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"Our God is not an abstract, remote God who cares little about the world, or who takes a back-seat approach. Far from it. He is intimately involved." Read more

On Saturday 11th July--the feast of St Benedict--Brs Oliver Keenan, O.P., and Matthew Jarvis, O.P., were ordained to the diaconate by Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, William Kenney.  Read more

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The lives of saints can seem remote from our own. When I was becoming more interested in my faith from the age of 16, I found it difficult
 to cultivate devotion to a particular saint.
 That changed in my late teens when, at a
 Catholic youth gathering, I heard a talk
 about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died in 1925 at just 24. After hearing only a few remarks about his life, for the first time I found a saint to whom I could relate.  Read more

Today we commemorate the Feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, two heroic men who made the ultimate sacrifice for the faith in the tumultuous court of Henry VIII. I’ve been asked to write something about St. Thomas More. With some regret, therefore, I shall leave St. John Fisher for another day but before doing so, might I recommend Cardinal Vincent Nichols’ excellent book. Read more

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As the Dominican Friars Training Fund helps pay for the cost of our training, the Student Brothers are grateful for any contributions made towards it. When a Dominican friar said he was going to run an ultra-marathon for this cause, wanted to learn more about his challenge. With just a week and a half until the big day, we asked our brother Bruno Clifton OP the following questions about his ultra-marathon fundraising efforts. Read more