November 19, 2024

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David Clayton

The Way of Beauty - A Formation Cultivating ...

A transformative journey that combines traditional Catholic spirituality with holistic artistic formation and is offered to everyone. Become the creative you were meant to be. Designed by David Clayton, Artist-in-Residence at the Scala Foundation and Provost, Pontifex University

The Way of Beauty - A Formation Cultivating Intuition, and Fulfillment Now!

February 12, 2024

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David Clayton

A Vision for You Daily Journal: THE DAILY ...

The Vision for You is a process by which we discovered our true calling in life—what we call our ‘personal vocation’; and through which we discovered the Great Fact—that we have a choice in life: WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY OR TO BE MISERABLE.

A Vision for You Daily Journal: THE DAILY ROUTINE

David Clayton

September 27, 2019

culture

Harmonious and Dissonant Proportions 2: Downtown Oakland, California

David Clayton

September 27, 2019

culture

Harmonious and Dissonant Proportions 2: Downtown Oakland, California

Question, if I like the combination of dissonance and harmony that we here in some modern music, is this going to adversely affect my taste in other aspects of the culture. Should I be avoiding it as contrary to Catholic culture? I say not, but I'd be interested to hear your views!

David Clayton

September 26, 2019

Blog, culture

The Art of the Beautiful: 7th Season of Lectures

David Clayton

September 26, 2019

Blog, culture

The Art of the Beautiful: 7th Season of Lectures

A series of monthly talks promoting Catholic culture starting September 27th, Catholic Center, NYC. Organized by the Catholic Artists Society.

Deacon Lawrence

September 24, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Are We Prudent In The Work We Do?

Deacon Lawrence

September 24, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Are We Prudent In The Work We Do?

Prudence is not only the virtue of discerning right from wrong, it also means astuteness, the ability to show sound judgement and wisdom in practical matters

David Clayton

September 23, 2019

A Thomist speaks on the spirit of man! Re discovering the lost works of Abbot Antonio Rosmini-Serbati

David Clayton

September 23, 2019

A Thomist speaks on the spirit of man! Re discovering the lost works of Abbot Antonio Rosmini-Serbati

A once disregarded Italian, 19th-century Thomist, Abbot Antonio Rosmini-Serbati might be creative thinker we have been looking for! He was beatified in 2007 after being largely ignored for nearly 200 years.

David Clayton

September 20, 2019

Blog, Liturgy, Number and Pr...

Learning to Recognize Harmonious Proportion: Victorian Suburbs - Bedford Park and Turnham Green, Chiswick, West London

David Clayton

September 20, 2019

Blog, Liturgy, Number and Pr...

Learning to Recognize Harmonious Proportion: Victorian Suburbs - Bedford Park and Turnham Green, Chiswick, West London

Architects can make a gas station as beautiful a jewel in its setting as a palace is in its setting. Here’s how.

Deacon Lawrence

September 17, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

How God Guides Us

Deacon Lawrence

September 17, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

How God Guides Us

He searches for us not because He does not know where we are but because He seeks the most effective path for us to return

David Clayton

September 13, 2019

Blog, culture

Man is Body, Soul and Spirit! Why We Mustn't Forget the Spirit

David Clayton

September 13, 2019

Blog, culture

Man is Body, Soul and Spirit! Why We Mustn't Forget the Spirit

Why we need the Christian anthropology: Body, Soul, and Spirit to replace the New-Age Anthropology: Body Mind Spirit. A call for help from Thomists.

Deacon Lawrence

September 10, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Priorities and Distractions

Deacon Lawrence

September 10, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Priorities and Distractions

we can certainly learn from them the value of priorities and how modern technology can work for us rather than enslaving us.

David Clayton

September 6, 2019

Blog, Education

Are You As Happy As You Can Be? Take The Vision for You Spiritual Exercises

David Clayton

September 6, 2019

Blog, Education

Are You As Happy As You Can Be? Take The Vision for You Spiritual Exercises

We all want to live happily. In the whole human race there is not one person who does not assent to this proposition even before it is fully articulated - St Augustine of Hippo

Deacon Lawrence

September 3, 2019

How Humility Glorifies God

Deacon Lawrence

September 3, 2019

How Humility Glorifies God

Humility is the virtue that allows us to put our personal wants and desires to the side, and focus on what God wants from us.

