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Activities for Children
Children 0-5: Build with blocks; create art rubbings of saints, angels and nature; ring the bells; play dress up; and watch Bible stories under a tent.
Children 5-8: ring the bells; discover melody selections from Catholic hymnals; and create an electronic stained-glass window.
Children 8 & up: participate in a scavenger hunt, available at the Admissions Desk. |
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The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary
On October 21, 1997, the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center and Vatican
City signed a historic agreement to establish a collaborative exhibition
program between the Vatican Museums and the Cultural Center. The exhibitions
will be presented on a regular, rotating basis, affording visitors the
opportunity to view rarely seen masterpieces from the magnificent collections
of the Vatican Museums.
The Center's inaugural exhibition, The Mother of God: Art Celebrates
Mary, includes thirty-eight works of art that span the breadth of
Christian history and reflect the diversity of the world's cultures. It will be on display through July 8, 2002.
The exhibit is divided into six sections:
- Eve and Mary
- The Incarnation
- The Theotókos (The Mother of God)
- Images of Prayer
- Mary in Cultures around the World
- Walking with Mary in the Third Millennium
Each section is introduced by the words of Pope John Paul II, who addresses the centrality of Mary in his life of faith and in the history of the Church. His thoughts are echoed and reflected in the art works chosen for the exhibit, which date from the fourth century to the present. The visitor is invited to participate in a dialogue between Pope John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin, mediated by the spirituality of the artists who have used their gifts to praise her greatness and love.
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