THE GOOD SHEPHERD
April 24th 2026
Statuette of the Good Shepherd, 18th Century reworking of a figure from a late 3rd or 4th Century sarcophagus, Vatican Museums. To our Christian eyes, this figure of the Good Shepherd carrying the sheep on his shoulders surely derives
CARAVAGGIO’S SUPPER AT EMMAUS
April 18th 2026
The Supper at Emmaus, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1601, National Gallery London. Caravaggio painted this for the wealthy art collector, Ciriaco Mattei. In the Palazzo Mattei, the naturalism of this work would have been striking and perhaps most significantly, it
THE DOUBT OF ST THOMAS AT SAN DOMINGO DE SILOS
April 11th 2026
“The Doubt of St Thomas”, late 11th Century, Lower Cloister, Real Abadía de San Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain. This relief carving, entitled “The Doubt of St Thomas”, comes from a corner pillar of the lower cloister at the Abbey
MASSES DURING THE EASTER BREAK
April 4th 2026
During the University of Edinburgh vacation, there will be no 7.30am Mass, Monday to Thursday, and no 12.30pm on Friday. For the same reason, there will not a student Mass at 6.15pm on Sunday 5th and 12th April. The 7.30am
FRA ANGELICO’S NOLI ME TANGERE AT SAN MARCO
April 4th 2026
“Noli Me Tangere”, Fra Angelico, 1440-1, Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence. This beautiful fresco was painted on the wall of a friar’s cell at the Dominican Priory of San Marco in Florence. A strong light shines almost horizontally from
