http://ncr.travidia.com/SS/Page.aspx?sstarg=&facing=false&secid=145152&pagenum=4&artid=2156321&a=Space
And on Global Sisters Reports there are two blogs from Sheila Flynn OP in South Africa on her art and her ministry there! Congratulations Sheila!
http://globalsistersreport.org/news/ministry/sharing-her-art-profile-sr-sheila-flynn-4506
http://globalsistersreport.org/ministry/life-raft-hope-ocean-need-4216
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Dominican artists,
INAI is Dominican preaching at its best. Barbara Chenicek, OP and Rita Schiltz, OP have expressed in sacred spaces what Vatican II sought to express in its amazing and spirit filled documents, (documents that were greatly influenced by Dominican theologians MD Chenu, Yves Congar and others). I will never forget the day I entered the newly renovated Dominican Chapel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its silent, beauty embraced me as I walked from the transition space at the entrance that guided me to the door that opened onto a journey of letting go into a sacred space of “what was deleted and what was included,” as Barbara and Rita put it. It was a sacred place where I was being invited to delete things in myself so as to be welcomed and included in a space where I could encounter the holy.
I began to notice the many details that together took part in the whole composition. It was the exquisite beauty of unadorned walls that first struck me. Angles and plaines created both communal liturgical space and private intimate spaces. I noticed the neutral colors that allowed the brilliant greens in the large tapestry hung to celebrate summer. Gentle movement of outdoor greens softly filtered through the translucent windows. And I noticed my tears as I sat in the silence to receive the Word of God. where the place itself was sacred Dominican preaching.
If you haven’t been to this chapel, it’s well worth your time to make a pilgrimage there. Well done Rita and Barb. I look forward to seeing the Great Bend, Kansas chapel at the DIA conference in 2015.
Joe Kilikevice, OP
