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Watch: A Glorious Restoration | Saint John the Evangelist in Jackson
WATCH: A HEAVENLY RESTORATION | SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, JACKSON: Constructed in 1857, Saint John the Evangelist in Jackson is the oldest church building in the Diocese of Lansing. Watch this short film as pastor, Father Chas Canoy, explains the parish’s desire to return their beloved building to its former glory by commissioning local artist, Joseph…
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Sacred Art: Wedding Feast of the Lamb
Our Mural is Coming to Life! Local artist Joseph Macklin is in the process of painting our apse (the curved, semi-circular area where our tabernacle is normally housed). The upper half of the mural will be a version of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb described in the Book of Revelation. The scene will depict…
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Meet the Artist | Joseph Macklin
of the Instrumentum Dei Studio Joseph Macklin of the Instrumentum Dei Studio is a local Jackson artist, alumnus of Lumen Christi and Columbus College of Art & Design, and member of St. Mary’s Parish. He and wife Carly have two daughters who attend St. John School. In working on our apse mural, Joseph says this:…
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From the Desk of Deacon Dave Etters -2/23/25
Sacred Spaces, Sacred Faces In his 1981 book Addicted to Mediocrity – 20th Century Christians and the Arts, then-evangelical Franky Schaeffer satirized the arts and media of the so-called ‘religious right’ movement of the 1980s. The target of Schaeffer’s acerbic wit was predominately fundamentalist and evangelical Protestantism. And although not in his crosshairs, Catholics were…