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Author Archives: Sam Lucero
Panoramic view of Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel
I used my iPhone 4 and AutoStitch app to create this panoramic view of the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe inside of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., last March. If you’re in the nation’s capital and have never been to the basilica, located on The Catholic [...]
Posted in Religious photojournalism
Tagged AutoStitch, basilica, Guadalupe, Immaculate Conception, iPhone
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Late night at Holy Resurrection Monastery
The Easter Vigil is traditionally an extended religious service in the Catholic Church. Roman Catholics are accustomed to spending two hours, often longer, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The liturgy includes additional Scripture readings, along with the sacraments of initiation for new church members. For Catholics of the western rite persuasion, who shudder at [...]
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Tagged Byzantine, Easter, Eastern Rite, Holy Resurrection, monks
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Living Stations of the Cross
Fifth graders at Holy Cross School in Green Bay presented a Living Stations of the Cross for classmates and families April 4. Here are a few photos from the matinee performance.
Posted in News and views
Tagged Easter, Good Friday, Holy Week, Jesus, Passion, Stations
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Two archbishops who teamed up to help military family now cardinals
Funny how things work out. Two U.S. prelates were among 22 Catholic Church leaders worldwide to receive the cardinal’s red hat during a Feb. 18 consistory led by Pope Benedict XVI. The two include Cardinals Timothy M. Dolan and Edwin F. O’Brien. Both men have known each other for years, as they’ve attended bishops’ meetings [...]
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Tagged Cardinal, Dolan, Kulla, Milwaukee, O'Brien
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Where would Jesus be born? A self storage unit perhaps?
Note: This blog entry originally appeared as an editorial in The Compass, newspaper of the Diocese of Green Bay, where I work as News & Information Manager. If Joseph and Mary were alive today, looking for a place where Mary could give birth to Jesus, where could they find solace? After some online [...]
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Tagged Christmas, Jesus, Nativity, storage unit
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The helping hand
Every now and then, while I’m out on a photo assignment, I find myself the recipient of a volunteer photo assistant. It’s usually someone connected to the event at which I’m photographing; someone just trying to help me out. The latest incident of the unannounced and unwanted photo assistant took place on the feast of [...]
Bugs up close
When I purchased my Nikon 60mm f2.8 AF macro focus lens last year, I did so for one reason: to take photos of miniature creatures that exist in my back yard. Since that time I’ve had a field day traipsing through the flower gardens and shrubs around my yard looking for assorted insects. It’s given [...]
Facebook: ‘Repost if you agree’
Facebook is a great place to connect with friends and family across the country and around the globe. It’s also an easy way to reconnect with classmates from long ago. But with the excitement of communicating with people from our past comes the reality that we don’t always share the same views. This fact was [...]
Meet the man who photographs the pope
I had an opportunity in early May to visit with Paul Haring, staff photographer for Catholic News Service who is based in Rome. Haring has been shooting images at the Vatican since 2009 and his photos are used by Catholic print and electronic publications around the world. Before moving to Rome, Paul worked five years [...]
