Indeed, He is risen!
Happy Easter! I had the privilege this morning of attending the traditional Latin rite Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in New Orleans. How beautiful! The celebrant, Fr. Stan Klores, truly inspires me, and I hope I can strengthen my will over the course of my life to be as inspirational to others as Fr. Stan [...]
T.J. Pillion - Medicine Man Music
One of the best bass players I’ve ever played with is T.J. Pillion, whose path seemed to cross mine at important times in my life and my formation as a Catholic.
T.J. and I first met in Steubenville, OH as undergraduates at Franciscan University. While the school was building more dorms, T.J. was living in the [...]
Folk Art of the Saints and Children’s Portraits
I just created and published a personal art portfoilio for my sister, Celeste Ingraffia, at www.ingraffia.com.
For the past decade, Celeste has been selflessly nourishing the right brains of children in Austin, Texas, and that city, I know will begin to see a growth in it’s reputation for the visual arts, in part due to Celeste’s [...]
Catholic Music (Part 2)
I have already written about obstacles to touring Catholic musicians, and why it is hard to market Catholicism. Now I would like to address why the mainstream music recording industries cannot make a profit from music informed by the Catholic world view.
The music industry has its own methods of promoting and distributing product, but the [...]