Christian F. Casper
@cfcasper.bsky.social
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Personal account
St. Benedict and St. Francis, pray for us
Personal account
St. Benedict and St. Francis, pray for us
My new St. Nicholas icon in its permanent place on our mantel last evening
The iconographer is a thirty-year-old Ukrainian, Kateryna Shadrina. I saw her work in an exhibition three summers ago in Dayton, fell in love with it, and was pleased to find some of it within my available price range.
The iconographer is a thirty-year-old Ukrainian, Kateryna Shadrina. I saw her work in an exhibition three summers ago in Dayton, fell in love with it, and was pleased to find some of it within my available price range.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
My new St. Nicholas icon in its permanent place on our mantel last evening
The iconographer is a thirty-year-old Ukrainian, Kateryna Shadrina. I saw her work in an exhibition three summers ago in Dayton, fell in love with it, and was pleased to find some of it within my available price range.
The iconographer is a thirty-year-old Ukrainian, Kateryna Shadrina. I saw her work in an exhibition three summers ago in Dayton, fell in love with it, and was pleased to find some of it within my available price range.
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
"The women played and sang: 'Saul has slain his thousands, / and David his ten thousands'"
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"The women played and sang: 'Saul has slain his thousands, / and David his ten thousands'"
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January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
"The women played and sang: 'Saul has slain his thousands, / and David his ten thousands'"
bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
"The women played and sang: 'Saul has slain his thousands, / and David his ten thousands'"
bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
Icon of St. Nicholas of Myra — an original — written by Ukrainian iconographer Kateryna Shadrina (b. 1995). It was waiting on our porch this morning and I brought it to work so I could enjoy it.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Icon of St. Nicholas of Myra — an original — written by Ukrainian iconographer Kateryna Shadrina (b. 1995). It was waiting on our porch this morning and I brought it to work so I could enjoy it.
iconart-gallery.com/uk/catalogue...
iconart-gallery.com/uk/catalogue...
January 21, St. Agnes
The Catholic ordo notes that Agnes is patron of Christian virtue confronted by political and social violence.
Alfred Drury, SAINT AGNES, Detroit Institute of Arts
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The Catholic ordo notes that Agnes is patron of Christian virtue confronted by political and social violence.
Alfred Drury, SAINT AGNES, Detroit Institute of Arts
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January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
January 21, St. Agnes
The Catholic ordo notes that Agnes is patron of Christian virtue confronted by political and social violence.
Alfred Drury, SAINT AGNES, Detroit Institute of Arts
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The Catholic ordo notes that Agnes is patron of Christian virtue confronted by political and social violence.
Alfred Drury, SAINT AGNES, Detroit Institute of Arts
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Wooden sculpture, early 16th c., from St Bartholomew's Church, Salo, Finland, now in the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki
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January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Wooden sculpture, early 16th c., from St Bartholomew's Church, Salo, Finland, now in the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki
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finna.fi/Record/museo...
Giovanni di Paolo, SAINTS FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gi...
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gi...
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Giovanni di Paolo, SAINTS FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gi...
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gi...
January 19, translation feast of St. Canute the Holy, patron of Denmark
Pray for Denmark and for Greenland against American aggression. I can't believe I'm writing this.
Pray for Denmark and for Greenland against American aggression. I can't believe I'm writing this.
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
January 19, translation feast of St. Canute the Holy, patron of Denmark
Pray for Denmark and for Greenland against American aggression. I can't believe I'm writing this.
Pray for Denmark and for Greenland against American aggression. I can't believe I'm writing this.
January 18, the Confession of Saint Peter, beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Theme for 2026: "There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called to the one hope of your calling"
Theme for 2026: "There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called to the one hope of your calling"
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
January 18, the Confession of Saint Peter, beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Theme for 2026: "There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called to the one hope of your calling"
Theme for 2026: "There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called to the one hope of your calling"
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'"
bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'"
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January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'"
bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'"
bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Spinning this album right now
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Spinning this album right now
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Spinning this album right now
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Spinning this album right now
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
January 17, 1945: Raoul Wallenberg (U. of Michigan 1935) was abducted by Soviet authorities and disappeared after saving over 100,000 Jewish lives from the Nazis
📸 January 17, 2020 — the seventy-fifth anniversary — after stepping off the commuter bus near the Wallenberg memorial on North Campus
📸 January 17, 2020 — the seventy-fifth anniversary — after stepping off the commuter bus near the Wallenberg memorial on North Campus
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
January 17, 1945: Raoul Wallenberg (U. of Michigan 1935) was abducted by Soviet authorities and disappeared after saving over 100,000 Jewish lives from the Nazis
📸 January 17, 2020 — the seventy-fifth anniversary — after stepping off the commuter bus near the Wallenberg memorial on North Campus
📸 January 17, 2020 — the seventy-fifth anniversary — after stepping off the commuter bus near the Wallenberg memorial on North Campus
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Icon written by Canadian iconographer Symeon van Donkelaar using natural pigments from around his previous home and studio in Conestoga, Ontario
Private collection, Waterloo, Ontario
www.conestogaicons.com
We have a framed print of this image in our den.
