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‘New Blackfriars’ Scholarship Winner Announced

Many congratulations to April Wu, winner of the New Blackfriars Scholarship for 2020. April joins Blackfriars as a MSc student in Social Anthropology. She holds a first-class BA in Music from...

New Academic Year

Arrivals and Farewells As well as the new arrivals for this coming academic year, a number of the brethren have left the community for other assignations. Fr John Farrell, OP...

Blackfriars photo competition winners

We are pleased to announce the winners whose photos will be displayed in Blackfriars’ new annexe building. The judges greatly enjoyed looking at the entries, and chose three fresh images...

Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark – in Lockdown

It seems a life-time away, but in a pre-social-distancing-era we held our last talk of Hilary Term 2020, which included a round-table discussion and a lecture by the Right Revd...

Photo Competition – all invited to take part

Blackfriars now has a shiny new annexe building, but lots of blank walls, so we are planning to fill some of the common areas with photos showing the life of...

Alumni Profile – Alex Norman (2005-2009)

Following the recent launch of his new biography of the Dalai Lama at Blackfriars, we caught up with alumnus Alexander Norman and asked him about his fascinating life and his...

Blackfriars Alumnus Launches Acclaimed Dalai Lama Biography

Alexander Norman (2005–09) has written the first authoritative biography of the Dalai Lama, one of the most influential religious figures of the last fifty years. His biography is based on...

Blackfriars Fundraising Reaches £1/4 million

A significant legacy, a grant from a local trust, and very generous individual giving have allowed Blackfriars to make good progress in the first three months of its fundraising campaign....

Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark – the story so far!

For this academic year (2019-20), the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, in collaboration with Georgetown University, has been holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as...

Blackfriars Alumnus Recognised in Queen’s New Year Honours List

Dr Ramesh Pattni was awarded the OBE by Her Majesty the Queen for services to interfaith relations and the Hindu community in the UK. Ramesh first came up to Blackfriars...