Parma Cathedral, 2019. Photo by author. The phrase I have chosen to call myself may conjure up images of someone poring over placidly smiling Madonnas or gazing skyward at towering cathedral pillars. And while I do enjoy both of these activities, and many more related to the study of religious art and architecture, I want to clarify that this is not what I mean. For me, the study of history is nothing more or less than sacred. I do not mean to say that I only study that which

Michelangelo’s Pieta. Bernini’s St. Theresa in Ecstasy. The colonnade of St. Peter’s Square. These are a few of the most iconic examples of the Catholic Church’s rich history of patronage of the arts in service of the divine. Seen as not only beneficial but necessary for worship, artwork continues to be a cornerstone of Catholic ritual. It is the ultimate expression of the idea that to create as humans is to co-create with God in an echo of His mighty works which brought our

At the corner of 18th and Broadway, one of downtown Denver’s most bustling hubs, it might be easy to overlook, amongst all the glass fronted high-rises, a more modest building of brown rhyolite. Look closer, however, and you’ll soon see the hidden gems of Trinity United Methodist Church, including the way the light filters through its amber stained glass rose window. Perhaps, if you’re lucky, you might hear the powerful notes of the massive Roosevelt organ nestled deep within