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Conference: Law, Nature, and the Bible
A two-day international conference at Blackfriars 2-4 July 2025, exploring law, nature and human lives, particularly as expressed in Judaism and Christianity. Law is a key idea for both Judaism...
Project Update – Blackfriars Student Dining and Café
There is much going on behind the scenes as we develop our project for a joint public café / student dining facility at the Blackfriars Annexe. Al Fresco Dining A...
Blackfriars Hall’s Prize-Winning Students
We at Blackfriars Hall are extremely proud of the academic successes of all our community, and we are delighted to announce that two of our students won dissertation prizes in...
Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe
Theologian and Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Timothy Radcliffe, was created a Cardinal by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, 7 December 2024. Cardinal Radcliffe is a former Master of...
Catholic Social Teaching from a Dominican Perspective
Today the Las Casas Institute is launching six short online videos for use in parishes, Sixth-Forms, and University Chaplaincies. Dr Roderick Howlett looks at: (1) What it means to be...
Conference on Synodality at Blackfriars
Georgetown University (USA), Blackfriars Hall and Campion Hall (Oxford) are convening a conference in the Aula at Blackfriars on 16 December 1pm-6pm, which will reflect on the recent Synod on...
Narnia and the Political Imagination – Recording now LIVE
For those of you who missed the fascinating discussion on Narnia and the Political Imagination between Dr Michael Ward and Dr Eduardo Gutiérrez González, we recorded the event and it is now...
Ashmolean Museum unveils new Fra Angelico
Blackfriars in the person of Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP was delighted to attend the press launch marking the acquisition of an early Fra Angelico Crucifixion. In the heart of Oxford...
Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez O.P., 8 June 1928-22 October 2024
Father of Liberation Theology
Visit from the Master of the Dominicans
Last week we were delighted to welcome the Master of the Order, fr Gerard Timoner, who was accompanied by fr Thomas Brogl and fr Pablo Sicouly, Assistants to the Master...