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Learning through Art: Teach a Eucharistic Christmas

Consider using this Nativity scene to awaken adults or children to an appreciation this year of a Eucharistic Christmas. This work of art is obviously about the Incarnation but it is also wonderfully Eucharistic; like the 4th century Greek hymn at the end of this article, which is also about Christmas and about the Mass at the same time.

The first thing to remember is that this painting is an altar-piece. The altar would have been directly in front of this painting. It has been chosen to illustrate what happens at Mass. It is hard to know where to start in our exploration of the painting, so rich is the Catholic imagery.

Let us also look at this picture in the way the Compendium intends us to see it, as a ‘profession of faith’. This is the title of the whole of Part One of the Compendium and this painting, centred on Christ, encapsulates it all.

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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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