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Richard Steenvoorde OP was ordained to the diaconate at Blackfriars, Oxford, on 21st January 2018, the Dutch Province's first ordination in a couple of decades. Br Stefan, a novice of the Dutch Province currently living in Cambridge, reports on the occasion. Read more

Fr Nicholas Crowe OP reflects on the vocation of all the baptised. Read more

Among the hard questions debated at recent events of the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice (based at Blackfriars, Oxford) has been whether our Western democracies have delivered good government; in particular, whether they protect our fundamental human dignity, and keep their citizens from a demeaning poverty. If they don't, what's going wrong? Read more

Br Joseph Bailham OP describes a recent youth pilgrimage to Piedmont, Italy. Read more

 Original cloister gates restored and re-erected. Read more

On Saturday 7th October 2017, St Dominic's, London, celebrated the 150th anniversary of the parish community.  Read more

As the academic year begins again, the English Province welcomed six novices, and received the simple vows of four brothers who now commence their formation for ministry.  Read more

Sunday 30 July saw three Dominicans and two Franciscans ordained deacons at Blackfriars, Oxford by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP.  Read more

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP recently spoke at a meeting of The Dominican Forum in the City of London (kindly hosted by CCLA). Lector in New Testament Studies at Blackfriars, Oxford, he offered a fresh way to re-engage with God's Word addressed to us in the Bible. This is an abridged version of his talk. Read more

  For the fourth year running St Dominic's, Newcastle took part in The Late Shows, Newcastle's biggest annual cultural event. This festival is an opportunity for St Dominic's to engage in a form of outreach to people who might not ordinarily walk through the door of a Catholic church.  Read more