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Unit 1: Philosophical Foundations

Nearly two years ago, my husband and I remodeled an older home. My foyer needed a piece of art. Though we lived in New Orleans for 10…

5 min readJan 28, 2021

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Unit 1: Philosophical Foundations

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Alison Penton

Unit 9: A Liturgical Theology of the Word

When my daughter was born, one of my good friends who was an English major at Notre Dame gave her a book titled The Lost Word. This book…

3 min readMay 6, 2021

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Unit 9: A Liturgical Theology of the Word

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Alison Penton

Unit 8: The Drama of Frescoes and Altarpieces

Last year I watched a documentary on the Fyre Festival and was literally intrigued! After watching, I googled the various people involved…

4 min readMay 2, 2021

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Unit 8: The Drama of Frescoes and Altarpieces

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Alison Penton

Unit 7: A Liturgical Theology of Attuning

At one point on our 12 hour drive from Lafayette, LA, to Highlands, NC, I just had to stick in my noise-canceling AirPods and checkout for…

4 min readApr 21, 2021

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Alison Penton

Unit 6: A Liturgical Theology of Dwelling

Recently, one of my classmates commented on the beauty of my home church parish during our class zoom meeting. Every now and then you need…

6 min readApr 11, 2021

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Unit 6: A Liturgical Theology of Dwelling

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Alison Penton

Unit 5: Medieval Christianity, Liturgy, and the Aesthetic

How did I end up taking a master’s level theology course at Notre Dame? What am I doing? What in the world am I going to write about for…

4 min readMar 18, 2021

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Alison Penton

Unit 4: Early Christianity, Liturgy, and the Aesthetic

My parents have 21 grandchildren, and so between my 5 children’s baptisms and their 16 first cousins’ baptisms, I’ve attended quite a few…

5 min readMar 4, 2021

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Unit 4: Early Christianity, Liturgy, and the Aesthetic

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Alison Penton

Unit 3: The Spirit of the Liturgy

I am a cradle Catholic. I’m blessed to have been born and raised by a beautiful Catholic family. I’ve going to Catholic school my entire…

3 min readFeb 21, 2021

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Unit 3: The Spirit of the Liturgy

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Alison Penton

Unit 2: Theological Foundations of the Aesthetic

In the summer of 2003, I was going into my senior year at Notre Dame. I still really did not know what I wanted to do with my life. I was…

6 min readFeb 11, 2021

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me in front if Terry Reilly Health Services

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Alison Penton

Alison Penton

Wife, Mother of 5, Dermatologist, Notre Dame alum, Notre Dame Performing Beauty student, Parishioner at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, LA

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