John O'NeillBlog 9: Sanctification in English Religious PoetryRecently, I fell down the Wikipedia rabbit-hole, scouring through countless articles on the Catholic martyrs in England. I had no idea the…7 min read·May 20, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 8: Receiving the Gaze in Fra Angelico’s FrescoesThe high school I teach at has a long-running and well-taught AP Art History class. This course, traditionally taken by students in their…6 min read·May 19, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 7: A Tale of Two Mass SettingsThe two masses I chose to listen to for this assignment were the Missa Ecce ancilla Domini by Dufay and the Missa Dunelmi by MacMillan. As…4 min read·May 6, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 6: St. Monica Catholic Church, Mishawaka, IN.During a summer with Notre Dame Vision, I took the opportunity of my “day off” (Sundays) to explore various Catholic Churches in the South…7 min read·May 3, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 5: “Eating Beauty” and Digesting FaithSr. Ann Astell writes in Eating Beauty that, for a saint in the Middle Ages, “Eating the Eucharist was… to be seen and eaten by Christ…4 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 4: Experiencing Baptismal TheologyIn reading Robin Jensen’s book, Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity, I am reminded of my time teaching RCIC to 1st-6th graders in the…5 min read·Mar 21, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 3: Liturgical Time, Far From Ordinary.How is Romano Guardini’s liturgical theology aesthetic?4 min read·Feb 22, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 2It was 6 months ago, undergoing orientation at my first job after undergrad, teaching theology at a Catholic High School, when I first…5 min read·Feb 15, 2021----
John O'NeillBlog 1: Is Frank Zappa’s Music Beautiful?It was in my senior year of undergrad that I decided to transcribe Frank Zappa’s incredible work, “Peaches en Regalia,” for the Notre Dame…4 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
