This coming TUESDAY 23 March is National Day of Reflection on the Pandemic. Our bishops have encouraged us to make it a day of prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Here at Blackfriars there will be Adoration in...
PUBLIC LITURGIES (scroll down for liturgies which we celebrate in private but are broadcast on Radio Maria England) PALM SUNDAY, 28 March 8.15 Mass (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 9.15 Mass (Extraordinary Form) 11 am Mass with...
In his letter for this Year of St. Joseph, and very prophetically in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard,Pope Francis says, “The nobility of Joseph’s heart is such that what he learned from the law he made...
Ash Wednesday Mass is at 7.30 am, in the cloister (to allow extra space) and will also be broadcast on Radio Maria. For Covid safety, ashes will be sprinkled on top of your head (which is also the ancient...
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We pray for all the victims of the Holocaust, for the healing of memories, and for the perpetrators. The British Jewish community is focussing its attention on ongoing oppression and genocides of peoples in...
The 2021 Aquinas Lecture, Yearning for Transcendence: Christian Platonism and Werner Beierwaltes, was given on Thursday 28 January on Zoom by Professor Douglas Hedley, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge. We were pleased to see new...
All Sunday and weekday Masses will continue as usual. This includes Epiphany Masses on Wednesday 6 January at 7.30 and 9.15 am, which will be in the cloister to enable social distancing. We are very grateful to the Government...
Happy New Year (and Feast of Mary, Mother of God)! We’re back to normal Mass times from Sunday 3rd January (see below). Feast of the Epiphany, Wednesday 6th January Masses at 7.30 am (cloister), 9.15 am (Extraordinary Form,...
Dear Friends and Benefactors, So how did you feel this year? Normally that would be a question I couldn’t answer for myself, but this year I think we all have a good idea about how we felt. Anxious, lonely,...
We all know that Christmas will be different this year. Having consulted with our congregation, this is what we’ve got planned for a safe and joyful celebration. We look forward to welcoming you! Keeping you all in prayer meantime....