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Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
Fr. Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P., was ordained to the priesthood in 2000, Fr. Gillen joined the Order of Preachers in 2005 after earning degrees from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, in Rome. Prior to answering the call to priesthood he worked several years as a stock broker on Wall Street. Fr. Gillen is currently assigned to Saint Joseph in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he serves to promote evangelization through media for the Province and hosts the weekly program “Word to Life†on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
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Fr. Juan Bautista Maíno, O.P.
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 17, 2009
The "Museo del Prado" in Madrid Spain has an exhibit of Fr. Juan Bautista Maíno, O.P. (born in Pastrana in 1581-died in Madrid in 1649). It is said that in his works he approximated the "realism" of Caravaggio and the revised Italian Classisism of Annibale Carracci. Here is a link to a video on the Prado's website showing some of his works.
"A maestro waiting to be discovered" is how the Museo Nacional del Prado describes this 17th-century painter. The museum hopes that this exhibition will encourage the public to discover this artist's work. Maino's oeuvre, rich in colour and filled with strong, contrasting dark and light colours, will be shown alongside canvases by Caravaggio, Reni, el Greco and Velazquez, allowing the visitor to compare Maino's work with that of other artists.