Michael Centore

Michael Centore

Michael Centore is the editor of Today’s American Catholic. His essays and articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, U.S. Catholic, Religious Socialism, and other print- and web-based publications.

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Bifolio from a "Choir Book," Spanish, 1400-1450. (Michael Centore)

New 'Painted Pages' exhibit at University of St. Joseph beautifies prayer

When does the artistic process cross over into prayer? This small, but well-curated exhibit featuring manuscripts from the "golden age" of handmade books obliterates distinctions between calligraphy and visual art.

"Cross in the Mountains," by Caspar David Friedrich (Artvee)

At the Met, Caspar David Friedrich exhibit highlights nature-based mysticism

"The Soul of Nature" is the first thorough survey of Caspar David Friedrich's career to be staged in the United States, and is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11.

Atlantic Life Community pilgrimage draws attention to the threat of nuclear weapons

Frida Berrigan, a member of the Atlantic Life Community and pilgrimage organizer, said that vigils are a key part of "walking with a real spirit of invitation" as they allow for engagement with the public. 

"The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets" by Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1312-15 (Michael Centore)

Sienese exhibition at MET illuminates pivotal moment in history of religious painting

A current exhibition at the MET reveals a humanity that will shift people's perception of religious art — and with it their understanding of themselves.

Kim Harris leads attendees in song during her keynote address at the 13th Annual Assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests June 26 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Paul Leingang)

US priests' assembly emphasizes relational dimension of the Eucharist

"It's not about bringing Jesus to the altar so that we can worship him" but rather "being empowered by the Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus," as one speaker told the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests.

The Gordon B. Lankton Gallery located in the upper level of the Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton, Massachusetts, the only museum in the United States devoted to icons and Eastern Christian art. (Michael Centore)

Icon Museum and Study Center fosters spiritual and aesthetic contemplation

The Icon Museum and Study Center is a U.S. museum devoted to icons and Eastern Christian art. Walking through the galleries spread over three levels was as much a prayerful experience as an aesthetic one.

This eighth-century Nubian wall painting depicts the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus, modeled on the icon of the Virgin Hodegetria ("She Who Shows the Way"). It is part of the "Africa and Byzantium" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 3 and at the Cleveland Museum of Art April 14-July 21. (Michael Centore)

'Africa & Byzantium' show traces sacred histories of Christian antiquity

Viewing "Africa & Byzantium" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Centore was "aware of the human dimensions" of the objects and people used them, he writes. 

The Golden Rule docked at City Pier in New London, Connecticut, prior to a sail on June 9. (Michael Centore)

Golden Rule boat sets sail for 'a nuclear-free world'

Called the world's first modern protest ship, the Golden Rule is now undertaking a 13-month, 11,000-mile journey on waterways around the eastern half of the U.S. to draw attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons.

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