About Blackfriars
Click on this link to discover more about Blackfriars as the Priory of the Holy Spirit, past, present, and future, as a Permanent Private Hall of Oxford University, and as a Dominican Studium or study-centrePermanent Private Hall
Blackfriars Hall is a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford which specializes in Philosophy, Theology, and faith-based studies. Click here to learn more about our teaching and research.Dominican Studium
The Blackfriars Studium offers courses in Catholic Theology and Philosophy for ordinands and lay people who wish to learn more about the Christian faith. Click here for more information.Aquinas Institute
The Institute organises reading classes, seminars, and conferences on the thought of St Thomas in its historical context and modern application, as well as welcoming Visiting Research Scholars. Follow the link for further details.Las Casas Institute
Inspired by Bartolome de Las Casas, the friar who championed the human and civic rights of indigenous peoples in the New World, the Las Casas Institute opens in October 2008 to promote research on the relationship of faith to public life and institutions with a focus on poverty, migration, dignity, and human rights. Click for further information.International Young Leaders Network
On-line Resources
Click here to access a growing collection of on-line materials in Philosophy and Theology: talks, audio files, and video clipsAlumni / Alumnae
Blackfriars welcomes the continuing friendship and prayerful support of its former studentsLatest News see all »
Student survey praises Blackfriars
PPH ranks third among Oxford colleges in student satisfaction
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Visiting Scholar Appointed for Summer 2013
David Thomas Orique, O.P., will conduct research as an appointed Visiting Research Scholar in the Las Casas Institute of Blackfriars Hall to build upon his previous domestic and international investigations related to two Dominican friars of the early Atlantic World—a period frequently called the Age of Discovery: Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) and Fernão (Fernando) de Oliveira (1507-1581). In addition, he plans to continue an ongoing project about certain Dominicans in the late-Spanish-colonial period of the southern Atlantic World.
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