What is being a Dominican contemplative nun really like? A chance to meet some of our nuns from Drogheda, Ireland, by Zoom THIS TUESDAY 8th June, the feast of SS Diana and Cecilia, at 8 pm. Details below.
A beautiful meditation from our Bishops on recovery after the pandemic. They particularly recognise how Catholics have been living out their baptismal priesthood in feeding the hungry and keeping churches open for worship. And a big call to come...
Fr Bob Eccles finds Easter as hope and joy in a time of grief – and encourages us to follow the example of Mary Magdalene, and keep in touch. Grief catches us in different ways. Here are three people...
Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms, readings and chants, including the beautiful...
WHEN LOVE SUFFERS by Eddie Zengeni Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms,...
This will be broadcast on Radio Maria England at 7.30 am. Please click on this pdf link to follow the liturgy: Maundy Thursday Morning Mass of the Lord’s Supper is at 6 pm.
The Stations of the Cross are a traditional devotion for Lent, especially for Holy Week, which we can do as a community or privately at home. Here’s a recording of Stations of the Cross recorded at the chapel at...
Fr Bob Eccles is surprised by how, at the Annunciation, God asks a gift of Our Lady – and reflects on the surprise to us that we too have gifts to give to God… Some words of encouragement as...
This coming TUESDAY 23 March is National Day of Reflection on the Pandemic. Our bishops have encouraged us to make it a day of prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Here at Blackfriars there will be Adoration in...
PUBLIC LITURGIES (scroll down for liturgies which we celebrate in private but are broadcast on Radio Maria England) PALM SUNDAY, 28 March 8.15 Mass (also broadcast on Radio Maria England) 9.15 Mass (Extraordinary Form) 11 am Mass with...