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Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas

By Father Marco TestaPosted on December 29, 2021Posted in Featured Highlights, SaintsTagged Christmas octave, St. Stephen martyr, St. Thomas Beckett, salvation history, The Holy Family, Mother of God, Blessed Virgin Mary, Litany of Loreto1 Comment

Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever. Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave. This means that for eight days the Sacred Liturgy celebrates the Mystery of Christmas. The last day of the Octave is kept as the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of[…]

By Janusz CharczukPosted on December 27, 2012Posted in FeaturedTagged iconography, Gdansk, The Holy Family, Kashubia, Madawaska Valley Studio Tour, Barry's Bay, December 2012, Combermere, icons, St. Michael, writing icons, gold leaf, gesso, egg tempera, Catholic Insight, Virgin Mary of Kashubia, Janusz Charczuk, Virgin Mary of Gdansk

Our December 2012 cover artist, Janusz Charczuk, is originally from Poland, where he graduated from the Technical University of Gdansk with a Master’s in Architecture. His studies encompassed the fine arts, including the principles of architectural forms, composition, freehand drawing, painting, sculpture, and the history of art. Janusz immigrated to Canada in 1985, where he worked as[…]