Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd December 12.30 Angelus and Rosary Reflections, led by the Dominican students Friday 24th December 12:00 Conventual

This  week the Students of Blackfriars are preparing the way for Christmas with a series of reflections on the Rosary.

Readings: Isaiah 7: 10-14; Psalm 24; Romans 1: 1-7; Matthew 1: 18-24 At the beginning of today’s Gospel, Joseph comes to

Snow has been affecting many parts of the country, but it finally came to Oxford on 18 December. Some of

Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Over the last week, every Gospel reading in the lectionary has

Coming up to another Christmas that seems to have begun on the high street straight after Halloween my mind has

Readings: Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-26; Psalm 84; Luke 7:19-23The public ministry of Jesus begins ‘from the baptism of John’ (Acts

Dr William Carroll, Aquinas Fellow at Blackfriars, Oxford, offers here a scientific and philosophical reflection on the meaning of 'life'

The feast of Saint Lucia is a popular event in the region that I come from, the Scandinavian countries. Dressed

Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday). Fr Bruno Clifton tells us that the incarnation is not an idea but a

The familiar figure of John the Baptist, embodying our Advent hope, greets us again in this Sunday’s gospel. However, we