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Today, Friday 6th September, we welcome nine new men who begin their formation for the priesthood to the seminary community. Please pray for them and the whole house for a happy, holy, and fruitful start to the new seminary year. Our Lady, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us! St Thomas More and St John […]

The seminarians and staff have been on retreat at Buckfast Abbey as the prayerful conclusion on the seminary’s year. After returning to celebrate the feast of Ss. Thomas More (on whose estate the seminary is located) and John Fisher, the seminarians return to their diocese for a summer pastoral placement.

Please pray for those ordained to the diaconate on Saturday 15th June at Westminster Cathedral, pictured here with Bishop John Sherrington. (L-R: Rev. Sean Power, Rev. Stephen Trafford, Bp. Sherrington, Rev. Scott Coleman, Rev. Gary Carter, Rev. James Boyle.)

During a Mass celebrated by Bishop John Sherrington, those soon to be ordained deacon and priest made their profession of faith and oaths of freedom and fidelity. Please pray for the ordinands! Martyrs of Douai, pray for us!

The seminary community kept the bank holiday in celebratory style with a BBQ. The Union Flag bunting was especially appropriate for this typically British event: we had to run for cover as the heavens opened with a torrential, albeit brief, downpour. The seminary’s academic year came to a close with exams last week. This week […]

Allen Hall sauntered to a 17-2 victory over Blackfriars, on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oxford. The highly anticipated encounter between the historic London seminary and the Dominican community is reported to be their first meeting. Fresh from a disappointing 0-0 draw with Oscott, Allen Hall flew out of the blocks with a point to […]

On Sunday 14th April, ahead of Deaf Awareness Week, the seminary hosted a Mass in Word and Sign, in which seminarians participated with readings, bidding prayers, and hymns. Some seminarians have been learning sign language to help minister to deaf Catholics, and were pleased to be able to have social time with them after Mass. […]

May is a month especially dedicated to honouring the Holy Mother of God. Today at the seminary, the statue of Our Lady was crowned before Mass. During May we pray the Litany of Loreto daily, as well as gathering for the rosary as a community. O Mary, conceived without original sin, pray for us who […]

It was honours even as Allen Hall and Oscott football teams battled out a 0-0 draw on Wednesday afternoon at Battersea Park. After last season’s 10-1 drubbing, Oscott travelled to London with a point to prove and built a squad that the Allen Hall team couldn’t break down. A narrow pitch somewhat hindered both teams, […]

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday, after Our Lord’s words in the Gospel. He calls men to share in His priesthood as Good Shepherds, who are willing to lay down their lives for the sheep, as He was. It is a particular day of prayer for priests and vocations to […]