Tewkesbury Abbey Theology Forum: Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness – icons as images of transcendence

Tewkesbury Abbey’s Theology Forum is having its next meeting on 21 January. This is a talk by the Revd Catherine Lomas, a priest-iconographer who has been working on an icon for the Abbey for some while. 

Catherine was, until 2023, a parish priest and pioneer in the Diocese of Peterborough. She is now based in Wiltshire, exploring a calling as a full-time iconographer and sacred artist. Her particular interest is in the use of visual means to explore theology and spirituality, seeing our search for the Divine as sharing much in common with humanity’s innate longing for beauty.

Her interest in icons began in 2007; she painted her first icon in 2016 and now exercises her priestly ministry through leading and speaking about icons, art and spirituality, as well as accepting commissions for new icons and sacred art (see more details here). She has recently completed a new children’s icon for Tewkesbury Abbey which will be presented to the Abbey on 18 January.

As usual this will be in the Abbey Parish Hall for drinks and nibbles at 7pm. Catherine will talk from 7.30pm. All are welcome.