Popular Piety: Scapulars and Medals
“… I suppose they try to make you believe an awful lot of nonsense?” “Is it nonsense? I wish it were.
The Epiphany of the Lord
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 71; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 Amongst the very final words we pray each day, at the
Advent 2013: “O Emmanuel”
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster. O Emmanuel, our King
Second Saturday of Advent: Things as they are
Readings: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11; Psalm 80:2-3,
Las Casas Lecture by Jean-Jacques Perennes OP – “the message of the martyrs of Algeria”, and a reflection on the film Of Gods and Men
This evening at 5pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, Oxford, the Las Casas Institute is delighted to be hosting Jean-Jacques
Second Sunday of Advent: Prepare the way of the Lord
On this Second Sunday of Advent, Br Toby Lees OP explains the true trajectory of Advent as a preparation for
Remembering . . . Fr Cyprian Rice OP
Fr Cyprian Price OP was born on 14 December 1889, the son of a Woodchester Baptist Minister. After his schooling,
Popular Piety: Eucharistic Adoration
‘I look at him and he looks at me.’ This is what a certain peasant of Ars used to say
Pentecost
On Saturday evening the community celebrated Pentecost Vigil, and on Sunday the feast continued, with the conventual Mass being followed