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Guido Reni (1575-1642) was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in...

Jennifer Ristine is a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi, a Society of Apostolic Life in the Catholic Church. She consecrated her life to God in 1997 and is currently stationed in the DC area, engaged in faith and spiritual formation primarily through teaching, writing, conferences, retreats, and spiritual direction. She...

Dr. Debra Rienstra is professor of English at Calvin University, where she has taught since 1996, specializing in early British literature and creative writing. She is the author of three books—on motherhood, spirituality, and worship—and numerous essays and poems. Her literary essays have appeared in Rock & Sling, The Examined...

Fr. Steven Reilly, LC, is a member of the Legionaries of Christ. After having joined the congregation in 1982, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1994 in Mexico City. He studied philosophy in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and theology at the Legion's own Pontifical University, Regina Apostolorum,...

Phillip Ratner (1937-2023) spent many years working in sculpture, painting, etched glass, tapestry, drawing, and the graphic arts. In 1984, Philtip Ratner opened The Israel Bible Museum in Safad, Israel. Since then, Ratner spent most of his time there developing over 250 works of art on the Bible in sculpture,...

Elsie H. R. Rempel is a trained teacher with many years of experience in Christian school classrooms, also serving in Mennonite Church Canada faith formation ministries. She wrote curriculum for Vacation Bible School, edited a Bible study series on Revelation, and served as a mentor to elementary school teachers in Zambia's...

Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe is a well-known preacher and speaker, and former Master of the Order of Preachers. He was created Cardinal by Pope Francis in December 2024. In addition to being an Official Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Cardinal Timothy was Director of the Las Casas Institute from Easter 2014–Easter 2016 and continues...

Fr. David Edward Rocks, O.P. lives at the Priory of the Holy Spirit, Oxford, and is Chaplain to the Oratory School. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Fr. Dominic Ryan lives at the Priory of the Holy Spirit in Oxford, where he is prefect of the libary. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Dr. Lester Ruth is research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School. His research focus is on a history of Christian worship with particular interests in the early church and the last 250 years, especially the history of contemporary praise and worship. He is a graduate of the University...