Good Friday – Humbled for a Season
Readings: Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12; Psalm 31; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 The Good Friday liturgy begins with a dramatic gesture
Scenes from Holy Week in Blackfriars
From Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week this year, the Dominican students prayed the Stations of the Cross in our
19 March – Sons of St Joseph
Readings: 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; Psalm 88; Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24 or Luke 2:41-51.I attended
Lent Week 2 Thursday – Thirsting for God
Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Ps 1; Luke 16:19-31 At the core of human nature is a fundamental dis-ease, a nagging loneliness, an
Dominicans in Lambeth Palace
On Tuesday 24 February, over twenty Dominican friars descended on Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Lent Week 1 Monday – Love in Action
Readings: Lev 1:2; 11-18; Psalm 19; Matthew 25:31-46 One could not underestimate the importance and influence of today's parable in Matthew
Carnevale!
The Oxford community celebrated Carnevale on Sunday 22 February. A festive supper based on the theme of the Venetian carnival
Blackfriars Got Talent!
On 24 January, Blackfriars Oxford played host to its first talent competition. Held as part of an on-going series of
On the Areopagus – 4 Glorify God in your body
According to recent statistics, almost US$100 billion worldwide is spent on this, and almost 5 million websites disseminate it; that's
On the Areopagus – 2 We have a Gospel to proclaim!
On 6 January 2009, the British Humanist Association launched its 'atheist bus advertising campaign'. Originally intended for just a few
Vocations Fair at St Gregory’s
On 21 January, Dominican students from Blackfriars, Oxford took part in a Vocations Fair organised by St Gregory the Great
Friars’ Passions – 2 Lawrence the Photomartyr
Some people are amazed whenever they see me without a camera around my neck. In my novitiate, with a derivation