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March 21, 2020

Our Lady of Guadalupe unveiled in new home

The unveiling of the Our Lady of Guadalupe painting.

VANCOUVER -- When Vancouver art collector and philanthropist Michael Audain acquired a 300-year-old painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he knew the religious artwork needed to be displayed in an appropriate setting.

Published in Arts News
October 16, 2018

Church restoration leaves stain on Edmonton priest’s memory

Fr. Frank Stempfle has one regret about his time at St. Patrick’s Parish in Edmonton — the botched restoration of a stained glass piece behind the altar.

EDMONTON – If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, this beholder is pretty upset about one bad window.

Published in Canada
September 12, 2018

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Church offers fresh devotion through art and the Passion

Ken Woo's new apse paintings depict the crucifixion, with the Blessed Mother and St. John standing at the foot of the Cross on either side at Toronto’s Holy Family Church.

I am looking forward to my next visit to Holy Family Church on King Street West in Toronto. It was my home for two years in the 1990s when I was a student at St. Philip’s Seminary, which is attached to the parish. 

Published in Register Columnists
August 2, 2018

Artist Ken Woo puts his unique, traditional stamp on Toronto’s Church of the Holy Family

Catholic artist Ken Woo has been working on sacred art for the Church of the Holy Family for two years.

The way artist Ken Woo sees the Mass, it’s a “gateway to Heaven.”

Published in Features