Saints This Month – 16 November: St Lucia Brocadelli of Narni
A few years ago I was on a retreat at a monastery where the martyrology was read in Latin during
In the News
An article by our Brother, Fr. Leon Pereira, the Prior of the Priory of the Holy Cross in Leicester, has
Celebrating Priesthood – fr Leo P. Craig OP
On April 5, 1951 near Chunchon, South Korea, a Dominican Priest had just finished vesting for Mass. In the
Fra Bartolomeo O.P.
Born in 1483 in Tuscany the young Bartolomeo di Pagholo displayed a keen eye and skill as an artist. He
Another Use for Baseball Grounds
As the Baseball World Series is played out between the Yankees and the Phillies and the season come to an
Remembering … fr Sylvester Basil Baxter OP (1907-1979)
In the month of November particularly we pray for the dead. Godzdogz commends to your prayers the deceased Friars and
Beware the Litanies of the Dominicans!
On the twenty-first of February 2009 an email was circulated from Father Augustine Di Noia OP, then under-secretary of the
Saints This Month – 5 October : Bl. St. John the Dwarf
John Kolobos or John the Dwarf is one of the legendary desert fathers. As a young man he
Academic Mass – 12 October 2009
The academic year at Blackfriars began with a votive Mass of the Holy Spirit and Vespers. It is very
Raised to the Altars
On Sunday the Holy Father canonised five new Saints: Father Damien of Hawaii; Zygmunt Szcezesny Felinski, a polish Bishop;
Saints This Month – 5 October : Bl. Bartolo Longo, Apostle of the Rosary
Many Saints begin their life as sinners. It is not very often that you come across one who was
Not Just Old Bones
The reaction to the arrival of the relics of St. Therese of Liseux in England has been very mixed within