Oliver Keenan
fr. Oliver is Master of Students of the English Province, teaches dogmatic theology at Blackfriars, Oxford, and has recently been appointed Director of the Aquinas Institute.
oliver.keenan@english.op.org
The Conversion of St Paul the Apostle
Tertullian, no stranger to being victimised by his interpreters, called St Paul the “heretics’ apostle”, indicating the amenability of Paul’s writings to
St John of the Cross
Taking up the example of collaborative preaching offered by Br Joseph yesterday, for today's feast of St John of the
Great Dominicans: Albertus Magnus
St Albert is said to have been one of the last people to have known everything that was known in
Beatitude and Warning
Today’s gospel opens with a beatitude and ends with a warning: but which one is addressed to us? Readings are located
Our Lady: Patroness of Preachers
It was God’s will that Christ should come into the world through Mary’s prayerful ‘yes’. So today it is God’s
Contemplation and Action: Mary and Martha
Dominicans are useful ‘amphibians’. We seek God as contemplatives, living lives of prayer and study, but only because we have
Second Saturday of Advent – Coming Down
The disciples of today’s gospel are giving good example to Dominican Student brothers! After witnessing the extraordinary moment of the Transfiguration
First Sunday of Advent – Down to Earth
Readings: Isaiah 63:14-64:8, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Mark 13:33-37. The readings today speak of patience, of holding fast in the certain hope
Remembering fr Cornelius Ernst OP
Fr Cornelius Ernst’s early death in 1977, aged just fifty-three, cut short a theological career of great promise and significant
Dominican Priories: Oxford
At the University of Oxford where I am presently staying, Our Lord has given [us] the promise of a great
The Joyful Mysteries
The birth of a child has the capacity to bring out the best in humanity. On a human level, little
Pentecost Joy 2014
Readings: Acts 2:1-11. At first glance, the miracle associated with Pentecost seems quite unnecessary: the ‘devout men living in Jerusalem’ are