Work starts in late summer 2015 on a large external lift giving wheelchair users and others access to the 1st-floor chapel from both inside and outside the Priory. At the same time, we shall be converting the downstairs toilet...
Fr Aidan has recently published a new book – There is no Rose: The Mariology of the Catholic Church. Drawing on the Scriptures, Church Fathers, the liturgy, and other dimensions of the tradition, the book summarizes the theological development...
The Poor Clares at Arkley, near Barnet, hosted an enjoyable and thought-provoking study day yesterday on the liturgies of the Easter Triduum. Brs Richard and Stefan, together with a visiting Dutch seminarian, travelled down from Cambridge to hear excellent...
‘The Word of God,’ states the Letter to the Hebrews, is ‘alive and active. Sharper than a two-edged sword…’ But how do we open heart and mind to God’s Word, so that He can work with us and within...
There are two changes to our normal liturgies during Lent: 1. On the first five Mondays of Lent, Vespers will include a short reflection offered by a Dominican friar or sister. 2. On Fridays, Vespers will begin at 6.15pm...
A big thank you to Bishop Alan for hosting the day for Religious at the cathedral in Norwich. Mass was followed by a cracking lunch in the Narthex. From there we visited the medieval Blackfriars, the medieval (now Anglican)...
Br Stefan got to meet Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP at Rosary priory in Bushey yesterday when Archbishop Malcolm spoke on the topic of consecrated life as a vital part of the Church’s outward facing mission.
Good conversation and a delicious Thai curry cooked by Rosina awaited us after the Thursday evening Mass at the Margaret Beaufort Institute on Grange Road. It was a chance to catch up with staff as well as meet new...
In last night’s lecture Prof. Kirkpatrick tackled a theme dear to the heart of his one-time teacher, Fr. Kenelm Foster OP – Dante’s understanding of Aquinas as a maker of careful distinctions. Close reading of passages from the Paradiso...
Fr. Jean Jacques Pérennès, former Director of the Order’s Centre for Islamic Studies in Cairo, spoke yesterday to the community about the Centre’s mission, showing and commenting on a recent film about the Friars there. With a first-class library...