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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 Blackfriars. Marta Bielinska Marta is reading for...
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 traditional Oxford University graduation ceremony. Fr...
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 leading...
Welcome to our New Students
As Blackfriars Hall begins a new academic year, we are pleased to welcome 53 new students. They join us from across the world, including from China, Australia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria...
Special offer on Blackfriars-branded merchandise
Blackfriars offers a range of quality branded products through The College Store. To mark the new academic year, a 10% special discount can be obtained on orders up to 16th...
Humanitarian resistance: its ethical and operational importance
Article by Hugo Slim. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the return of military dictatorship in Myanmar have reminded the world of the importance of humanitarian resistance. In both countries, civilian rescue and relief is being organised by resistance groups that are struggling for victory and humanity in equal measure, and so simultaneously taking sides for human life and human freedom. They ar...
Blackfriars Garden Party 2022
On the hottest day of the year, Blackfriars marked the end of a thankfully normal Trinity Term with the traditional chilled Pimms, white wine, and strawberries and cream. The occasion...
Students Dance with the Dinosaurs
On Saturday, May 28th, the MCRs of Blackfriars Hall, Regent’s Park College and the Common Room of St Stephen’s House hosted the first-ever Permanent Private Hall (PPH) Ball. The ball,...
The Newman Lecture: Sir James MacMillan
Yesterday evening, honorary fellow of Blackfriars, Sir James MacMillan, delighted a full hall in Somerville College as he lectured on ‘Music & Some Wider Implications: a Catholic composer’s perspective’. The...