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Photo Competition – all invited to take part
Blackfriars now has a shiny new annexe building, but lots of blank walls, so we are planning to fill some of the common areas with photos showing the life of...
Coronavirus Precautions
For Members of our Congregation On 9 March the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales implemented stage 2 of its advice for parishes on managing Coronavirus. Although Blackfriars is not...
Profession of Br Gabriel Theis, OP
At the Conventual Mass on the Second Sunday of Lent, Fr Robert Gay, OP, prior of our community, received the renewal of Simple Profession of Br Gabriel Theis, OP. Br...
Blackfriars Fundraising Reaches £1/4 million
A significant legacy, a grant from a local trust, and very generous individual giving have allowed Blackfriars to make good progress in the first three months of its fundraising campaign....
Fr Simon Gaine, OP Named to New Pinckaers Chair
Fr Simon Francis Gaine, O.P., former Regent of Blackfriars, has been appointed to the new Pinckaers Chair in Theological Anthropology and Ethics, at the Angelicum beginning in the academic year...
Former Regent gives Aquinas Lecture
Fr Simon Gaine, OP, the former Regent of Blackfriars gave the annual Thomistic Circles Aquinas Lecture in Washington, D.C. on 30 January. He spoke on questions about human origins and...
Candlemas Drinks
The prior and community welcomed members of the congregation for drinks on the Vigil of Candlemas. It was an opportunity for people to find out more about the community and...
Christmas at Blackfriars – Service Times
Summary of Christmas Liturgies Christmas Eve 4pm – Crib Service 6pm – First Vespers of Christmas 11.30pm – Midnight Mass Christmas Day 8am – Mass (No Lauds.) 9.30am – Family...
Book Launch
On Wednesday the Blackfriars community joined together to celebrate the publication of Fr Timothy Radcliffe’s new book Alive in God. A Christian Imagination. You can find out more from the report...
New Building: First students move in
Our builders and staff managed just in time to complete and equip the new apartment at the top of Blackfriars’ new annexe building. The first students have now moved in....