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SUMMARY:Aquinas Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-5/2026-01-19/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Requiem Mass for Fr Fergus Kerr OP + Film Screening: Becoming Dominic
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to join the Oxford Dominican Community for a Requiem Mass for Fr Fergus\, who passed away in Edinburgh on Sunday\, 23rd November. \nThe reception after the Mass will include a screening of the beautiful 1-hour film Becoming Dominic\, about the commissioning and making of a new statue of St Dominic for the Edinburgh Dominican community. The film includes an interview with Fr Fergus. \nThe screening will be introduced by Fr Dermot Morrin OP\, superior of St Albert’s\, Edinburgh. \nMore Information on Fr Fergus
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/requiem-mass-for-fr-fergus-kerr-op/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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SUMMARY:Blackfriars Carol Service
DESCRIPTION:Blackfriars staff\, Fellows\, teachers\, lectors\, and friends are warmly invited (& feel free to bring a guest) to our: \nADVENT CAROL SERVICE & DRINKS RECEPTION \n7pm – Carol Service\, followed by Reception in the Aula (start: 7:45pm approx.) \nIf you are unable to make both the Carol Service and Reception\, you are most welcome to attend whichever one can make. \nThe Carol Service and Drinks Reception are for members of the Hall (staff\, Fellows\, and students)\, so it’s a great way for the different parts of Blackfriars (Priory\, Studium & Hall) to get to know one another.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/blackfriars-carol-service/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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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 Church’s teachings through the lens 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 The Human Person in the Catholic Theological Tradition. \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 human person in Scripture – Fr Bruno Clifton OP \n2nd Week | St Pier Giorgio Frassati – Fr Matthew Jarvis OP & Fr Charles Desjobert OP \n3rd Week | Beatitude and Happiness as man’s last end – Fr Lawrence Lew OP \n4th Week | Aquinas on the Beatitudes (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Fr Anton ten Klooster OP \n5th Week | TBC \n6th Week | Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP \n7th Week | TBC \n8th Week | The body and its resurrection to come – Fr Richard Conrad OP
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-4/2025-12-01/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Eucharist and Growth in Holiness - Fr Reginald Lynch OP
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 24th November\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Reginald Lynch OP\, of the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) in Washington DC\, to speak on Eucharist and Growth in Holiness. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nBorn in New Hampshire\, Father Reginald Lynch OP\, entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007\, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination\, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus\, Ohio\, and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum\, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame\, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental\, dogmatic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist\, Theological Studies\, and Harvard Theological Review. His first book\, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington\, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press\, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. He has also written Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae and Eucharistic Sacrifice in the Early Modern Period (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2023)\, which focuses on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-eucharist-and-growth-in-holiness-fr-reginald-lynch-op/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna - Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 17th November\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP\, of the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)\, to speak on Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbout the speaker\nSister Catherine Joseph Droste OP is a member of the Congregation of St Cecilia\, Nashville\, Tennessee. She currently serves as Professor of theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)\, where she also held roles as Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Theology\, and Director of Collaboration. Her areas of research include virtues and the moral life\, the ecclesiology of religious life\, and the theology of St Catherine of Sienna. Her recent publications include: “The Conformity between Ius as the Object of Justice and the Virtue of Charity according to Aquinas” in The Concept of Ius and the Nature of Law in Thomas Aquinas (CUA\, 2024); “Forming Conscience in a Contemporary World: Aquinas’s Teaching on the Gifts of Wisdom and Counsel\,” Philippiniana Sacra (2024).
