Cristóbal Almanza
cris@soulpainter.com
About Cristóbal Almanza
Husband to Cristina, Catholic artist and designer. Serve as High School catechist and retreat coordinator. Committed to promoting the beauty of Truth through education and art. @soulpainter Executive Director, Co-Founder ACNM
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Last entries by Cristóbal Almanza
  • 23 May 2013
    Tumblr – A Catholic Mission Field
    As a long time fan of Tumblr, it's exciting to see he attention that Tumblr is getting with the news of its acquisition by Yahoo...
    Archived in Community
  • 22 May 2013
    Open Letter to Graduating High School Seniors
    I’ve spent the last 4 years as a catechist to high school seniors. Before that I spent 4 years with confirmation classes and middle school students, but focusing on sending students out to college and beyond high school has been some of my most fruitful experiences. I would like to...
    Archived in Youth
  • 08 May 2013
    Tech Disconnect and World Communications Day 2013
    I’m becoming increasingly convinced that our world has left a generation feeling isolated through its attempts to connect everyone and everything through technology. Sure, we see each other’s tweets and see our loved one’s experiences on Instagram, but I’m not convinced that I’ve grown closer to those friends through that....
    Archived in Column News and Events Social Media
  • 01 May 2013
    Saint Joseph the Worker [Painting]
    I make them as an expression of my own desire to encounter the subject deeper...
    Archived in Community
  • 26 Apr 2013
    Immigration Reform is Important
    Here in the Central Texas, we live off one of the busiest paths in the country that brings people and products to and from Mexico. Many of us have spent a considerable amount of effort  planning how to be navigate through or around I-35 so that we can get to...
    Archived in Family News and Events
  • 16 Apr 2013
    It’ll Cure What Ails Ya [Tour Review]
    I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the It’ll Cure What Ails Ya Tour of the new...
    Archived in Community
  • 10 Apr 2013
    Why We Use Icons
    Often when we are attempting to enter into a deeper state of prayer, we try to limit our physical senses. This is a very practical approach. We recognize that it is easier to focus on the spiritual by trying to ignore the physical that can deceive or even distract from...
    Archived in Faith
  • 09 Apr 2013
    C.S. Lewis Conference, The Brilliance, and My Paintings
    Join me at the C.S. Lewis Conference in San Antonio April 13, 2013...
    Archived in Community
  • 29 Mar 2013
    Does Your Heart Break?
    There is a strange irony that every day of the year, including Christmas, we celebrate mass in front of an image of Christ crucified on the cross except  for the very day it happened. On Good Friday there is no consecration as we continue the Triduum and consume pre-consecrated Eucharist...
    Archived in Faith
  • 18 Mar 2013
    Listen to the (Unofficial) SXSWi Catholic Panels and Keynotes
    Through the heavy traffic and nightmare parking situation in the midst of South by Southwest, our first event of this kind was a great success. We would like to say thank you to everyone that attended or supported us in some way. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a great turnout...
    Archived in News and Events Podcast
  • 15 Mar 2013
    Meat Always Looks Tasty on Friday
    If you’re like me, you find meat tasty. Here in Texas, we love our steaks, burgers, and BBQ. If you haven’t seen the popular HEB commercial, it shows that most Texans would have a cookout every meal if we could. It isn’t far from the truth. Let’s talk a little...
    Archived in Faith
  • 12 Mar 2013
    Contemporary Music for Lent
    Finding music in the spirit of Lent seems far more difficult that Advent because it is not...
    Archived in Community
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