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Fr. Adam DeLeon, SJ, is a Jesuit scholastic in formation for the priesthood with extensive experience in education, campus ministry, and coaching. He completed three years of philosophy studies at Loyola University Chicago, followed by a Regency in which he taught, coached, and served as a campus minister at Christ...

Dr. Ilia Delio is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, and an American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with interests in evolution, physics, and neuroscience and the import of these for theology. She currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University...

Piero della Francesca (c. 1415-1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. (Source and photo: wikipedia.org)

Jacopo della Quercia (c. 1374-1438), also known as Jacopo di Pietro d'Agnolo di Guarnieri, was an Italian sculptor of the Early Renaissance, and a contemporary of Brunelleschi, Ghiberti and Donatello. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique that he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea della Robbia and great-nephews Giovanni della Robbia and Girolamo della Robbia. Although a leading sculptor in stone, after developing his technique in the early 1440s he worked primarily in...

Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor renowned for his work in glazed ceramics. Trained under his uncle Luca della Robbia in Florence, he became a leading figure in enamelled terra-cotta sculpture, expanding its use to architectural elements such as friezes, lavabos, fountains, and large retables. Andrea produced...

Dr. Leonard J. DeLorenzo is the director of undergraduate studies at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, where he also serves as academic director for Notre Dame Vision, directs the Sullivan Family Saints Initiative, and hosts the popular radio show and podcast Church Life Today. He holds a concurrent teaching appointment in the...

Ivanka Demchuk is a Ukrainian artist focused on sacred art and iconography. She graduated from the Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Art, and continued studies in the Sacred Art department in Lviv National Academy of Arts, receiving a masters degree with honors in 2014. Since 2008, she has participated in...

Rev. Gregg DeMey is the lead pastor at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst, IL. He graduated from Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary. He previously served as worship pastor at Granite Springs in Sacramento, CA and as a church planter at Lakeside Church in Ludington, MI. (Source: elmhurstcrc.org; worship.calvin.edu)

Fr. Michael Demkovich is a priest in Albuquerque, NM. He previously served as the Episcopal Vicar for Doctrine and  Life of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Director of the Dominican Ecclesial Institute in Albuquerque, and President of the  International Dominican Foundation. He has also taught Spirituality as a Visiting Fellow...