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Thanksgiving at Blackfriars

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Godzdogz wishes all our American readers and friends a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!

Godzdogz readers may recall an announcement on this blog about the sudden death of fr John Martin McGowan OP on

On Friday 21st November, the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, two of our brothers, fr Robert Verrill OP and

Today we remember the Dominican Martyrs of Vietnam. Many of them were European missionaries supported by the King of Spain.

November is a time for remembering the dead, and on 18th November, Blackfriars was privileged to host a special talk

QuestionIf the saved know that some of their loved ones are damned how is it that they can have perfect

People who know only a few things about the Dominicans are likely to know that the Order places greater importance

John Francis Marshall was born in Portobello, near Edinburgh, in 1938. He attended Holy Cross Academy in Edinburgh at

Fr Gordian Marshall was born John Francis Marshall on the 19th of November 1938 in Edinburgh. He was educated at

For me the rosary is an allegory of hearing and responding to the message of Our Lord and living the

During his life our Holy Father St Dominic dreamed of going to the pagan mission fields of the East to

In a very beautiful poem Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ says that Mary had this one work to do: let all