

About Helena
Helena Connolly’s work explores the intersection of theology, imagination, and creative practice through the lens of theopoetics and a theology of making
Recent Posts

In the Footsteps of St Alphonsus: Place, Pilgrimage and Redemptorist Life
From Naples and Marianella to Scala and Pagani, I followed the path of St Alphonsus Liguori – founder of the Redemptorists, whose life turned toward the poor and marginalised. Alongside the shrine of St Gerard Majella, this pilgrimage unfolded within the beauty of southern Italy, deeply rooted in the life and charism of Alphonsus

Attentive Ground: A Photographic Journey through Japan
These photographs emerged from wandering through Kyoto, Osaka, Hakone and Tokyo. Buddhist temples, Zen shrines, streets and neighbourhoods. Drawn to patterns of devotion, stillness and attentiveness, this work listens for how people observe and take in Japan and interact with its spaces
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Balinese Culture
These photographs are from Bali and attend to Balinese culture, which is deeply rooted in Hindu tradition and expressed here through ritual, dance and music. Temples sit within villages, rice fields, and the cooler mountain landscape, woven into everyday life. Through these images, I have tried to attend to some of the rhythms of life…
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