El Greco’s tears of St Peter at the Bowes Museum
August 29th 2026
“The Tears of St Peter”, El Greco, 1580-89, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham. El Greco was one of the first artists to focus on the sorrow of Peter after he had denied Christ. He painted this subject at least
Denial of St Peter by Caravaggio
August 22nd 2026
“Denial of St Peter” 1610, Caravaggio, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. After the arrest of Jesus, St Peter stood outside in the High priest’s courtyard, warming himself by a charcoal fire. A servant girl said to him, “You also
Caravaggio’s Madonna di Loreto
August 14th 2026
“Madonna di Loreto”, Caravaggio, 1604–06, Cavalletti Chapel, Church of Sant’Agostino, Rome. A man and a woman kneel before a mother and child. Their sticks suggest that they are pilgrims and, judging by their clothes, very poor. Caravaggio painted this for
Bellini’s “portrait” of St Dominic
August 8th 2026
Portrait of Fra Teodoro of Urbino as St Dominic, Giovanni Bellini, 1515, National Gallery, London. This portrait of a Dominican friar has two inscriptions. The painted label on the book says “Sanctus Dominicus”, but the other label, painted on the
New Superior
August 2nd 2026
Following the completion of fr. Dermot Morrin’s second term as Superior of the Dominican Community at St Albert’s, the Prior Provincial, fr. Nicholas Crowe, has appointed fr. Benjamin Earl OP, as Superior of the Dominicans in Edinburgh. Fr Benjamin joined the Order as
