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3/29/2025 0 Comments

Lenten Retreat offers meditation on the Seven Sorrows of Mary through prayer & art

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"What better way to encounter Christ this Lenten season than through the eyes of His Mother? I previously was not familiar with the 7 Sorrows Devotion, but since attending this retreat, I've enjoyed incorporating the meditations into my prayer time, contemplating Mary's maternal heart and how it always points us to her Son." -retreat attendee

Fr. Tom Czeck, OFM Conv. became interested in the devotion of the Seven Sorrows when he arrived at the National Shrine of Saint Maximilian Kolbe at Marytown two years ago. In addition to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the chapel there holds many beautiful works of sacred art, including a series of paintings depicting the seven sorrows. This prompted him to learn more and take up the devotion.

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11/22/2024 0 Comments

Unlocking the mysteries of Caravaggio's "Supper at Emmaus"

On Friday, November 22, artist-in-residence Sarah Crow gave a talk on her recently completed reproduction of Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus (1601). She described her methods of using historical materials and methods to match the tone and beauty of the original work as closely as possible.

She also explained some of the subtle theological symbols hidden in plain sight in the painting, which draw from existing iconography in creative and surprising ways. 

Finally, Sarah reflected on the spiritual aspects of spending time with the Baroque master through one of his most famous works, emphasizing his surprising tenderness in his treatment of the subject matter.

You can read a full account on her blog here. 
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10/18/2024 0 Comments

Mass for Artists on the Feast of St. Luke builds creative community centered on Christ

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On October 18, St. Gregory's Hall co-hosted a special Mass for artists was celebrated on the Feast of Saint Luke, patron saint of painters.

The Mass was celebrated by Bishop Mark Bartosic and was organized with Chicago Catholic Artists. 

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12/5/2023 0 Comments

Workshop Employs Medieval Methods to Illumine Hearts & Minds

PictureArtist-in-residence Sarah Crow showing attendees how to make their own paint using a medieval recipe.
As Catholics, our faith is sacramental: we recognize the relationship between the physical and spiritual reality of our world born out of our awareness that Jesus Christ was both Divine and human. This is why witnessing and creating Sacred Art helps us encounter God.

“Just looking at and praying with art can help us to grow in our faith,” said Sarah Crow, the artist-in-residence at St. Gregory’s Hall.  “By experiencing beauty, we come into relationship with God who is the source and end of all that is good, true, and beautiful.”

Crow said this relationship is not abstract, that our hearts are often deeply moved and softened by beauty to become receptive to God’s mercy.


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10/7/2022 2 Comments

St. Gregory's Hall Interview: Sarah Crow, artist-in-residence

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Sarah Crow received her BFA in painting and minor in creative writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2013, and an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2016. She currently lives and works in Chicago where she has also taught as a part-time lecturer at SAIC in the Painting and Drawing Department. Sarah entered the Catholic Church in 2017 and seeks to use her talents to serve Mother Church. You can learn more about her work here.

You can join Sarah Crow for a monthly life drawing session on the third Saturday of the month.

Can you talk about how you came to work as an artist, and how you came to be a Catholic? We can start with whichever of those things you would prefer talk about first- but both journeys are important.


I remember being a five-year-old clutching a crayon, knowing that I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. However, I went off track in my youth and came back to art almost accidentally, when I was in community college. I took art electives, and I remember in my life-drawing class, I was working on this charcoal drawing of the model and getting so frustrated, breaking down into tears and leaving the classroom. Then I pulled myself together, came back and realized: This was the hardest thing that I had ever done, and it was the most rewarding thing. And I was hooked back into art.


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