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Alumni Event 2017 Report with Pictures
A packed lecture on the Second Coming, and a delightful alumni dinner. Blackfriars participated once again in the Oxford University alumni weekend, a packed three days of varied and intriguing...
Leavers 2017: Paulina Lenik’s Story
Paulina Lenik, Blackfriars 2017 Leaver, reflects on her time at the Hall. Thinking back to the day I learnt that I was accepted into Oxford still gives me thrills. Although...
Goodies for the Leavers
We sadly bid farewell to our 2017 leavers, but send them on their way with a little gift. For the first time ever, Oxford University alumni cards were given out...
News from the JCR/MCR – Hannah Joy Sachs, Interview
Hannah Joy Sachs is a New Yorker studying for the MSc in Migration Studies. She tells us about her fascinating background and study interests. Tell us about your background and what...
News from the JCR/MCR – Student Profile: Nikolaas Deketelaere
Nikolaas Deketelaere is a Belgian student studying at Blackfriars this year, reading for a Master of Studies in Theology. He talks to us about his background, his studies, and where...
2017 Oxford in North America Events
Good news for any of our alumni who matriculated through Oxford University: there will be three alumni events organised by the University this April in Los Angeles, Palo Alto (Silicon...
A Timely Conference on ‘Truth Telling and Politics’
The Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars recently held a day-long conference on the perennial theme – but especially relevant in 2016 – of truth-telling in the world of politics. Blackfriars alumnus...
News from the SCR – Michaelmas 2016
Among the Regent’s numerous academic activities during Michaelmas Term was his attendance at the Sapientia Day: The Heart of Revelation, A Dominican Perspective, which took place in Budapest and was...
Students Enjoy Halloween Formal Hall
Blackfriars Hall – Halloween Formal Hall at St. Cross College Mehmet Ciftci, JCR President, writes: Continuing Blackfriars’ newly-begun tradition, some 26 JCR members donned their gowns on Thursday, 3 November,...
Blackfriars Honorary Fellow Appointed Cardinal
On Sunday 9th October, Pope Francis appointed His Excellency The Most Reverend Joseph Tobin CSsR, Archbishop of Indianapolis, as one of seventeen new Cardinals. Archbishop Joseph, who was born in...