Read the e-edition of our latest magazine! Owing to the current situation, we are distributing the Easter 2020 edition of our magazine electronically rather than as printed copies in our churches. Reviews of Books by Frs Timothy Radcliffe and Bruno...
A meditation from the Prior, Fr Euan Marley OP: Palm Sunday, looking towards Good Friday and beyond – the Generation of the Cross. In the Gospel of St Mark, the cross is laid upon Simon of Cyrene. Mark, and...
PALM SUNDAY of the Passion of the Lord As we celebrate the beginning of Holy Week with Our Lord Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and the reading of the Passion, we invite you to join in with us...
We take it for granted how much gesture and movement there is the Mass. Standing, sitting, kneeling, the Sign of the Cross, genuflection (bending the knee)… Our Faith is as much about the body as it is about the...
A marvellous free resource for families from Catholic Family Crate (thank you, Patricia B!). Everything from Mass and devotions to games and a Resurrection cookie recipe! CFC-holy-week-success-kit
A beautiful short film representation of the Mass as seen by the saints and mystics, from New Advent.
It’s especially poignant at this time when we can’t gather in the usual way (you might want a tissue handy), but perhaps it can help us participate more deeply, meaningfully and joyfully in Mass when this pandemic is over and we can gather again together.
How to make fruitful use of house arrest… A homily for Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent from our brother Fr. Bob Eccles. The usual complaint about these permanently peripatetic Dominican friars you are at Mass with this...
We were very saddened to learn that our brother Fr David Sanders OP has died, after a courageous battle with cancer. Although he spent the last twenty years based in Oxford, he was a leading light at Blackfriars, Cambridge...
In difficult times such as this one, we can be lost for words. We may even be fed up with words. But words are only part of prayer, only one way of praying. Quiet, contemplative prayer is not some...
A sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent, from Fr Bruno Clifton OP And so, we begin Passiontide; the last two weeks of Lent; the final stage on the journey towards Jerusalem. Now, with Jesus, we ought to turn...