Advent at The Norbertine Community

Advent at The Norbertine Community

The Norbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey began in 1985 as a mission of St Norbert Abbey in Wisconsin. With a strong commitment to modern liturgical architecture and art, St Maria de la Vid Church was begun in 1998. A few years later, the community...
Lent at the Norbertine Community

Lent at the Norbertine Community

The Norbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey was first missioned to Albuquerque, NM by the Norbertines of Wisconsin. The community has a strong commitment to modern liturgical architecture and art, and began building the Church of Santa Maria de la Vid in...
Trinity Mobile

Trinity Mobile

The Director of Religious Education at Sacred Heart Church, Ami Conlan, incorporates the building of a community work of art into the GIFT program each year. In the year of 2014/15, the theme was the Apostle’s Creed. Ami commissioned me to develop a project on...
Wedding Paraments

Wedding Paraments

This set of wedding paraments was commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church, using a donation from a member of the church who had been recently married there. A special set of paraments for weddings was an unusual request, but most appropriate and timely. To me,...
Chrism Mass Banners

Chrism Mass Banners

These two banners were commissioned by churches in the Diocese of Youngstown for the Chrism mass. In this diocese, parishes were asked to create a banner with the name and town of their church. The major background color was assigned, based on the deanery. I was...