Josephine Niemann, SSND, designs the banners and vestments for Liturgical Fabric Arts, a ministry active in the community's St. Louis motherhouse since 1898. Josephine holds a master's degree in art from the University of Notre Dame. After teaching art in secondary schools for twenty years in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Sierra Leone, she works full-time as an artist. Having grown up in a family where quilting is a loved tradition, she naturally uses this medium for her creative expression. Her style ranges from traditional to contemporary, from geometric to pictorial. Her work can be seen in church collections across the country, as well as in numerous books, quilting magazines and liturgical publications.

The Book

Enliven your liturgical celebrations with vibrant movement! This book is a practical guide to help you make stikingly beautiful processional banners. But more than this, Raise the Banners High! explains the theology of banners: how and why to use the banners for all the liturgical seasons and for all the sacraments and religious profession ceremonies.

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