Artwork for the Liturgical Season of Creation

ACLS member, Johan Van Parys, and his wonderful liturgical ministry crew at the St Mary Basilica hung two large-scale paintings by member Lisa Bierer for the Liturgical Season of Creation. This is a fairly new season for the Catholic Church, beginning 5 weeks before the Feast of St. Francis.

About the Season of Creation:

“Season of Creation activities are coordinated by an ecumenical steering committee, which was formed to help Christians around the world fulfill the purpose of the season.

As the urgent need to solve the environmental crisis continues to grow, Christian churches have been called to strengthen their united response. The Season of Creation ecumenical steering committee came together to provide resources to empower Christians to respond to our faith, each in the way of his or her own denomination, during this shared season of reflection and action.”

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ” (Romans 8:19-21)

Lisa Bierer has been working as a full time visual artist for over 20 years. Her early painting career began as a commission-based mural artist, offering design consultation and custom mural work for all types of commercial and residential spaces primarily in southern Minnesota. In 2004 Bierer received the first of four grants which allowed her to pursue a different focus for her painting. These grants created opportunities to attend workshops, execute special projects, and make possible the creation of focused bodies of work for exhibition. Since then, Bierer has executed numerous solo shows and shared exhibits in the region in addition to receiving commissions for larger grant-funded works and installations.

Recent years have seen Lisa Bierer’s paintings evolve to include large-scale liturgical works and sacred art commissions. She has been creating installations and seasonal liturgical works for churches and faith communities across the US, Canada, and Australia since 2011. In 2022, Bierer completed her certificate in Liturgical Art and Architecture from St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, MN.

Learn more about Lisa’s work

Project Team Members:
Lisa Bierer, artist
Johan Van Parys, Liturgical Consultant
Commissioned by St. Mary’s Basilica