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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Prof. Michael Hurley
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 3rd March\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Prof. Michael Hurley\, of Trinity College\, Cambridge\, to speak on The Theological Poetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbstract\nAn eccentric and obscure Victorian priest\, unremarkable by any worldly measure\, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) taught himself to make words sing\, and bite\, and cry out as no writer before him\, or any writer since. This lecture will survey his remarkable achievement as a poet with an emphasis on how his poetics was informed by his religious faith: how\, through the writing of poetry\, he sought to express but also to explore\, understand\, and reconcile the fierce extremes of his spiritual experience and temper\, swinging between ecstasy and despair; how no one would publish him in his lifetime – “dared not”\, he once quipped to this mother – but how\, some thirty years after his death\, his poems suddenly found a devoted readership that has only continued to grow in the subsequent century\, so much so that he is today widely regarded as one of the finest poets in the English language. \nAbout the speaker\nMichael D. Hurley is Professor of Literature and Theology\, and a Fellow and Director of Studies at Trinity College. Educated at the Universities of Cambridge (PhD) and St Andrews (MA)\, he has taught at Cambridge since 2005. He was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard in 2009\, a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College\, Oxford\, in 2021\, and a Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne in 2024. Alongside his academic work\, he frequently gives talks and public lectures on the philosophical and theological questions posed by art and literature. He is a contributor to the BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day on the Today programme\, with recent episodes on the topics of beauty\, gratitude\, ancestors\, creation\, relics\, fighting\, euthanasia\, reality\, humour\, discrimination\, and service. More information can be found on his personal website. \n 
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-prof-michael-hurley/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Three Masses will be celebrated in the Priory church with ashes being blessed and distributed at all of them. \nThe Masses will take place at the following times: \n\n7.30am (Sung Conventual)\n12.05pm\n6pm
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/ash-wednesday/
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SUMMARY:Aquinas Group
DESCRIPTION:The Blackfriars Aquinas Group is a reading group for young adults (18-35) to enrich their spiritual and intellectual lives by studying the writings of St Thomas Aquinas. \nWe meet on most Mondays in term at 7pm\, in the Aula at Blackfriars. We begin with a light meal\, then read and discuss the texts guided by one of the friars\, before finishing by praying Compline (night prayer) together in the priory church. \nThis term we will look at the doctrine of The One God and Creation in the Prima Pars of the Summa Theologiae. We will explore topics such as the existence of God\, Divine Simplicity\, God’s immutability\, God’s mercy and justice\, Divine providence and human free will\, and the relationship between God and creatures. \nEach session will begin with a talk\, followed by time for questions and discussion. No prior knowledge or familiarity with St Thomas is expected. \nSchedule\n1st Week | The Existence of God \n2nd Week | Divine Simplicity & Talking about God \n3rd Week | How can an unchanging God respond to prayers? \n4th Week | God’s Mercy and Justice \n6th Week | God\, creation\, and participation \n8th Week | Divine providence and human free will
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-3/2025-03-10/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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