Art of the Word: the Living Stones Podcast

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For several centuries, artists and entire communities have produced great works of art and built monuments as testimonies to their faith, vision and hopes. Now that they have come down to us, what are we to make of them? What are the stories and messages we can read in the paint and stones of these monuments? What mysteries do they reveal about the Christian faith? And what do they reveal about us, today? These (and many more) are the kind of questions we’ll be asking in search of a deeper understanding of art, Christianity and Beauty

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"on this rock I shall build my church" #1 - from Constantine to the Triumph of Orthodoxy

Aug 13 2021 70 mins

Welcome back to "Art of the Word" In this episode, Dan Ruscu from Living Stones Cluj and Professor on late antiquity at the Babes-Bolyai University, took the time to meet up Giulia Privitelli, from Living Stones Malta, to explain how the story of Christianity continues to unfold throughout the middle ages until the turn of the first millennium.

"on this rock I shall build my church" #2 - Early Church History II

Jun 13 2021 29 mins

Welcome back to the second part of the episode on early church history! In this episode Valentina Camarotta from Living Stones Rome meets up with Fr Christian Saenz SJ, who has a doctorate in Ecclesiastical History and teaches Church History and Latin at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, to discuss the early church history of Christianity: from its beginning t

"on this rock I shall build my church" #1 - Early Church History I

Jun 13 2021 35 mins

Welcome to the first episode of the section on Church History. This is the first part (of two) in which Valentina Camarotta from Living Stones Rome meets up with Fr Christian Saenz SJ, who has a doctorate in Ecclesiastical History and teaches Church History and Latin at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, to discuss the early church history of Christianity: from

BONUS: The Virgin Mary

May 12 2021 45 mins

In this special episode, Jesuit Fr Nicholas Steeves SJ meets up with Giulia Privitelli (LS Malta) to unpack some of the key features in Marian theology and dogma as embodied in the Church’s tradition, writings, imagery and devotional practices and beliefs.

"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious" #5: Holy Catholic Apostolic Church

Apr 21 2021 30 mins

Welcome back to new episode from the series focussing on the Apostle's Creed. In this episode, Michael Dinsmore from the Living Stones community of Chicago meets up with Professor Nina Heereman, assistant professor of Sacred Scripture at St Patrick’s seminary in California and one of the first acquaintances of Living Stones. In their discussion they unpack a part of the last

"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious" #4: Holy Spirit

Apr 06 2021 49 mins

Welcome back! In this episode, Jimena Moreno from the Living Stones community of Madrid meets up with Jesuit Fr Guido Ruta, to consider the third article of the creed on the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life…

"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious" #3: Jesus Christ

Mar 11 2021 37 mins

And we're back with another episode on the series focussing on the Apostles' Creed. In this episode, Fr Jean Paul Hernandez and Fr Michael Debono catch up once again in Naples to continue unpacking the second article: “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son Our Lord.”

"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious" #2: God, the Almighty Father

Feb 15 2021 39 mins

Hello friends, and welcome back! In this episode, Megan Angell from Living Stones Chicago meets up with Fr Alberto Nunez, a Jesuit from Madrid and expert in biblical theology, to delve deeper into the first article of the Apostles’ creed: “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth.”

"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious" #1: Formation of the Creed

Jan 13 2021 31 mins

With this episode we kick off the series focusing on the Creed. Fr Michael Debono, a Maltese Jesuit based in Naples, meets up with Fr Jean Paul Hernandez, a Jesuit theologian and director of the Scuola di Alta Formazione di Arte e Teologia in Naples, to introduce the series, providing us with insights into the formation of the so-called Apostles Creed – the central profession

In the beginning was the Word #5: What about the New Testament and History?

Dec 29 2020 55 mins

Hi guys! In this last episode of our In the beginning was the Word series, Fr. Ricado and Carol deal with a series of topics that have to do with the earliest Church history. What can be said historically about Jesus and the first disciples? What other sources do we have? Also, what are the apocryphal writings? And what do they have to do with all of this?