A few of our community have asked about the impact on Mass of the Government’s restriction to socialising with just groups of just 6 from Monday 14th September. This is just to reassure you that Masses on Sundays and...
TOMORROW SUNDAY IS THE GREAT FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY INTO HEAVEN. Mass times below. As the weather forecast is not good, the 9.15, 11 and 6 pm Masses will be in the cloister, with the...
Missed this wonderful conference on St. Thomas Aquinas’s writings on Our Lord Jesus Christ? Click below for Sr. Magdalene on The Word was Made Flesh, Fr Simon on Christ’s Beatific Vision, and Fr John on the Charity of Christ’s...
Starting on the evening of Friday 7th August, the Order of Preachers celebrates our Holy Father St. Dominic (Domingo Guzman, 1170-1221). A gentle, retiring soul, God drew him into the vocation of a preacher through his compassion for the...
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 ...