“None can sense more deeply than you, artist, ingenious creators of beauty, something of the pathos with which God, at the dawn of creation, looked upon the work of His hands.”

Pope St. John Paul II, Letter to Artists

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Past Event: Monday, March 24, 2025

Lagniappe

la·gniappe | lanˈyap | noun | something given as a bonus or extra gift

5:00pm Holy Mass: Vigil Feast of the Annunciation at St. Thomas More Catholic High School Chapel

Celebrant, Father John Joseph Bourque, Community of Jesus Crucified

5:30pm - 8:30pm: Eucharistic Adoration & Confession

Meet the 2025 Team

Custodians of the Beatitudes

"Art is not a luxury, but a necessity of the spirit. It is not an escape, but a responsibility, an invitation to action, a call, a cry,"

"To instruct in beauty is to instruct in hope, and hope is never separated from the drama of existence - it crosses the daily struggle, the fatigue of living, the challenges of our time."

"a universal language that spreads beauty and unites peoples, contributing to bringing harmony into the world and silencing every cry of war."

Pope Francis wrote that artists have a mission to "give voice to the voiceless" and "transform pain into hope."

“Pope Calls Artists to be 'Custodians of the Beatitudes' during Jubilee”

Justin McLellan; USCCB Feb 2025

Pope Francis Jubilee Mass St. Peter's Basilica Feb. 16, 2025

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture at the Vatican Feb. 16, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)