God And Beer - Edition 20- Fr Francis Denton (Parish Priest, St Patrick’s Parish Lilydale and St Brigid’s Parish Healesville)

An event from the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together Catholic men and women of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, several times a year. The aim is to inspire and strengthen Catholics by providing ideas and inspiration for renewal by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic faith.

The nineteenth face-to-face event (held at the Notting Hill Hotel on Monday November 13, 2023) featured Fr Francis Denton, Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Parish Lilydale and St Brigid’s Parish Healesville. Fr Denton spoke on "Beauty, Art, and the Cult of Ugliness".

Should Christians really care about beauty or art? Aren't there more pressing moral issues for our culture to contend with than the plague of ugliness we see around us? Fr Francis Denton will put forward the case for the absolute necessity of beauty in the work of restoring an authentically Christian culture. He will explore the oftentimes controversial role of art in the history of the Church and examine the causal link between the decline in the Catholic arts and the collapse of Christian culture in the west. Not convinced? Come along and find out!

Fr Francis Denton is currently serving as the parish priest of St Patrick's Lilydale. He has a major in Art History from the University of Melbourne and is an amateur artist and iconographer.

An initiative of the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together people of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne each month. Our aim is to inspire and strengthen Christians by providing ideas and inspiration for renewing the Church by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic tradition.

Many thanks to those who made this possible, and those in attendance.