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-sr-catherine-joseph-droste-op/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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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 Church’s teachings through the lens 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 The Human Person in the Catholic Theological Tradition. \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 human person in Scripture – Fr Bruno Clifton OP \n2nd Week | St Pier Giorgio Frassati – Fr Matthew Jarvis OP & Fr Charles Desjobert OP \n3rd Week | Beatitude and Happiness as man’s last end – Fr Lawrence Lew OP \n4th Week | Aquinas on the Beatitudes (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Fr Anton ten Klooster OP \n5th Week | TBC \n6th Week | Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP \n7th Week | TBC \n8th Week | The body and its resurrection to come – Fr Richard Conrad OP
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-4/2025-11-10/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:TI Seminar - St Thomas Aquinas on the New Law - Fr Anton ten Klooster
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 4th November\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Anton ten Klooster\, of Tilburg University\, who will be delivering a seminar on St Thomas Aquinas on the New Law. \nSpaces are limited for this seminar. For more information or to reserve a place\, contact Br Reginald Herbert OP. \nAbstract\nIn this seminar\, we will explore the notion of the ‘new law’ in the theology of Thomas Aquinas. As Servais Pinckaers observed\, the term has made a come-back in moral theology. A prominent example is the discussion of the new law in John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor (nrs. 23-24). In this seminar we explore what is at stake in the discussion of the new law\, and what the key features of Aquinas’s teaching on this law are: what makes it new\, what makes it a law\, and what does this law command? We will draw from his commentary on the gospel of Matthew\, and the discussion of the new law in the Summa Theologiae. Together\, we will read the article in which Aquinas makes the claim that “before all else the New Law is the very grace of the Holy Spirit\, given to those who believe in Christ”. \nLiterature \nServais Pinckaers\, ‘The Return of the New Law to Moral Theology’ \nThomas Aquinas\, S. Th. Ia IIae\, q\, 106 a. 1: ‘is the new law a written law\, or an inward one?’ \nStructure of the workshop \n\n\n\nGeneral introduction\nThe ‘new law’ in the Catechism and Veritatis Splendor\nWhat is ‘new’ about it\, and what makes it ‘law’?\n\n\nDiscussion of Pinckaers\nWhat is at stake in the discussion of the new law?\n\n\nAquinas on the new law\nDiscussion of old and new law in the commentary on Matthew\nPlace of the new law in treatise on law\nCore features of Aquinas’ teaching on the new law\n\n\nText reading\nAquinas: ‘is the new law a written law or an inward one?’\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\nFr Anton is an assistant professor of theology at Tilburg University. His primary focus is on fundamental moral theology. He is currently working on a book on the development of moral teaching (e.g. How did the Church come to oppose slavery\, and how can we then hold a continuity in teaching?). He studied theology in Utrecht and Fribourg\, and did part of the doctoral research as a visiting scholar at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In 2018\, he was awarded the doctoral degree cum laude for “Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes”. The dissertation was awarded the international “Veritas et Amor” award by the Circolo San Tommaso. He has been published in journals such as Nova et Vetera\, Angelicum\, Journal of Moral Theology\, and Incontri.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/ti-seminar-fr-anton-ten-klooster/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - St Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes - Fr Anton ten Klooster
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 3rd November\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Anton ten Klooster\, of Tilburg University\, to speak on St Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbstract\nThomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes: Reading\, Disputing\, and Preaching. \n“When the foundation of lectio is laid down\, and the walls of disputatio have been erected\, the capstone is placed upon it\, which is praedicatio.” (Peter the Chanter) \nLectio – “The whole perfection of our life is contained in this sermon of the Lord” (St Augustine) \nDisputatio – “These beatitudes are most suitably enumerated” (St Thomas Aquinas) \nPraedicatio – “To comment on Scripture naturally culminates in preaching” (Louis-Jacques Bataillon) \nAbout the speaker\nFr Anton is an assistant professor of theology at Tilburg University. His primary focus is on fundamental moral theology. He is currently working on a book on the development of moral teaching (e.g. How did the Church come to oppose slavery\, and how can we then hold a continuity in teaching?). He studied theology in Utrecht and Fribourg\, and did part of the doctoral research as a visiting scholar at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In 2018\, he was awarded the doctoral degree cum laude for “Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes”. The dissertation was awarded the international “Veritas et Amor” award by the Circolo San Tommaso. He has been published in journals such as Nova et Vetera\, Angelicum\, Journal of Moral Theology\, and Incontri.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-fr-anton-ten-klooster/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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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 Church’s teachings through the lens 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 The Human Person in the Catholic Theological Tradition. \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 human person in Scripture – Fr Bruno Clifton OP \n2nd Week | St Pier Giorgio Frassati – Fr Matthew Jarvis OP & Fr Charles Desjobert OP \n3rd Week | Beatitude and Happiness as man’s last end – Fr Lawrence Lew OP \n4th Week | Aquinas on the Beatitudes (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Fr Anton ten Klooster OP \n5th Week | TBC \n6th Week | Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP \n7th Week | TBC \n8th Week | The body and its resurrection to come – Fr Richard Conrad OP
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-4/2025-10-27/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Book Launch – St Pier Giorgio Frassati
