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The renowned papal biographer and commentator on politics both secular and ecclesiastical, George Weigel, will be giving a lecture at London's Rosary Shrine. Read more

Two or three times a year, St Dominic's Convent, Stone, hosts a St Thomas Aquinas Study Weekend.

These weekends focus on an aspect of our Catholic Faith, on what it means to be human, for example; or on the Passion of Our Lord, or the faith of Our Lady. The topics are studied under the guidance of St Thomas Aquinas, who in his Summa Theologiae (Summary of Theology) has left us both rich material and a helpful method of approach. His teaching method is based on his understanding of how we learn: how we build new material into or onto our current grasp of the subject being considered. It is a slow method, but designed to develop understanding, rather than relying on memory. Read more

Fr Richard Conrad OP, Director of the Aquinas Institute, explains some of the research it currently promotes – aiming to contribute to the conversation between Faith and Science, and commend the Christian concept of human dignity. Read more

Twin brothers Peter and Isidore Clarke joined the Order of Preachers together in 1950 and, despite their geographical separation (Leicester and Grenada), for many years shared a popular online preaching ministry at mywaygodsway.blogspot.com Read more

Recent years have seen the Dutch and English Provinces of the Order working closely together to assist with the formation of new Dutch brothers in both our novitiate house in Cambridge and Blackfriars Studium in Oxford. Read more

A Dominican sister held a central-London audience spellbound as she spoke about her congregation's work in the rebuilding of the Christian communities of Iraq, following the devastation wrought by ISIS. The meeting was held on 11th October by Aid to the Church in Need, which had organised a UK tour by the Dominican sister and others from the suffering Church. Read more

In 2021, the Dominican Friars at Blackfriars, Oxford, will be celebrating 800 years since their first arrival in Oxford. Read more

As one of the newest and least wealthy institutions within Oxford University, Blackfriars Hall has thrived for the last 25 years largely thanks to the combined efforts of the Dominicans and the generous-spirited laypeople who work with them. Read more

One year ago the English Province opened a new mission in Jamaica, taking on St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Papine, Kingston, in addition to our house at Roxborough, Grenada. Read more

Prof Ian Linden reports on a timely discussion at European level, involving the Las Casas Institute, of a great contemporary social problem. Read more