Month: September 2019

CARAVAGGIO’S ST JEROME IN VALLETTA

September 28th 2019

“St Jerome” 1607/08, Caravaggio, Museum of St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta.  St Jerome (c.342-420) was a scholarly priest whose life of prayer and penance led to him being  recognised as a saint.  His translation of the bible into Latin, known

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GUERCINO’S RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON OF 1619

September 14th 2019

“Return of the Prodigal Son”, Guercino, 1619, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.   When Guercino (1591 -1666) painted this image for the Papal Legate to Ferrara, Cardinal Giacomo Serra, he was only 28.  Perhaps, he identified with the subject, as he returns

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Edinburgh Catholic Chaplaincy

The Catholic Chaplaincy serves the students and staff of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University.

The Catholic Chaplaincy is also a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh (the Parish of St Albert the Great) and all Catholic students and staff are automatically members of this parish.

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