The Calling of St Matthew An article by Elizabeth Lev In this article written especially for our magazine, art historian and writer Liz Lev invites us to discover one of Caravaggio’s most famous paintings in Rome, in the Chapel of St Matthew at the Church San Luigi dei Francesi. An invitation to reflect on our own experience of God’s mercy, on our own vocation. Just like Pope Francis, who heard the call to become a priest on St Matthew’s Day. It was the approaching Jubilee Ye

Burgundy: A Pilgrimage through the Soul of Christian Europe The pilgrimage through Burgundy offered the priests on sabbatical an opportunity to discover Cluny, the “Second Rome,” the heart of medieval Christendom from which the great Cluniac and Cistercian reforms radiated across Europe. It also revealed the enduring strength of a Christian faith that continues to express itself through charity, most visibly in the Hospices de Beaune and their world-famous charity wine auctio

Finding God Through Beauty: A Conversation with Liz Lev Liz Lev, a renowned art historian beloved both at ICTE and among priests on sabbatical, passionately shares her love of sacred art. Let us listen as she explains how the Via Pulchritudinis — the Way of Beauty — can become a path toward God, and a path of God. Elizabeth Lev, daughter of former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon, has been a tour guide in Rome for over 25 years. Whether as an art historian, a