Since confirmed Covid-19 cases have begun to rise again, the HM Government has made the wearing of face coverings compulsory for congregations worshipping in indoor public spaces, from this Saturday 8th August. At Blackfriars, this means that face coverings...
One for the busy Marthas out there! Fr Bob Eccles invites us to rethink Martha and Mary. Here is a passage that is read, at least since the day of St Augustine of Hippo, as a straight contrast or...
As we approach the weekend, Fr Bob encourages us to embrace the virtue of leisure… “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath” Matthew 12: 8 Charlie Brown says toLucy as they sit together peacably on the grass, ...
Our friend Eddie Zengeni, a husband, father and member of the Blackfriars congregation, reflects on being a Catholic father during the confinement of lockdown – and through it, his own healing journey to fatherhood. “Tommaso! Patrick! Where are...
After the joyful celebration of Mass together last Sunday, Sr Mary Magdalene’s new talk on pleasure and joy seems particularly appropriate! Is joy simply an emotion? Or does it go deeper?
PUBLIC LITURGIES Welcome back! Sunday Mass 8.15 – Upper Chapel, also broadcast on Radio Maria. 9.15 (Extraordinary Form) – Garden 11 am – Garden 6 pm – Garden Weekday Mass Monday to Friday 7.30 am, Saturday 9.30 am ...
With social distancing, the way we communicate has had to change. Absence has often made the heart grow fonder. What would you really like to say to someone important in your life? Some years ago our friend Jean Harding...
Sr Mary Magdalene’s talks on Aquinas on the Passions on our Meditations in Time of Retreat page have been very popular. On Saturday 18 July she’s hosting a Zoom conference on St. Thomas Aquinas on Christ, with some great...
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you back to Mass this Sunday. We’re sensing joy and excitement, and also a very understandable touch of anxiety. So we’d like to reassure you that we’re following the guidance from...
MASS IS AT 9.30 am, broadcast on Radio Maria England. Opening Hymn 1 With golden splendour and with roseate hues of morn, O gracious Saviour, Light of light, this day adorn, Which brings to ransomed sinners hopes of that...