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Br Albert Robertson OP writes about the collaboration between the Washington DC-based 'Thomistic Institute' and the brothers in Blackfriars and the Aquinas Institute in Oxford, and its potency for creating communion between scholars, students, and seekers who are interested in the riches of the Catholic intellectual tradition.  Read more

On the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary this year, the Master of the Order appointed our brother, Lawrence Lew OP, to serve as Promoter General for the Rosary. Read more

Fr Toby Lees OP, who was ordained this summer and is completing his Licence in Sacred Theology in Rome, reviews the movie Paterson (2016, starring Adam Driver) and recommends it for its Advent themes.  Read more

Fr Matthew Jarvis OP, based in Holy Cross, Leicester, is one of a team of translators who serve the General Chapters of the Order. He reflects on his experience in Vietnam this past summer.  Read more

Fr Leo Edgar OP, based in St Dominic's Priory in London, has the distinction of being both a father in the biological order of nature, and a spiritual father as a Priest of Jesus Christ. In this article he gives a very personal reflection on his vocation, and on what he calls 'double fatherhood'. Read more

Brs John Bernard Church and Daniel Benedict Rowlands completed their noviciate year and made their simple profession on 21 September, at Blackfriars, Cambridge.  Read more

Fr Leon Pereira OP serves in Medjugorje, where thousands of Catholics flock each year. As a Dominican he works alongside the Franciscans in preaching and ministering to souls especially through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In this article he reflects on his experience as a confessor to tens of thousands, and he is preparing a book on the importance of this sacrament. Read more

Fr Dermot Morrin OP writes a weekly meditation on sacred art for the newsletter of St Albert's in Edinburgh where he is based. We asked him to share his insights with us on a much-loved painting in the National Gallery collection in London.  Read more