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August 28th, 2007 by 
ruah 
As discussed in the “Beauty Will Save the World (Only if it’s Well-Funded)” post, there are opportunities for loving humanity (read: we need dinero). See also our Amazon book list.
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August 25th, 2007 by ruah She’s tapped into my brain and spoken my wishes, inviting a real and concrete dialogue of the Church with the Arts. Actually, she wasn’t the progenitor of the invitation to dialogue. Our favorite Polish feminist in Heaven said it in ‘99 in his letter to artists, where he called for “a renewal of that fruitful dialogue that used to exist between the Church and the Arts.”
Booya.
Cool, but what have artists of faith done? Well, bits here and there, but Nicolisi goes on to name it and invite us to really concretely make an organized effort to answer this call.
Clearly, you cannot have dialogue without a forum, a message, and without a speaker. Our investments in Hollywood as Catholics should be geared to establishing and fostering all three of these.
She goes on to elaborate and define what she means by forum, message and speakers.
Then I realized part of my call–my desire in God–is to help create a forum, and not just a virtual forum (as fun as the blogosphere can be). I desire to re-create a physical forum for training, instruction and prayer. Additionally, I want this to be a place not just for artists, but for budding patrons. We need to teach people that supporting artists isn’t just a matter of personal taste or interior design, but a matter of philanthropy that sparks the very living flame of Love that will save the world from its dark drift into post-humanism.
Who, then, will help us?
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August 15th, 2007 by ruah 
See the work of an artist whose motto on her website is “Support a Vocation–Buy Art.”
She leaves in two weeks’ time to enter a convent in Florence, Italy.
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August 13th, 2007 by ruah Barbara Nicolisi on a fabulous get together in PA next month. Anybody want to send the Smiths to PA???
If you haven’t read the Sheldon Vanauken book, it’s a splendid diamond of a love story/conversion story/ tragedy. Gorgeous. Read it. And see the movie when it comes out.
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August 12th, 2007 by ruah One of my favorite men asked two graces for his religious order. What do you think they were? Abundance of vocations to the order? Perhaps holy connections in high places? Nope. He asked the Holy Spirit for two perpetual gifts: Poverty & Persecution. And he has them. Through worship & suffering, the Lord is blessing their faithfulness.
He is such an example for me, and as I write a post to ask for help to do the Lord’s work in faith & culture, I wonder: shall I be so bold as Fr. Buela? Perhaps not. But I keep it strongly in my mind as I meditate on Ruah Arts Group’s mission and apostolate. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “Beauty will save the world,” but Beauty needs help. We’re called to renew the face of culture from within by fellowship, formation and fraternal service. We’re called to inspire and instill transcendant values shine the light of faith in a world grown relative and dim. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “Beauty will save the world,” but Beauty needs help. Can we do it with very little? Yes! We’re already doing it. However, we need some very basic things in order to move forward. Here is a short prayer (not wish) list of desired things to help us answer God’s call, ranging from grand gifts to small but important ones. Would you dare answer our prayer?
This is start, but as Plato said, “The beginning is the most important part of the work. We are perhaps beyond poor, but with your financial help, we could soon be just plain poor!
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August 10th, 2007 by ruah 
Note to Vocations Directors: High school and college are great, but this is where we really need to beef up our vocations evangelization–children under twelve. Well done, National Office of Vocation for England and Wales! Cheers, Fr. Embry, with whom I interviewed once to work there. (Got the job, but decided not to go–long story.)
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August 9th, 2007 by ruah Citizen Kane is coming!
Map of Ruah Headquarters. Apartment 206. Ring the buzz box on the parking lot side.
Call 608-778-8528 if you get lost!
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August 8th, 2007 by ruah Just received this from the WI Arts Board:
The Wisconsin Arts Board FY08 Artist Fellowship Awards eGRANT application form will be open on August 7, 2007. Please go to www.arts.state.wi.us and click “Program Descriptions” under “WAB Grants” in the black sidebar to locate the program. Note that the applicant to this particular grant program must be AN Individual ARTIST, not an organization. From the Artist Fellowship Awards page, click on the eGRANT link and thoroughly read the section entitled “eGrant Tips.” Once you have created the Artist Fellowship eGRANT application, review the guidelines (link on first page of application) before working on the application form.
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August 1st, 2007 by ruah From Image Journal’s e-newsletter–a call for artistic submissions. Now, I’ve never heard of “The Other Journal,” and I’m currently debating whether or not to submit a piece, but it seems a little on the postmodern, d.i.y. Christianity side. But it may be worth submitting something to put a little apostolic spice in the pot. Let me know what ya’ll think.
The Other Journal (TOJ) seeks creative writing and visual or performance art that encounter life through the lens of theology and culture. In Issue #10, TOJ seeks work that confronts the role of virtue, sin, and psychosis in our consumerist, self-serving society. We are especially interested in writing that explores issues of faith and mental illness. We welcome poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Fiction may include short stories or self-contained novel excerpts, and creative nonfiction may include personal essays or memoirs. We also welcome films, paintings, prints, photography, music, and sculptures. Please send submissions to submissions@theotherjournal.com by October 15th. For more information about the issue, please click here.
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