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New History of the English Province: Book Launch
On Wednesday 22 March 2023, the new history of the Dominicans by Fr Richard Finn OP, The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond, was launched to an appreciative crowd...
Election of new Prior
The Blackfriars Dominican Community is pleased to announce the election of Fr Nicholas Crowe as its new Prior. Fr Nicholas was born and raised in Stevenage. Upon the completion of...
Christmas Donations to Support the Friars
Christmas is a time when it is customary to make a donation for the support of the priests who minister to us, as an expression of gratitude. Ways you can...
Welcoming our new students to the Studium
We are pleased to welcome seven new students this year. The Studium at Blackfriars currently has twenty students studying for the priesthood: 8 Dominicans, 4 Franciscans (Capuchin and Conventual), 3...
Ordination Photos – Fr Albert & Br Thomas
The Dominican Friars give thanks for the ordinations on Sunday, 10 July 2022, of Albert Elias Robertson OP to the priesthood, and of Thomas Thérèse Mannion OP to the diaconate,...
Vice-Regent Fr Bruno Clifton launches new book
Blackfriars’ Vice-Regent, Rev Dr Bruno Clifton OP is launching his new work on the Book of Judges on 17 May, in a hybrid in-person and online event. This recently published...
Sir James MacMillan to give Newman Lecture 2022
Music & Some Wider Implications: a Catholic composer’s perspective. Is there a moral dimension to the act of composition? And does the work of a composer ever impact on the...
Holy Week & Easter Service Times 2022
Join us as we celebrate the holiest week of the Church’s year. Liturgies marked with * will be livestreamed. PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Vigil Mass 6pm...
2021 Appeal – Target achieved!
We are delighted to announce that our goal of £31,250 has been reached, doubled by our benefactor’s matched funding to £62,500! On behalf of the scholars who will benefit from...
A Visit to the Top of the Tower
Richard Brown, the Development Director, reports on the progress of the current works on the priory. Thanks to an invitation from the Prior, today I made a fascinating visit to...