon, Miles Davis, Amanda Ambrose, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. He has pioneered a number of the most innovative conceptions in art and design. Now, at the height of his distinguished career, it is possible to survey and celebrate his many achievements. Sacred Passion features 168 full-color photographs highlighting Schickel's vast body of work in painting, sculpture, stained glass, furniture design, and architectural design.

Sacred Passion: William Schickel Art (Beauty of Catholic Life Series)

University of Notre Dame Press

In the second edition of Sacred Passion, biographer Gregory Wolfe chronicles the artistic career of William Schickel (1919-2009) in the years since the original 1998 publication of this book by the University of Notre Dame Press. There are two new chapters, one on Schickel's recent contributions to the built environment in several communities, and the other on his recent paintings. There are 70 new color images, in addition to the 189 from the first edition, many of which have been replaced or enhanced.William Schickel was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1919 and raised in Ithaca, New York. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1944. His graduation project was the sculptural fountain "Living Water," now in the university's grotto. In a consistently productive career spanning more than six decades, Schickel has combined his skills as a sculptor, architectural designer, furniture designer, stained-glass artist, and painter with his deep personal faith to bring a healing vision to a number of American communities. In addition to his many paintings and ritual arts creations, Schickel's public works include the renovation of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, for which he received the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal Award; the Duchesne Memorial Shrine in St. Charles, Missouri; the Miami Valley Hospital Chapel in Dayton, Ohio; the "Rotunda of Creation" in the Cincinnati Center for Health and Wellness; the renovation of the Bellarmine Chapel in Cincinnati; the "Journeying with Christ" mural in the St. John Neumann Church in Canton, Michigan; and the Larry Hoffsis stained-glass window in the Epiphany Lutheran Church near Dayton, Ohio.Celebrating an artist of extraordinary faith, power, creativity, and dedication, the second edition of Sacred Passion is a tribute to William Schickel and his achievements."Here is an object--a book, a text, a generous portrait in images--which speaks as a sacramental does, revealed here in the chiasmic crossing between the contemporary and the ageless revealed in William Schickel's paintings, stained glass, sculpture and architecture, interwoven with the brilliance and sensitivity of Greg Wolfe's text hovering over those images. Insofar as a book can introduce us to the three- and four-dimensional world of the sacred, this is that book. Light, stone, earth, air, fire, and water: all fused here in the alembic of the contemporary Catholic imagination." --Paul Mariani, Boston College"One of my Franciscan Brothers used to say somewhat cynically to his high school students that art will not save your soul, but it can make your soul worth saving. I was reminded of these words in reading Gregory Wolfe's book on William Schickel. Wolfe's introduction to this important artist shows graphically how Schickel in all of his art, but especially in his public commissions, educates the heart by providing a sacred space where people are drawn together by the clean simplicity of his spaces and the images that he creates within those spaces. This is a book that itself educates the heart through its journey into the sacred passion of William Schickel." --Fr. Murray Bodo, OFM

Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel, Second Edition

Malcolm Muggeridge was a journalist, media personality, editor, satirist and Christian apologist. This book chronicles the life and literary output of one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century.

Malcolm Muggeridge: A biography

Hodder&Stoughton

Staking out a position beyond the political left and right wing, an anthology of essays by noted religious writers and scholars treats topics ranging from Hollywood's portrayal of evil to the politicization of religion. 12,500 first printing.

The NEW RELIGIOUS HUMANISTS

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Free Press

The Operation of Grace collects a decade's worth of essays by Gregory Wolfe taken from the pages of Image, the literary journal he founded more than a quarter century ago. As he notes in the preface, his Image editorials, while they cover a wide range of topics, focus on the intersection of art, faith, and mystery. Wolfe believes that art and religion, while hardly identical, offer illuminating analogies to one another - art deepening faith through the empathetic reach of the imagination and faith anchoring art in a vision beyond the artist's ego. Several essays dwell on how aesthetic values like ambiguity, tragedy, and beauty enlarge our understanding of the spiritual life. There are also a series of reflections that extend Wolfe's campaign to renew the neglected and often misunderstood tradition of Christian humanism. Finally, there are sections that contain more personal meditations arising from Wolfe's involvement in nurturing and promoting the work of emerging writers and artists. The Operation of Grace demonstrates once again why novelist Ron Hansen has spoken of Wolfe as one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation.

The Operation of Grace: Further Essays on Art, Faith, and Mystery

Lutterworth Press

An excellent foundation for all families desiring to begin, renew, or deepen their spiritual journey together, Bless This House features dozens of prayers appropriate for both everyday and special events, including mealtimes, bedtime, holidays, and religious celebrations, as well as prayers for siblings, pets, and the ill or dying. With wisdom and practical advice, parents Gregory and Suzanne Wolfe provide helpful suggestions for introducing the concept of prayer to young minds and dealing with potential obstacles like boredom or short attention spans. Teaching our children to pray opens the door for their spiritual development, but just as importantly, it becomes a path to spiritual renewal for parents as well.

Bless This House: Prayers for Families and Children

Wolfe, Suzanne M.

Jossey-Bass

Traces the life of the English editor and social critic, and discusses his conversion to Roman Catholicism

Malcolm Muggeridge: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

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Goorian, Viva

Graphic Design

North Light Books

Right minds: A sourcebook of American conservative thought

Regnery Books

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