Fr Aidan recently spent a fortnight visiting schools in Ethiopia supported by the Jean Grove Trust Blackfriars Ethiopia Project, as well as meeting with church leaders. At the border town of Zalambessa he and fellow Trust members met with...
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 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...
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.
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...
The red and white flowers bloom beneath the altar at First Vespers of Christmas. Red for the Lord’s humanity, white for His divinity. “Come, Christ Redeemer of the earth, come, manifest thy virgin birth: let every age in wonder...
If you missed the first talks in our series ‘Faith for Busy People’, or if you simply wish to read and reflect on what you heard, you can now read them here on-line. Go to ‘What we do’ and click...