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the canonisation of St Pier Giorgio\, patron saint of young people and a Lay Dominican\,\nand the publication of 15 Days of Prayer with St Pier Giorgio Frassati (New City Press\, 2025)\, we are holding a series of events in five cities. \nFree admission\, just come along.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/book-launch-st-pier-giorgio-frassati/
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CATEGORIES:Priory
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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 Church’s teachings through the lens 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 The Human Person in the Catholic Theological Tradition. \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 human person in Scripture – Fr Bruno Clifton OP \n2nd Week | St Pier Giorgio Frassati – Fr Matthew Jarvis OP & Fr Charles Desjobert OP \n3rd Week | Beatitude and Happiness as man’s last end – Fr Lawrence Lew OP \n4th Week | Aquinas on the Beatitudes (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Fr Anton ten Klooster OP \n5th Week | TBC \n6th Week | Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna (Thomistic Institute Lecture) – Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP \n7th Week | TBC \n8th Week | The body and its resurrection to come – Fr Richard Conrad OP
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/aquinas-group-4/2025-10-13/
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SUMMARY:Conference: Law\, Nature & the Bible. Between Principles and Conventions
DESCRIPTION:Olivier Catel (EBAF & Hebrew University) \nRethinking the Dynamics Between Law and Narrative\, Halakhah and Aggadah: The Case of y. Ta?an. 1:4\, 64b \n  \nBruno Clifton (Blackfriars\, Oxford) \nDoing Right in One’s Own Eyes: Natural Virtue at Biblical Dan \n  \nSimon Dürr (Angelicum) \n“A Law to themselves”? Paul\, the Law\, and the Human Vocation in Ancient Philosophical Tradition \n  \nWojciech Golubiewski (Polish Academy of Sciences) \nImitation of Nature: Aquinas and Mozi on the Foundations of Legal Order \n  \nPhillip Lasater (Angelicum & Blackfriars\, Oxford) \nLegal Thinking\, or Thinking Legally\, in 4 Maccabees \n  \nHindy Najman (Oriel College\, Oxford) \nLaw and Nature in the Writings of Philo of Alexandria \n  \nJohn O’Connor (Blackfriars\, Oxford) \nNatural Law Ethics and Contemporary Ethics: Definitions\, Narratives\, & Perspectives \n  \nJoan O’Donovan (University of St Andrews) \nA Reformation Response to the Crisis of Natural Rights \n  \nJean Porter (Notre Dame) \nNatural Law\, Judicial Precepts\, and the Unity of the Canon: A Case Study in the Use of Natural Law in Biblical Interpretation \n  \nWenyue Qiang (St Cross College\, Oxford) \nThe Ideal Kingship in the Temple Scroll: the Nature of Law Between Tradition and Innovation \n  \nKonrad Schmid (Universität Zürich) \nWhere and Why did the Notion of Laws of Nature Emerge in the Hebrew Bible? \n  \nJordan Schmidt (Dominican House of Studies) \nThe Legal Texture of the Book of Wisdom \nFull Details and Registration
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/conference-law-nature-the-bible-between-principles-and-conventions/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Sir Gabriele Finaldi
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 9th June\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Sir Gabriele Finaldi\, the Director of the National Gallery\, to speak on Visions of Heaven and Hell in Botticelli’s “Mystic Nativity”\, “The Wilton Diptych”\, and Bermejo’s “Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil”. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \nAbout the Speaker\nBorn in London in 1965\, Gabriele Finaldi studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art where he completed his doctorate in 1995 on Jusupe de Ribera\, the 17th-century Spanish painter who worked in Italy. He was curator at the National Gallery between 1992 and 2002\, where he was responsible for the later Italian paintings in the collection (Caravaggio to Canaletto) and the Spanish collection (Bermejo to Goya). In 2002\, he took up the position of Deputy Director for Collections and Research at the Museo Nacional del Prado\, Madrid. In 2015\, he was appointed Director of the National Gallery. \nHe has curated exhibitions in Britain\, Spain\, Italy\, and Belgium; and he has written catalogues and scholarly articles on Velázquez and Zurbarán\, on Italian Baroque painting\, on religious iconography\, and on Picasso.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-sir-gabriele-finaldi/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250526T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250526T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250518T205530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T205530Z
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Dr Nuno Castel-Branco
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 26th May\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Dr Nuno Castel-Branco\, of All Souls College\, to speak on Holy Corpses: Incorrupt Bodies and Early Modern Science. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbstract\nThis talk examines how incorrupt bodies of saints\, like those of Philip Neri and Francis Xavier\, intertwined with anatomical science. It challenges the presumed antagonism between devotion and scientific inquiry. It does so by arguing that the Church’s engagement with these “holy corpses” was tied to the emergence of human dissections and anatomical advancements in the Italian Renaissance. \nAbout the speaker\nNuno Castel-Branco is a historian of science\, culture\, and religion in early modern Europe and its global expansion. He completed his PhD in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University in 2021 after obtaining an MSc in Physics from the University of Lisbon. He is currently a Research Fellow at All Souls College\, Oxford. In the past\, he has worked at Harvard University’s Villa I Tatti (Florence)\, and at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His first book\, ‘The Traveling Anatomist’\, on Nicolaus Steno\, is under contract with the University of Chicago Press. His articles have been published in Annals of Science\, Early Science and Medicine\, and Renaissance Quarterly\, among others. He also writes for a broader audience and his essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American. \nMore information can be found on his website.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-dr-nuno-castel-branco/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250511T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250511T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111457Z
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SUMMARY:ART EXHIBITION: NINE
