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Revised Church Opening Times
As we move further out of lockdown, the community are gradually opening the priory church for public worship. Since we moved out of lockdown earlier in the summer, the community...
New Blackfriars – Special Jubilee Issue
To mark the 800th anniversary of the arrival of Dominican friars in England, the September 2021 issue of New Blackfriars will be a special one dealing with various aspects of...
Blackfriars’ 800th Birthday
On 15th August, we will be celebrating exactly 800 years since the foundation of the first Oxford priory in 1221, and 100 years since the foundation of the current priory!...
Moving out of Lockdown
At the Chapter meeting the community discussed the implementation of the latest guidelines from the bishops about Liturgy during this phase of the pandemic. We have decided to move fairly...
Widening Horizons
The Aquinas Institute has been selected to host an exciting new research project.
Friars on TV: Visit to Gloucester Blackfriars
Last week a group of friars were very warmly welcomed to Gloucester to visit the medieval Dominican priory, the most complete that has survived from the Middle Ages in England....
Fr Thomas Joseph White OP is new Rector of the Angelicum
Blackfriars is delighted to hear of the appointment of Fr Thomas Joseph White OP, as the new Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St Thomas (the ‘Angelicum’) in Rome. Fr...
Dominicans and Jesuits Collaborate on New Senior Appointment
The American-born Dr Daniel D. De Haan has been named as the first Frederick Copleston Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow. This senior post is the result of an exciting new...
Hugo Slim to join the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice
Blackfriars Hall is delighted to announce that Dr Hugo Slim will be joining the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice in July as a Senior Research Fellow. Hugo will build...
Fr Robert Gay, OP Re-elected as prior
On Friday the Dominican community at Blackfriars met together in Chapter to elect a prior, and re-elected Fr Robert Gay, OP for another three-year term. Part of the tradition of...