The Franciscan Monastery welcomes you to our Icon Writing course page.

We regret that the course will not be available in 2012. We hope the friars will be able to teach this course again sometime in the future. Please check back to this website for updates.

A special time of spiritual growth, artistic learning, and vacation fun! Father Paul Vaineikis and Brother Carlo Bertagnin come from Lithuania and Italy expressly to share with you the joys of Writing Icons in the Catholic tradition. Please join them for an unforgettable opportunity to learn the history and theory of icons, and to create your own personal artifact of faith. An exceptional spiritual and artistic experience!

Instructors: Father Paul Vaineikis and Brother Carlo Bertagnin each have 16 years experience in creating icons. They are two of the few professional iconographers in the world. Brother Carlo completed training in Venice and Trento. Father Paul completed his training in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Br. Carlo (left) and Fr. Paul teach the ancient prayer and art of icons