The 'O Antiphons,' Reimagined | America Magazine
Imaged from the The O Antiphons, by Ansgar Holmberg, C.S.J. Ansgar Holmberg, C.S.J., 86, didn’t paint her O Antiphon series to edify or instruct anyone. They were meant only for herself. Ansgar (she likes to be called by her first name) has been with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 67 years, and although she has spent time teaching children and offering spiritual direction, she created these seven paintings over the course of three years as a personal way to contemplate Scripture. “I had read what other people had said, but I decided to paint them for myself, for me to unders...