Visualizing the Eucharist

The Department of Catholic Studies invites you to attend Professor Father Joseph Bertha's lecture on Visualizing the Eucharist at 11 a.m., Tuesday, October 22, in the University Center-Event Room. During this year of the Eucharist, Father Bertha, will explain how the liturgy is visualized at a local Roman Catholic Church by the eminent Irish Stained-Glass artist and studios of Harry Clarke, Dublin.

Father Joseph Bertha holds a Ph.D. in art history and serves Saint John the Baptist Church in Bayonne (Blessed Miriam Teresa's birth parish) and Saint Mary's Church in Jersey City.

In his lecture, he will explain how the liturgy is visualized through the glorious glass of the Harry Clarke Studios at Saint Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Bayonne, New Jersey. Nine windows at the church portray the nine orders of angels, and liturgy windows illustrate the Eucharist with Old Testament pre-figures. The lecture will include references to historical figures from the Newark Archdiocese.

The Program of Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University offers an innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum for students of any creed who are interested in deepening their knowledge of Catholicism's rich intellectual tradition and living heritage. Combining the study of history, philosophy, theology, literature, art, sociology and other disciplines, Catholic Studies focuses on the Church's dialogue with culture and encounter with the world. Students interested in Catholic Studies have the option to pursue a major, minor, or certificate that complements and enhances the university's other degree programs and fields of study. Over 20 years the academic program and its variegated activities have stayed true to and fulfilled the Catholic mission and vision of the University.

For more information, please contact Professor Ines Murzaku or Gloria Aroneo.

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