Christian art

Art for art's sake, which only refers to the author, without establishing a relationship with the divine world, does not have its place in the Christian concept of the icon. No matter what style is adopted, all sacred art must express the faith and hope of the Church. The tradition of the icon shows that the artist must be conscious of fulfilling a mission of service to the Church.

Duodecimum Saeculum, n.11

Authentic Christian art is that which, through sensible perception, gives the intuition that the Lord is present in his Church, that the events of salvation history give meaning and orientation to our life, that the glory that is promised us already transforms our existence. Sacred art must tend to offer us a visual synthesis of all dimensions of our faith. Church art must aim at speaking the language of the Incarnation and, with the elements of matter, express the One who "deigned to dwell in matter and bring about our salvation through matter" according to Saint John Damascene's beautiful expression. Our most authentic tradition, which we share with our Orthodox brethren, teaches us that the language of beauty placed at the service of faith is capable of reaching people's hearts and making them know from within the One whom we dare to represent in images, Jesus Christ, Son of God made man, "the same yesterday, today and forever" (Heb. 13, 8). Giovanni Paolo II

Who I am

The peace be with us, I am Pietro Gringeri, I am married since 1981, I have three sons and one daughter. In 2009 I have concluded my faith path started in 1973. Since 1989 I was nominated in order to take care of liturgical signs , and, in particular, in the holy handicrafts manufactured by ourself. My catechists are Salvatore and Rosalia Morfino. They are itinerant catechists and responsible of the communities of Sicily and Calabria. Shekina is widespread in Italy, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Africa, England, Malta, France, Poland, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russia and others states. Shekina is also present in Redemptoris Mater. We carry out a service addressed We carry out a service addressed to the neocatechumenal way communities, and, so, we take paricular care of the products entrusted to us, we pay the maximum of the attention regarding to your interests and in the interests of the neocatechumenal way communities that contact us. What distinguish us is the high-quality of our hand-crafted products and the customers care. As matter of fact, our job does not finish with the sell of the product but goes beyond. Our store is located in Messina. Shipments are available to Italy and abroad. In order to visit our photo gallery, please register.