The Novices were kindly invited to enjoy a Christmas dinner with retired parishioners from the Cambridge parishes. This was an opportunity for the Catholic community to get to know the seven brothers; and a wonderful opportunity for the Novices to...
On the 8th of December we celebrated the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Mother, Our great intercessor, Loving mother of the Church. As is customary in the Priory we celebrated this solemnity with a great feast, and truly celebrated...
The novices attended a session with the Blackfriars Study group on the 16th of November. The group was discussing Ralph Martin’s article entitled: The Post-Christendom Sacramental Crisis: The Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas. The paper was introduced by Professor John...
Last month, Mariapaola Sorrentino, one of the Lay Dominicans in Cambridge, volunteered to provide first aid training for the Novices, training them how to respond to incidents in a safe and helpful way. The two-hour tutorial was a practical...
Fr Euan Marley OP has just recently been assigned to the Cambridge priory. He joins us from Scotland, which he is native to and where he was until recently been living. The whole community is very grateful to welcome this new Friar...
A familiar site at Blackfriars as the Novices serve the Conventual Mass: The Dominican life is centred on Prayer nourished by the daily mass. Please keep the Novices in your Prayers
The novices were very blest to join Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and Fr. Martin Ganeri OP, Prior Provincial of the English Province at the Solemn Mass to celebrate the inauguration of the Shrine of Our Lady of the...
This week marks a milestone in the Noviciate as the Brothers begin studies. They will be taking classes in: >Latin >Singing >The Scriptures and Salvation History >Rule & Constitutions >Liturgical & Spiritual Praxis >History & Theology of Religious Life...
The Novices were very privileged to attend the final profession of Sr Mary Catherine O.P in St. John’s Cathedral Portsmouth. Sr Mary Catherine, who hails from the USA, is a member of Dominican Sisters of St Joseph, in the...
Last Wednesday the novices visited Fisher House, the Catholic Chaplaincy to the University of Cambridge. They were greeted by Mgr Mark Langham, the chaplain, who offered them many insights into both the current work which Fisher House does and...