ASH WEDNESDAY, 2 March
There will be Ash Wednesday Mass and imposition of ashes at 7.30 am. All welcome! Pope Francis has asked us to fast for peace on Ash Wednesday. “I have great pain in my heart over the worsening situation in Ukraine,” “Like...
New Course: The Mystery of Christ according to St. Thomas Aquinas
Sr Mary Magdalene OP is offering a new course on St. Thomas Aquinas’ wonderful theology! Here’s her invitation to us: I will be offering a Thomistic Studies course on The Mystery of Christ according to St. Thomas. The 9-week...
THE SYNODAL PATHWAY – HOW TO TAKE PART
The Catholic Church is preparing for a great Synod, a “walking on the way together”, in 2023. The unifying them is: How can the Church better fulfil her mission of offering hope to ALL people? For this, Pope Francis wants...
WATCH THE AQUINAS LECTURE 2022
“Aquinas on Radical Hope” – the 2022 Aquinas Lecture was given on the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, 28 January 2022, by Rev Dr Oliver Keenan OP, Lector in Fundamental and Systematic Theology at Blackfriars, Oxford. Although thinkers like...
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY, THURSDAY 6TH JANUARY
TOMORROW THURSDAY is the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord! Masses at 7.30 (Ordinary Form) and 9.15 (Old Rite). Happy Feast!
CHRISTMAS AT BLACKFRIARS (24th December to 2nd January)
Christmas Eve, Friday 24th December 7 am Lauds (Morning Prayer) (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 7.30 am Mass of Christmas Eve (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 5 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas 6.30 pm...
THREE GREAT THINGS FOR ADVENT!
We’re offering three things to make Advent a real preparation for the coming of Our Lord: the Advent Rosary Group, Meditations at Wednesday Vespers, and the Advent Fayre – a charitable Christmas shopping opportunity! Advent Rosary Group at...
ADVENT SUNDAY 28 November: ALL MASSES BACK IN CHAPEL
From this Sunday, Advent Sunday, 28th November, we are especially encouraged by our Bishops to look at how we keep Sunday holy. They recognise that the pandemic is clearly not over, so “not everyone is yet in the position...
THE BEAUTY AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MASS – St. Thomas Aquinas Study Weekend, 21-23 January
Advance notice: a St Thomas Aquinas Study weekend on The Beauty & The Mystery of the Mass with Fr Gregory Pearson and our Dominican Sisters 21-23 January at Douai Abbey. See this poster for full details. Book early to...
“You did not see Him, but you love Him.”
Fr Bob Eccles reflects on the faith of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar healed by Jesus – and on all who do not see the Lord, but love Him. (Gospel of the 30th Sunday of the Year (B), Mark 10:46-52)...