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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
December 24, 2017

Traditional nativity art from Italy passed down to new generation

Francesco Ferrigno, who arrived in Canada from Italy four years ago, is surrounded by the Nativity scenes he created that are on display at St. Eugene Catholic School.
Francesco Ferrigno sums up his first winter in Canada in two words: Cold and lonely.
Published in Features
November 9, 2017

Andy Warhol’s world: Confusing... and Catholic

Andy Warhol presents President Jimmy Carter wth a portrait at the White House in June 1977.
When I converted to Catholicism in 1984, my decision was at least partially influenced by the testimony and example of people I admired who happened to be Catholic — particularly writers as diverse as John Henry Newman, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, Ronald Knox, Flannery O’Connor and Dorothy Day. 
Published in Guest Columns
October 16, 2017

Prayer and work: Benedictine monk creates sculptures depicting Christ's life

Fr. Dunstan Massey and his nearly-complete bas-relief of Christ's burial.
MISSION, B.C. – The 93-year-old hands of Fr. Dunstan Massey are carefully filling in the imperfections of what will soon be his newest art piece at Westminster Abbey in Mission.
Published in Features