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Art
Christopher Bellitto
A precious manuscript teaches us not only by its words and images but by its very life as an historical object. A prime example is the Crusader Bible, which is briefly being displayed with its leaves untypically separated before being rebound at its home in New York City’s Morgan Library. (The
Art
Karen Sue Smith
The artist’s lively, hope-filled cut-outs
Art
Judith Valente
The history of the Jesuits in America is largely a story of movement—one of crossing first an ocean, then lakes and rivers and ultimately traversing ethnic, linguistic and ideological boundaries. Those journeys ended with a series of dwelling places where both the mind and spirit could expand.
“Watchtower (Hochsitz),” by Sigmar Polke, 1984
Art
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
“Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010" is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through Aug. 3.
Stained-glass window depicting Christ rising over the city of Houston
Art
Christopher T. Haley

In 1959, Pope John XXIII redesignated the Diocese of Galveston as the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, and elevated Houston’s Sacred Heart parish to the unusual status of co-cathedral, shared with the St. Mary cathedral basilica in Galveston. As the population of Houston boomed, more than doubling in the second half of the 20th century, the diocese outgrew the space, and in 2002 Pope John Paul II approved the design of a new co-cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

“Top of the Rue de Champlain, View to the Right,” c. 1877-78
Art
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Charles Marville’s photographs of a city transformed