Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of Saint Victor of Marseilles (21 July) celebrates the 3rd century Roman officer who was brutally martyred for his refusal to renounce his faith. While in prisoned, he was able to covert three other soldiers who were subsequently martyred alongside him.

+ includes a feast day recipe for Les navettes de Saint Victor

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Dusty Art

A Hodegetria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind.

Tradition states that the original was created by St. Luke the Evangelist.

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Dusty Buildings

The National Cathedral (Washington D.C.)

+ Filled to the brim with Christian and civic art, this D.C. church is the 2nd largest church in the United States and arguably the most famous church in the country, too.

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Junípero Serra (1 July) celebrates the 18th century Spanish Catholic who played a major role in the Christianization of territories that later became Mexico and California. He is a patron saint of religious vocations, Hispanic Americans, and California.

+ Includes a feast day recipe for Crispy Fish Tacos

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Dusty Art

Faun by Moonlight (1900) by Léon Spilliaert

+ This enigmatic and foreboding work from the symbolist movement invites the viewer to analyze and interpret its meaning.

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