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Learning through Art: St. Joachim Entrusting The Blessed Virgin To St. Joseph

There are two betrothal stories told in this painting, one human and one divine. Like the Scriptures, this painting can be read on these two levels; it has a literal human sense and a spiritual Christo-centric sense. Joseph looks as though he may be considering already the words of the sacrament of marriage ceremony: ‘to love and to cherish from this day forth’, while the spiritual story is of the spousal betrothal between God and his people.

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Caroline Farey divides her time between teaching catechetics and philosophy. She was the Director of the BA in Applied Theology for Catechesis at the Maryvale Institute in England, and is Lecturer in Philosophy at St Mary's College, Oscott, the Seminary for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, where she teaches Metaphysics, Epistemology, and St Thomas Aquinas. She is a regular contributor to The Sower, writing the "Learning Through Art" column and sees The Sower as a key means of ensuring a creative ongoing formation for DREs and key catechists. Her degrees included a MA in Theology and a Licence in Philosophy from the Pontifical University, Maynooth, as well as an S.T.L from the Pontifical University Louvain, and a doctorate from Lateran University in Rome. She was also contributing editor to The Pedagogy of God.

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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