Evangelizing Virginia
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK For a bit of Italy in Virginia I stopped at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Palladian inspiration, following a recent visit with priest friends. I toured the house and lawn once again, having visited when very young for the first time with my parents shortly after they transferred to Maryland from Michigan, where I was born. After stepping with my tour group into the front hall of the house, I was interested to make note of two paintings hanging there close to the weighted clock over the door. Two copies of paintings he admired in France and elsewhere in Europe depicting Christ before Pilate and St. Jerome. And, in the room designated for entertaining that overlooks the…Continue Reading