For the Love of Beauty
My Professional Background
Experience
- Artist: Personal Work, Work on Commission, Exhibit
- Photographer: Weddings, Portraits, Events, Fine Art
- International Speaker and Catechist Trainer at Schools, Parish and Diocesan venues, Conferences and on EWTN’s Life on the Rock
- Consultant: Art, Catechetics and Conference Planning
- High School Teacher of Religion
- Director of Religious Education
- Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
- Youth Ministry
- Writer and Evaluator of Religious Education Materials
Education
- M.A. Theology and Christian Ministry with a Specialization and Certification in Catechetics, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1997. Ohio, USA.
- Dip. Ed. Sec. (Graduate Diploma in Education, Secondary: Grades 7-12), Australian Catholic University, 1992. Melbourne, Australia.
- B.A. Fine Arts (Photography), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1991. Melbourne, Australia.
- Additional Studies in Art, Washington Studio School, DC (1998); Instituto Michelangelo (2000) and Angel Academy of Art (2002), both in Florence, Italy.
- Additional Studies in Theology, Catholic Theological College, (1993-94). Melbourne, Australia
My desire is to help sensitize the soul to God’s gentle attractions through beauty in order to move the soul towards Him, who is Beauty.
—Renata Grzan Wieczorek