Almost there!
The red and white flowers bloom beneath the altar at First Vespers of Christmas. Red for the Lord’s humanity, white for His divinity. “Come, Christ Redeemer of the earth, come, manifest thy virgin birth: let every age in wonder...
Read all about it…
If you missed the first talks in our series ‘Faith for Busy People’, or if you simply wish to read and reflect on what you heard, you can now read them here on-line. Go to ‘What we do’ and click...
Visiting Carmel
A big thank you to Sr Mary Bostworth Smith and to the other sisters at the Ware Carmel, who made us so welcome yesterday, and who shared with us their experience and understanding of the Carmelite spiritual life. You...
Remembering Bronwen
We pray for the repose of the soul of Bronwen Pulsford (nee Gordon), stained-glass artist and Cambridge lay Dominican, who has died this week at the age of ninety-four. Bronwen, who designed the etched angels and archangels in the...
Discovering religious life – a great video
Two Dominicans, Fr Timothy Radcliffe and Br Toby Lees, are among the religious who talk about the joy of consecrated life in this short video. A powerful and insightful testimony to the lives of monks, friars, enclosed nuns, and apostolic sisters....
School visit
Yesterday (Wednesday) saw us make our first noviciate visit to St Bede’s Inter-Church School in Cambridge – for a short morning assembly on the theme of Hope as a Christian virtue. Many thanks to Mr Denis Johnson, Head of...
Faith for Busy People
Fr Bruno gave the second talk this Friday in this series of brief talks and discussions exploring the meaning of Advent and Christmas. Join us this coming Friday at 8pm as Fr Aidan looks at the incarnation of the Word...
A Marathon for the Friars!
Hats off to Joe Peck, who has volunteered to run the Paris marathon next year on Sunday April 12th in support of our Training Fund! More details soon…
Times of Christmas Services
Join us this Christmas: Christmas Eve 11.15pm Vigil followed by Mass of Christmas Night; Christmas Day 8.15am Dawn mass; 9.15am Missa Cantata in the Dominican Use; 11am Mass of Christmas Day; 6pm Solemn Vespers – Please note there is...
Gaudete revels
We invite members of the Blackfriars congregations to join us on Gaudete Sunday at 7pm for Advent Vespers, mulled wine, stolen, and fireworks! The evening finishes with Compline.