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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib

"I will never leave you" by Adrian Kellard

I cried. The Museum of Contemporary Religious Arts (MoCRA) was established in 1991 in the former Fusz Memorial Chapel. It’s a stately facility and an exceptional place to exhibit contemporary religious art. We saw their powerful exhibit, “Good Friday: The Suffering Christ in Contemporary Art” of works produced by artists living with AIDS. I recommend this beautiful museum, and promise we will be back again next year, if not before. This was an exceptional Easter Weekend in Saint Louis, Missouri which included, of course, Sunday morning worship at The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis:

As a Christian, this holy weekend is the most special week of my year:

• Good Friday: Saint John the Evangelist Church, Indiana
• Holy Saturday: Adrian Kellard at MoCRA, Missouri
• Easter 2010: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, Missouri

To follow my holyweek journey, I'm providing links for the years of Alpha Omega Arts beginning with last year: 2009. Whether Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jew or non-denominational, we are all members of a giant spiritual family, united in the search for human meaning through art from the religious imagination. For us, it's more than Art. It's Religion.

Postcard for the  Cathedral Basilica

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral or the New Cathedral, was completed in 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, as the archdiocesan replacement for the Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France. It's an awe inspiring structure, unlike most anything you can imagine around the country even Saint Patricks of NYC does not compare. The Cathedral was designated a basilica by Pope John Paul II on April 4, 1997. The church is known for its large mosaic installation (which is the largest in the world), burial crypts, and the addition of an outdoor sculpture to promote racial harmony.

Easter Mass