We’ve recently published the winter edition of our newsletter, Veritas. It includes some reflections from the Lay Dominicans of our Province, including a reflection on Fra Angelico’s Annunciation at S. Marco in Florence, and one from a Lay Dominican who is also a University Chaplain. And there’s news from our fraternities.
December is the Dominican Month for Peace, and this year’s theme is the Amazon. Resources are available:
On 27 November 2023. Sr. Helen Alford OP gave a talk entitled ‘Just Peace? On Social Peace and the Causes of Division’ as part of the Lincoln Lecture series. If you missed the lecture you can listen to a recording:
In 1986 the BBC broadcast the Advent Family Masses at Blackfriars Priory in Oxford. Mass for the First Sunday in Advent was celebrated by the Prior Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP, with introduction and preaching (on the subject of hope in prayer) by Fr. Herbert McCabe OP. You can see all the BBC’s recordings of the
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Lionel Carriere, a very longstanding member of the London Fraternity, who died on Thursday 16th November 2023. Lionel had been terminally ill for some time. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord And let perpetual light shine upon him May he rest in peace Amen
6th November 2023 November is the month when Catholics make a special effort to pray for the dead. If you would like the brethren to pray for the souls of your loved ones, you can add their name to our November Dead List online or by posting a note through the letterbox at Blackfriars, Oxford, using the
The Ordo for 2024 is now available. Printed copies can be ordered from: https://ordo.page.link/2024 A PDF of the Ordo can also be downloaded (for free).
Alix Murray is a Lay Dominican in the Oxford Fraternity. In this Podcast she talks with Kathryn Laffrey about the art of the British monastic isle of Lindisfarne with its ancient Christian faith and history of Viking raids, including such artifacts as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Doomsday Stone, in a conversation which encourages listeners
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP led the retreat for those involved in the Synod in Rome. He gave 6 reflections. They are each half an hour long, and you can listen to them on YouTube. (Some of the recordings include morning prayer for the retreatants, and the reflection starts half way through). If you would prefer