David Clayton

August 29, 2019

Blog, Education

New Outreach Project from the Eastern Catholic Church - For Both East and West!

David Clayton

August 29, 2019

Blog, Education

New Outreach Project from the Eastern Catholic Church - For Both East and West!

This is a presentation of the unique spirituality of the Eastern Church and will be of interest to both Roman and Byzantine Catholics.

Deacon Lawrence

August 27, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

God Wastes Nothing

Deacon Lawrence

August 27, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

God Wastes Nothing

God is behind every hardship and difficulty. Through them, He teaches us and disciplines our souls. God trains us to love and serve him better and better. Every difficulty we encounter in our lives, is either sent by God or permitted by Him for our benefit.

David Clayton

August 21, 2019

Why Tariffs Promote Free Trade Across the Globe, and Do So Peacefully

David Clayton

August 21, 2019

Why Tariffs Promote Free Trade Across the Globe, and Do So Peacefully

If there is a multiplicity of nations then on the application of tarrifs people will redirect their trade to other nations that do not cost so much to do business with. People within one nation will always preferentially work with those from nations that play fair.

Deacon Lawrence

August 20, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

The Cost of Discipleship

Deacon Lawrence

August 20, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

The Cost of Discipleship

it did not come without cost. Eleven of the twelve apostles were martyred. They were followed by countless others through the centuries who valued their lives less than the message contained in the fire.

David Clayton

August 14, 2019

Blog, Education

The Theology Doctorate at Pontifex University - Low Coursework, Low Fees, Strong Focus on Original and High-QualityResearch

David Clayton

August 14, 2019

Blog, Education

The Theology Doctorate at Pontifex University - Low Coursework, Low Fees, Strong Focus on Original and High-QualityResearch

Pontifex University is education built on academic rigor and the rock of faith; but not set in the stone of the mainstream university pattern of high-costs generated by requiring you to do a string of pointless and expensive courses.

Deacon Lawrence

August 13, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Remember Who You Are

Deacon Lawrence

August 13, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Remember Who You Are

Knowing who we are in God's eyes can give us a tremendous sense of inner peace and strength. This allows us to be faithful to the work God has sent us here to do, no matter how hard it gets.

David Clayton

August 7, 2019

Blog

Churches Should Look Like Airports, But Not Like This

David Clayton

August 7, 2019

Blog

Churches Should Look Like Airports, But Not Like This

This assessement is not just an indictment of modern church architecture, it is an indictment of the shocking state of municipal airport design too. Both, through their banal ugliness, speak of the bondage of self-centredness and are symbols of the secular culture of oppression.

Deacon Lawrence

August 6, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

It Is How We Live That Matters

Deacon Lawrence

August 6, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

It Is How We Live That Matters

It is the work that grows from grace that will be a testimony to how we have lived our lives. For Christians true success is measured in the way we use our assets in service to others this is how we lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven.

David Clayton

July 31, 2019

Blog

Master of Sacred Arts at Pontifex University With a Concentration in the Theology of the Body Taught by Christopher West

David Clayton

July 31, 2019

Blog

Master of Sacred Arts at Pontifex University With a Concentration in the Theology of the Body Taught by Christopher West

This is the program by which you learn to paint the ultimate picture of Christ in which you are both the artist and the image! As Pope St John Paul II put it: ‘Through his “artistic creativity” man accomplishes above all in shaping the wondrous “material” of his humanity.’

Deacon Lawrence

July 30, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Persistence in the Face of Adversity

Deacon Lawrence

July 30, 2019

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Persistence in the Face of Adversity

True victory comes with perseverance and confidence in God's goodness, even through tragedy, adversity, and just plain bad luck.

Pursue a Master of Sacred Arts at Pontifex University

This program designed by The Way of Beauty's David Clayton gives you a unique formation in beauty and a Catholic inculturation. For artists of any creative disciplines, catechists and all who love beauty. Learn more at www.Pontifex.University.