“With every icon, I need to spend time getting to know the subject, and this was especially so with Fatima. She was commissioned to write the icon of Julia Greeley for the Archdiocese of Denver, and recently wrote her 100th icon, which depicts Our Lady of Fatima. Vivian Imbruglia is an iconographer based out of California. The preparation that goes into writing an icon is more of a spiritual process than it is about the actual painting of the icon, Imbruglia said. “As I noted the three icons I was already working on would be numbers 97, 98 and 99, it occurred to me Fatima would be 100.” “I had known the anniversary of Fatima was coming up, and I had strong Holy Spirit urge to write an icon for it,” Imbruglia recalled. The beautifully crafted and exquisitely detailed icon resides at the World Apostolate of Fatima Shrine in Washington, N.J. It’s a milestone for the California-based iconographer that is made all the more significant by the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Fatima. I look at Icons from all ages and times in books ranging from the most ancient with the aged and muted colors to two fascinating books of Siberian icons with brilliant hues, almost singular in the world of icons as these icons have retained their vivid colors so I learn something new from every one.Vivian Imbruglia, the iconographer who was commissioned to write the icon of Servant of God Julia Greeley for the Archdiocese of Denver, recently wrote her 100th icon: Our Lady of Fatima. The great bulk of Icons are commissions from individuals, families and Churches. As a Roman Catholic iconographer, I have no intention of assuming to be Orthodox, but continue to pray with many others, for unity brought about by the Spirit, amongst the churches.Ģ014 is my 24th year as an Iconographer and I am very grateful for the tremendous support from around the World. I try to bring true devotion and prayer into the process of writing an icon, dependent upon the inspiration of the Blessed Trinity, the saints, holy ones, and the Mother of God. I honor and revere the Byzantine icons and the profound spirituality of the Othodox churches. "There is only Christ: He is everything and He is in everything." St. He continues to assist in Albuquerque after returning there in the fall of 2013. Since 1999 he has assisted with sacramental ministry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Taos and Northern New Mexico. In 1998 he returned to New York to create icons as a part of the West Side Jesuit Community. Jim O'Brien, SJ to create 5 icons for the Jesuit Community there. In 1996 he was honored to be invited to Boston College by friend and mentor, Fr. In 1990, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to study the technique, history and spirituality of icon painting (technically "icon writing") with Russian-American master, Robert Lentz. During this time he also illustrated 25 books, mostly children's books for Paulist Press. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York. ![]() ![]() From 1983 - 1990 he worked with the wonderful AIDS Hospice team of St. He was ordained in 1979 as a Roman Catholic priest by Archbishop James Casey in Denver, CO. In 1983 he received a Master of Fine Arts in landscape painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Father Bill furthered his art studies at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California in 1977. Louis University, Boston College, Boston University and Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ![]() He studied philosophy, theology, and art at St. He was a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) from 1968 to 2002. His parents Marjory Hart McNichols and Stephen McNichols welcomed him on Jat St. William Hart McNichols has been "drawing and coloring in his room" since he was five years old.
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