Catholic Art

A motion picture depictive of the life of the Blessed Virgin is now in preparation by The Catholic Art Association, which has been making Catholic pictures for seven years. Its purpose is "to stimulate and foster devotion to the Blessed Virgin, especially as the Immaculate Conception, under which title America has been dedicated to her; and secondly, to assist in the building of the great Shrine in honor of the Immaculate Conception now being erected on the grounds of the Catholic University in the City of Washington."

Comments an article in America (Catholic weekly) :

"The Mother of God has always been a transcendent inspiration in the world of Art. . . . From the beginning, Christian art has been the handmaiden of the Faith. In the crude and devout symbols of the Catacombs we find the beginnings of that astonishing religious art which flowered so splendidly in the religious consummation of the centuries we call medieval.

"The greatest Art in the world has striven to depict her hallowed maternity and holy virginity in architecture, sculpture, painting, poetry and music. . . .

"A super-motion picture, made as this picture should be made, on a scale in keeping with the sublimity of the theme, with all the splendor and wealth of material which the theme itself lends, and with all the wonderful technical resources which the art of the motion picture now commands, will be the most unique event in the history of motion picture production and an achievement in the cause of religion whose far-reaching results are beyond computation."