A centre of scholarly excellence spanning 800 years
Blackfriars Hall is a small, friendly, and welcoming academic community in the heart of Oxford.
2023 Aquinas Lectures
A series of public lectures will celebrate the 700th Anniversary of St Thomas Aquinas's Canonisation.
Christmas Liturgy Times 2022
Mass and other liturgies during the Christmas season
Meet our Scholarship holders
Blackfriars is delighted to introduce you to our four scholars in the current academic year, whose scholarships were generously funded by donors to Bl...
Congrats to our Grads!
On Friday 4th November, Blackfriars Hall was delighted to welcome back our graduands and accompany them and their families through the grandeur of the...
Rev Dr Ian Ker RIP
It was with great sadness that Blackfriars learned of the death of Rev Dr Ian Ker, who died on 5 November 2022. Fr Ian was widely regarded as the lead...
Trade Unions and dignity in the world of work
Speakers Jon Crudas MP for Dagenham and Helen Pearce Director of LabourUnions. The panel discussion will be hosted by Maria Exall and John Battle. ...
God, creation, and the act of existence
Thomistic Institute lecture by Dr Gaven Kerr Free and open for all.
The Language of Color: Private and Public Eudemonia
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature, Art, and the Environment — we delve into the top...
Life before God: Truth and the Liturgy
A series of four reading classes examining contemporary continental philosophies of the liturgy as a locus of truth. Registration required, please ema...
E. F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful
Small is Beautiful, first published in 1973, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern i...
hard questions, fresh thinking
Blackfriars hosts two active research centres, driving forward research in philosophy, theology and social sciences – and helping to shape the world around us.