Father John Giuliani

Father John B. Giuliani started a career in art in early adulthood, but his calling to the priesthood took precedence. He entered St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts and was ordained in 1960. He also earned Master’s Degrees in Theology, Classical Studies and American Intellectual History.

Fr. John taught at the high school and college levels for a number of years, and in 1977 established The Benedictine Grange, a small monastic community in West Redding, Connecticut. It was there that once again he pursued his artistic abilities. 

In 1989, Father John was inspired to paint icons. He studied under a master painter of Russian Orthodox iconographies in New York before turning to American Indians as his subject. His work integrates Lakota, Hopi, Cheyenne, Navajo and other tribal members in traditional dress into the formal, timeless style unique to the icon form. 

Father John intended that his work celebrate the soul of the Native American as the original spiritual presence on this continent, thus rendering his images with another dimension of the Christian Faith.

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Christ in Ascension - Poster Print - Father Giuliani

Print: Christ in Ascension

$22.50
Father John Giuliani's depiction of Christ wrapped in a Navajo blanket. The Christ, robed from head to foot in a Navajo blanket, rises as a living flame above a Hopi mesa. Traditional iconography gives witness to the human face of the Sacred. This icon,...
Hopi Virgin and Child II - Poster Print - Father Giuliani

Print: Hopi Virgin And Child II

$22.50
Poster print.The hands of this Hopi Virgin Mother join with the gentle reach of her son in expressing the prophetic pain of human love and separation. Theirs is a cannon destiny--the return of the gift received. Both the mother's mantilla and child's...