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A deacon from Rhode Island, Paul Iacono, dropped me a line several days ago, alerting me to an ongoing project he and his wife have undertaken, called the Fra Angelico Institute for the Sacred Arts:<\/p>\n

The purpose of the Institute is to\u00a0unite personal prayer, and creativity within the sacred\u00a0arts, to the new evangelization of the Church. We hoped to create a model which is replicable in other parishes and Dioceses around the nation\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026The Fra Angelico Institute for the Sacred Arts operates with the permission and blessing of our bishop, his Excellency Thomas Tobin D.D, and we are found on the Diocese of Providence\u2019s web site. <\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Turns out, the Institute for the Sacred Arts was also featured in The Rhode Island Catholic<\/a><\/strong> last year:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>According to Deacon Iacono, the mission of the new organization is \u201cto promote creativity and aid the prayer life of its participants by evangelizing the truth, goodness and beauty of God through the understanding and creation of sacred art.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that artistic creativity and personal prayer, united with the sacramental life of the church, stand as two lamps that guard the human soul from the depression and evil of the world,\u201d Deacon Iacono said. \u201cThe oil which lights these two lamps \u2013 and the flame which burns bright is, as St. John has said \u2013 Christ and the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Membership in the ecumenical sacred arts guild is open to individuals high school age and older of all levels of ability who seek to deepen their relationship with God through prayer and sharing their talents with others. Noting that Rhode Island is home to many gifted artists who work in many disciplines, the Iaconos hope that the concept of a sacred arts guild will expand to the parish level and have a base parish within every deanery throughout the diocese.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel that there are many individuals with talent,\u201d observed Jacqueline, adding that involvement in a sacred arts guild will bring members closer to God, while also allowing the artists \u2014 whether they are painters, woodcarvers, fiber artists, novelists, singers or instrumentalists \u2014 to learn from each other, share common concerns and build a vibrant, faith-filled community of creative individuals.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Deacon Iacono noted that the Fra Angelico Institute, named for an early Renaissance Italian painter and Dominican friar, is currently in discussion with The Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies at Providence College to possibly offer programming beginning in 2012. Other goals of the institute are to develop a formal program to teach diocesan seminarians about sacred art, specifically the art of iconography and sacred imagery, and to reach out to Salve Regina University\u2019s School of Design.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been interested and prayed with icons for many decades,\u201d the deacon acknowledged. \u201cI wanted to pursue writing and teaching others about them in association with my diaconal ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deacon Iacono, who taught humanities and Western civilization at Narragansett High School, began his study of iconography in 2006 at the St. Michael Institute for Sacred Art on Enders Island, Mystic, Conn, where he learned to \u201cwrite\u201d or paint the centuries-old form of sacred art using both acrylic and egg tempera pigments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn icon is prayed into existence,\u201d Deacon Iacono explained, noting that the visual artist \u201cwriting\u201d an icon has the same important responsibility as an ancient scribe copying sacred Scripture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe icon does not depict \u2013 it reveals the goodness, beauty and truth of God, his angels, and saints,\u201d he emphasized. Rather than express their individuality, an iconographer, \u201cworking as an instrument of God, must complete a work that is theologically, semantically and aesthetically correct.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.<\/a> <\/strong> And visit the good deacon\u2019s blog<\/a><\/strong> for more information and news.<\/p>\n

And speaking of icons: if you\u2019d like to know more, check out how a Romanian nun is helping spark a renaissance in sacred arts<\/a><\/strong> in the current issue of ONE.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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