Timothy Schmalz works on a model for a sculpture he is creating of Blessed Carlo Acutis July 18, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress. (OSV News photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)

Eucharistic Congress is a contrast to polarized culture: Canadian sculptor

Although he was deeply immersed in fashioning a life-sized bronze tribute to future saint Blessed Carlo Acutis, Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz keenly kept abreast of the discourse at the 10th U.S. National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. In a nation, indeed a world, that has become so polarized, the congress was a breath of fresh...

Miniaturized sculpture of Blessed Carlo Acutis. Photo courtesy Timothy Schmalz

Schmalz to unveil latest work, an homage to Carlos Acutis

another in the long line of Christian art by renowned Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz. Schmalz will be among the attractions as he crafts one of his sculptures live and on-site. He will render an immersive monument to Blessed Carlos Acutis, the late Italian Catholic web designer poised to become the first millennial canonized as a...

J.E.H. MacDonald’s Crucifixion from St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto. The work was destroyed when the church went up in flames June 9.

Invaluable Group of Seven works lost in church blaze

The only church to feature artwork by members of the famed Group of Seven Canadian artists burned to the ground, taking with it the stunning murals on its walls and dome. St. Anne’s Anglican Church in downtown Toronto’s Little Portugal neighbourhood was destroyed by a Sunday morning fire June 9. Fire officials are investigating how...

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