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...
Simon of Cyrene, no. V of a set of Stations of the Cross, by Sr. Ann Catherine Swailes OP Sr Ann Catherine is a Dominican Sister of St. Catherine’s Convent, Cambridge, and a Catholic Chaplain to Cambridge University. Station...
This Sunday, 29th March, at noon, the Bishops of England will lead the rededication of our country to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady. In times past, English Catholics called their country “the Dowry of Mary”. But how did...
A homily from Fr Dominic White OP for the feast of the Annunciation, 25 March Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 Ps. 39(40): 7-11 Hebr. 10:4-10 Luke 1:26-38 It seemed to come out of nowhere, when no one expected it,...
A new page for new times. With the implementation of further restrictions on social contact and movement to combat Covid-19, most of us are now at home most of the time, and away from loved ones, for an indefinite...
We are bringing Mass direct from Blackfriars chapel to your home with Radio Maria England at 9.30 am on Sundays, 7.30 am Monday to Friday, and 9.30 am Saturdays. But let’s acknowledge first that this shutdown of our churches...
During the pandemic, we are getting Mass and our other daily services direct to you from our chapel by LIVE BROADCAST on Radio Maria England. Simply click on the link. Towards the bottom right of the screen you’ll see...
We are delighted to welcome Catherine Pickstock, Norris Hulse Professor of Divinity, to Blackfriars this year to give our annual Aquinas lecture. The lecture Truth as Conformation: Forgotten Theorists of Verity will take place on Tuesday, 28 January at...