Icon written by Canadian iconographer Symeon van Donkelaar using natural pigments from around his previous home and studio in Conestoga, Ontario
Private collection, Waterloo, Ontario
www.conestogaicons.com
We have a framed print of this image in our den.
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Icon written by Canadian iconographer Symeon van Donkelaar using natural pigments from around his previous home and studio in Conestoga, Ontario
Private collection, Waterloo, Ontario
www.conestogaicons.com
We have a framed print of this image in our den.
Icon written by Canadian iconographer Symeon van Donkelaar using natural pigments from around his previous home and studio in Conestoga, Ontario
Private collection, Waterloo, Ontario
www.conestogaicons.com
We have a framed print of this image in our den.
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Anthony with his pig in one of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/vint...
Anthony with his pig in one of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/vint...
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
January 17, St. Anthony of Egypt
Anthony with his pig in one of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/vint...
Anthony with his pig in one of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/vint...
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Andrew Wyeth, d. January 16, 2009, WINTER 1946, North Carolina Museum of Art
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January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Andrew Wyeth, d. January 16, 2009, WINTER 1946, North Carolina Museum of Art
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I've been listening to this album lately. It's a gem.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
bisrecords.lnk.to/1951
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
bisrecords.lnk.to/1951
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I've been listening to this album lately. It's a gem.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
bisrecords.lnk.to/1951
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
bisrecords.lnk.to/1951
Indeed his name at Weston was Brother Placid. I had forgotten that detail.
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/vint...
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/vint...
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Indeed his name at Weston was Brother Placid. I had forgotten that detail.
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/vint...
tomiesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/vint...
January 15, Sts. Maurus and Placidus — a great Benedictine feast day
One of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola, who was once a novice at Weston Priory in Vermont and carried a deep Benedictine spirituality through the rest of his life
One of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola, who was once a novice at Weston Priory in Vermont and carried a deep Benedictine spirituality through the rest of his life
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
January 15, Sts. Maurus and Placidus — a great Benedictine feast day
One of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola, who was once a novice at Weston Priory in Vermont and carried a deep Benedictine spirituality through the rest of his life
One of the many beautiful Art Mails by the fondly remembered Tomie dePaola, who was once a novice at Weston Priory in Vermont and carried a deep Benedictine spirituality through the rest of his life
January 14, Eivind Berggrav, the Lutheran primate of Norway who was a leader in the Norwegian resistance to the Nazis
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eivind_...
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
January 14, Eivind Berggrav, the Lutheran primate of Norway who was a leader in the Norwegian resistance to the Nazis
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eivind_...
Sunday after Epiphany, the Baptism of the Lord
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, North Carolina Museum of Art
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Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, North Carolina Museum of Art
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January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Sunday after Epiphany, the Baptism of the Lord
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, North Carolina Museum of Art
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Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, North Carolina Museum of Art
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Saturday after Epiphany: "He must increase; I must decrease."
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Auguste Rodin, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING (reduction), North Carolina Museum of Art
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Auguste Rodin, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING (reduction), North Carolina Museum of Art
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January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Saturday after Epiphany: "He must increase; I must decrease."
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Auguste Rodin, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING (reduction), North Carolina Museum of Art
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Auguste Rodin, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING (reduction), North Carolina Museum of Art
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Christmas weekday: Saturday after Epiphany
Master of Saint Ildefonso, ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, Detroit Institute of Arts
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Master of Saint Ildefonso, ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, Detroit Institute of Arts
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January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Christmas weekday: Saturday after Epiphany
Master of Saint Ildefonso, ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, Detroit Institute of Arts
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Master of Saint Ildefonso, ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, Detroit Institute of Arts
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January 9, St. Adrian (or Hadrian) of Canterbury, abbot and scholar
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January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
January 9, St. Adrian (or Hadrian) of Canterbury, abbot and scholar
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...