Blackfriars, Oxford facts for kids
 Location in Oxford city centre
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| Full name | Priory of the Holy Spirit |
| Order | Dominican Order |
| Established | 1221 |
| Disestablished | 1538 |
| Reestablished | 1921 |
| Dedicated to | Holy Spirit |
| Diocese | Birmingham |
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| Founder(s) | Bede Jarrett (1921) |
| Prior | Robert Gay |
| Important associated figures | Thomas of Jorz |
| Site | |
| Location | Oxford, England |
| Coordinates | 51°45′22″N 1°15′37″W / 51.756121°N 1.260206°W |
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Blazon: Gyronny sable and argent, a cross flory counterchanged.
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| University | Oxford | |||||||||||
| Location | St Giles', Oxford | |||||||||||
| Latin name | Aula Fratrum Praedicatorum | |||||||||||
| Established | as a hall, 1994 | |||||||||||
| Named after | The black cappa of the Dominican friars | |||||||||||
| Regent | Rev. John O’Connor, OP | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 8 | |||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 21 | |||||||||||
Blackfriars Priory (formally the Priory of the Holy Spirit) is a Dominican religious community in Oxford, England. It houses two educational institutions: Blackfriars Studium, the centre of theological studies of the English Province of the Dominican Order (although it numbers members of other orders and lay people among its students and lecturers); and Blackfriars Hall, a constituent permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. The current prior of Blackfriars is Robert Gay, and the regent of both the hall and the studium is John O'Connor. The name Blackfriars is commonly used in Britain to denote a house of Dominican friars, a reference to their black cappa, which forms part of their habit.
Blackfriars is located in central Oxford on St Giles', between the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies and St Cross College.
History
Blackfriars' history is well documented, largely as a result of the hall being part of an international fraternity of scholarship, which was able to monitor and document its fortunes, even during times of the hall's collapse.
The Dominicans arrived in Oxford on 15 August 1221, at the instruction of Saint Dominic himself, little more than a week after the friar's death. As such, the hall is heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford, a tradition that precedes both the aularian houses that would characterise the next century and the collegiate houses that would characterise the rest of the University of Oxford's history.
Like all the monastic houses in Oxford, Blackfriars came into rapid and repeated conflict with the University authorities. With the Reformation, all monastic houses, including Blackfriars, were suppressed. The Dominicans did not return to Oxford for some 400 years, until 1921 when Blackfriars was refounded as a religious house, within 600 metres of the original site. The Dominican Studium at Blackfriars had a close relationship with the University, culminating in the establishment of Blackfriars as a permanent private hall in 1994.
Institutes
Blackfriars Hall is the home of a number of other institutes including, the Las Casas Institute on ethics, governance and social justice. Launched in November 2008, the institute contributes to the hall's founding vision to be a centre of the social as well as the sacred sciences. Its founding director (from October 2008 to January 2011) was Francis Davis. The second director of the institute is Michael Oborne, formerly Director of Futures at the OECD.
The International Young Leaders Network exists to identify young leaders aged 18 to 33 from the Christian community globally.
The Aquinas Institute was established in 2004 under the directorship of Fergus Kerr. It aims to foster study of St Thomas at Oxford through seminars, conferences, summer schools and programmes. Patrons of the institute include John Haldane, Alasdair MacIntyre, Ralph McInerny and Eleonore Stump.
Academic programmes
Blackfriars offers those preparing for the Catholic priesthood the Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (STB) granted by the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome. It is also possible for lay men and women to begin the Angelicum's STB programme by studying in the Blackfriars Studium and to conclude the programme with at least a year's full-time study at the Angelicum.
Blackfriars' Studium offers one or two year programs in Catholic Theology which lead to an Oxford University Certificate or Diploma in Pastoral Theology.
Images for kids
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Blackfriars on St Giles'
See also
In Spanish: Blackfriars (Oxford) para niños
