If you’ve been looking for new (virtual) ways to explore The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition, look no further than The Saint John’s Bible YouTube channel.
The channel hosts a new video playlist, “How the Heritage Editions are Being Used” that features videos from news channels, libraries, universities, and religious institutions across the globe, each showcasing the Heritage Edition in action. From concerts to studies to newsrooms to worship services – each institution has a new and unique way to use the Heritage Edition to ignite the spiritual imagination of people of all faith journeys.
Click here to view the full playlist on YouTube.
To give you a taste of what you’ll find on the playlist, here are just three highlights, now available on YouTube.
Christ the King Priory Creates Interactive Sacred Space for The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition
When Christ the King Priory’s Saint Benedict Center in Schuyler, Nebraska acquired a Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible in 2020, it tapped into, and expanded upon, the artistry of the Bible and the curiosity it inspires to create a full display room for the volumes. The room features illuminations from the Bible on its walls, information on the creation of the Bible, some of the tools used to create it, and, of course, the volumes themselves.
Click here to watch the full video and see the sacred space for yourself.
TODAY Show: New York’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral receives rare Saint John’s Bible
On December 23rd, 2024, NBC’s Today Show aired a 4-minute segment on the recent gift of an Apostles Edition of The Saint John’s Bible to Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The segment features interviews with Executive Director of the Heritage Program, Rev. Dr. John F. Ross, and His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York. Cardinal Dolan speaks to the significance of the gift to the Cathedral and the people of New York on a national stage.
Click here to watch the full video.
St Martin-in-the-Fields Projects Illuminations During Messiah Performance
The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields is a renowned orchestra based in London, England. For its March 2021 performance of Handel’s Messiah, award-winning projection artist Nina Dunn created visuals based on illuminations from The Saint John’s Bible to project upon the east window of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church. The Church received a Heritage Edition in 2009 and has used it in worship since.
Click here to watch the video.
The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition: Ignite the Spiritual Imagination
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