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...
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...
On the evening of Sunday 18th September seven men were clothed in the habit of St. Dominic. Fr Aidan Nichols, Prior of Blackfriars Cambridge, clothed the six men for the English province in place of Fr Martin Ganeri. Fr...
The noviciate was in London on Friday April 29th for the Jubilee Vespers at Westminster Cathedral. Before the celebration the took the oppurtunity to do some sightseeing. For some of the foreign novices it was the first time in...
The days after Christmas in the noviciate are a time of holiday. The novices for the first time since the noviciate has started can leave for a few days to visit family or friends. The two Dutch novices Michael...
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the novices as they ended their first term of studies. Classes have now finished, but preparations for Christmas have begun in earnest with a trip to the local food bank to...
Novices of the English Province, Wilfrid, David and Albert, travelled to Douai Abbey in Berkshire last Wednesday to look through the provinces archive, housed in the abbey library and cared for by a professional archivist. The visit aimed at...
As part of the noviciate year, we have been visiting St Bede’s Inter-Church school in Cambridge, talking to students about the Order, its purpose and how we live. Our thank you to Mr Dennis Johnson and his colleagues in...
Fr Philip SJ and Sr Ann Catherine OP made the novices welcome when they arrived for Mass and lunch with the students, followed by a discussion over coffee about their work as chaplains. A happy occasion and a valuable...
The first of our regular weekly classes – this one on Dominican History and Spirituality. Br Albert led us in a look at the twelfth century background, the social, economic, intellectual, and religious world into which St Dominic was...