DESCRIPTION:Come and view original art by people associated with Blackfriars.\nFree entry\, all welcome. In the Church.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/art-exhibition-nine/2025-05-11/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250511T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250511T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111849Z
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SUMMARY:FAMILY MASS AND EXHIBITION
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Church and afterwards in the Priory – all welcome.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/family-mass-and-exhibition/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111456Z
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SUMMARY:ART EXHIBITION: NINE
DESCRIPTION:Come and view original art by people associated with Blackfriars.\nFree entry\, all welcome. In the Church.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/art-exhibition-nine/2025-05-10/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T131931Z
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SUMMARY:COME AND SING
DESCRIPTION:A selection from: Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and Thine be the Glory; Chilcott’s God so loved the world; Be still my soul; Mozart’s Ave Verum; Tallis’ If Ye Love Me; Parry’s Jerusalem; maybe Panis Angelicus; Holy City; Gounod’s Ave Maria; My song is love unknown or one or two other hymns.  \n  \nIn the Church – all welcome.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/come-and-sing/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250509T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250509T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T074727Z
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SUMMARY:LECTURE: THE ART OF JANE DOWLING
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Fr Richard Conrad OP. \nIn the Priory – all welcome.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/lecture-the-art-of-jane-dowling/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250509T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250509T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111454Z
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SUMMARY:ART EXHIBITION: NINE
DESCRIPTION:Come and view original art by people associated with Blackfriars.\nFree entry\, all welcome. In the Church.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/art-exhibition-nine/2025-05-09/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111454Z
UID:10309-1746716400-1746727200@www.blackfriars.org.uk
SUMMARY:ART EXHIBITION: NINE
DESCRIPTION:Come and view original art by people associated with Blackfriars.\nFree entry\, all welcome. In the Church.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/art-exhibition-nine/2025-05-08/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250506T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250502T111256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T111256Z
UID:10307-1746550800-1746558000@www.blackfriars.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Entering Heaven on Earth
DESCRIPTION:Entering Heaven on Earth\, by Fr Lawrence Lew. In the Priory – all welcome.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/book-launch-entering-heaven-on-earth/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250310T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250201T105325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250201T105325Z
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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
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250306
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250224T111409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T111409Z
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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/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
CREATED:20250212T102158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T203749Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250201T105325Z
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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-3/2025-02-24/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250208T144830Z
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute - Fr Isaac Morales OP
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 17th February\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Isaac Morales OP\, of Providence College\, to speak on The Christ-Shaped Call of Baptism\n \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \nAbstract\nSt. Gregory Nazianzen once described baptism as “the most beautiful and most magnificent of the gifts of God.” By contrast\, many Christians today rarely give a thought to their baptism. This talk will elucidate the beauty of this sacrament\,which lies at the center of Christ’s mission and of every Christian vocation. By considering some of the biblical images of baptism\, we will come to a better appreciation of the magnificent gift the Lord has given us and its implications for our lives. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nFr. Isaac Morales\, O.P. was born and raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He has a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University\, an MTS from Notre Dame\, and a PhD in New Testament\, also from Duke. From 2007-2011 he taught as a layman in the theology department at Marquette University. In 2012 he joined the Order of Preachers (aka\, the Dominicans) and was ordained to the priesthood in May\, 2018. He has taught at Providence since August of the same year. He is the author of The Bible and Baptism: The Fountain of Salvation (Baker Academic Press\, 2022).
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/thomistic-institute-fr-isaac-morales-op/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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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-3/2025-02-10/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250207T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181625
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SUMMARY:Celebratory Mass and Drinks Reception for Cardinal Radcliffe
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the recent promotion of our brother Timothy Radcliffe OP to the cardinalate\, you are warmly invited to celebrate with us on Friday 7 February 2025 at Blackfriars Priory\, Oxford. \n\nMass in our church at 6 pm.\nDrinks reception afterwards in the priory.\n\nIf you wish to attend\, please tell us so that we can cater for appropriate numbers: email development.support@english.op.org by 31 January.
URL:https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/event/celebratory-mass-and-drinks-reception-for-cardinal-radcliffe/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory
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