Pantheon - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 10 Sep 2020 03:24:53 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pantheon - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic priests kick off first international organ festival at Rome's Pantheon https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/09/10/international-organ-festival-pantheon/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:50:51 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=130505 The first international organ festival will be held under the nearly 2,000-year-old dome of Rome's Pantheon and above the relics of early Christian martyrs. The melodies of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers will be played on the organ this month in an effort to use beauty to reconnect people with the mystery of God. Read more

Catholic priests kick off first international organ festival at Rome's Pantheon... Read more]]> The first international organ festival will be held under the nearly 2,000-year-old dome of Rome's Pantheon and above the relics of early Christian martyrs.

The melodies of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers will be played on the organ this month in an effort to use beauty to reconnect people with the mystery of God.

The Pantheon's International Organ Festival seeks to create an artistic program that is both catechetical and an entryway to the mystery of Christ, according to the priests organizing the event.

"God is the perfection of beauty and every time man realizes something beautiful he participates in a certain way in the mystery of God," Msgr. Franco Sarzi Sartori said. Read more

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