UPDATE: over 60 peers spoke against the Bill. That they had courage to speak out is certainly answer to our prayers – thank you God, thank you Pope St. John Paul II, thank you all of you who prayed....
In line with the lifting of Covid restrictions and the Bishops’ recommendations of a gradual return to normal, here are our updated times for Masses and other public liturgies at Blackfriars. Note that Lauds (Morning Prayer) and Vespers (Evening...
An exhibition for the Jubilee of the English Dominicans, 1221-2021 THE EXHIBITION HAS NOW ENDED FOR IN-PERSON VISITS, BUT THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH INTEREST THAT WE’RE PUTTING IT ALL ONLINE. WATCH THIS SPACE! 24th September to 3rd...
Just to reassure our 9.15 Latin Mass congregation that Mass will be celebrated AS USUAL tomorrow Sunday. The Pope’s motu proprio is addressed to the bishops, so we continue as per normal until Bishop Alan gives any new instruction....
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...
In his letter for this Year of St. Joseph, and very prophetically in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard,Pope Francis says, “The nobility of Joseph’s heart is such that what he learned from the law he made...
Ash Wednesday Mass is at 7.30 am, in the cloister (to allow extra space) and will also be broadcast on Radio Maria. For Covid safety, ashes will be sprinkled on top of your head (which is also the ancient...
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We pray for all the victims of the Holocaust, for the healing of memories, and for the perpetrators. The British Jewish community is focussing its attention on ongoing oppression and genocides of peoples in...
The 2021 Aquinas Lecture, Yearning for Transcendence: Christian Platonism and Werner Beierwaltes, was given on Thursday 28 January on Zoom by Professor Douglas Hedley, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge. We were pleased to see new...