Saints

So here we are, a day into Lent, and in Europe at least, our attention is already being distracted (you

I could not let today pass without saying a quick word about St. Thomas Aquinas, my intellectual hero and generally

The story of the conversion of Paul, (who used to be Saul) is an interesting one. That example, of an

On the 4th October, the feast of St Francis, six of the Dominican friars from Blackfriars set out across Oxford

Readings: Apoc 11: 19a, 12: 1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45; 1 Cor 15: 20-27; Lk 1: 39-56What is the significance of

We Dominicans have not always been very good at promoting devotion to Our Holy Father St Dominic: that’s why our

My father’s name was Jean-Baptiste, obviously the French for John the Baptist. He did not know much about the Gospel

Readings: 2 Samuel 7: 4-5, 12-14, 16; Psalm 88; Romans 4: 13, 16-18, 22; Matthew 1: 16, 18-21, 24 St Joseph,

Readings: 1 Peter 4:7-11; Psalm 96:1- 10; Luke 5:1-11 Of all patron saints, perhaps St Patrick is the most emblematic. Today

Saint David, or Dewi Sant – monk, abbot, bishop, confessor, and patron of Wales – seems to have led a

I'm afraid I have to own up to the fact that before I joined the Dominican Order, I knew very

Readings: Isaiah 45: 6c-8, 18, 21c-25; Ps 85; Luke 7: 18b-23 It is fitting that we celebrate St John of the