The Order has always made much use of his writings in forming new preachers, and has taken care to promote his thought. Interested? As usual, those attending the study week for the first time were offered an overview of Catholic theology taking Aquinas' famous Summa Theologiae as a guide. Aquinas Institute’s Summer School 2019 . The summer school is kindly supported by Buckfast Abbey. Blackfriars Hall. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. Our academic study in Blackfriars Hall is informed by a common life of friendship alongside the Dominican friars of Blackfriars Priory, and those training for the priesthood in Blackfriars Studium. Blackfriars Hall is a centre for the study of theology and philosophy informed by the intellectual tradition of St Thomas Aquinas. There is a Wi-Fi network and a computer suite. They will normally receive one tutorial per week in addition to lectures, seminars, and language classes. Highlights in Blackfriars’ social calendar include the Thanksgiving Dinner, Advent Party, a reading week in the country, the Priory Dinner and a summer garden party. As part of Blackfriars Hall in the University of Oxford, it promotes a wider and deeper knowledge of St Thomas Aquinas and of the contemporary value of his thought, within Oxford, nationally, and internationally. Registered address: Blackfriars, St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LY. This event is free and open to all. Registered address: Blackfriars, St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LY. The Aquinas Institute was established in 2004 under the directorship of Fergus Kerr. Our thanks as always go to the monastic community and staff at Buckfast for their warm hospitality.”. The English Province of the Order is a registered charity in England and Wales (231192) and in Scotland (SC039062). Saint Thomas Aquinas was without doubt the greatest Dominican theologian, and his writings have been, and are, valued by Protestants as well as Catholics, philosophers as well as theologians. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. Fr Vivian Boland took over as Director in 2008, and Fr Richard Conrad in 2014. A visiting scholar, Dr Barbara Walters, presented her research on St Thomas’ composition of the Liturgy of Corpus Christi, including his choice of music for the Office. Andrew Hofer, OP of the Dominican House of Studies titled "St. Thomas Aquinas on Divinisation’ Thursday, November 21. Our outstanding library of more than 35,000 volumes in philosophy and theology opens daily from 7.30am (8.30am at weekends) to 10pm. The Aquinas Institute was founded in 2004 under the directorship of Fr Fergus Kerr OP. The Thomistic Institute chapter at the University of Oxford presents a lecture by Fr. Blackfriars is a small, supportive and international academic community which welcomes postgraduate students (aged 21 or above) from different backgrounds and religious traditions, all of whom value our distinctive ethos. The 14th Dalai Lama visiting Blackfriars. It admits men and women of any faith for Oxford undergraduate degrees in theology schools, PPE and for a wide range of postgraduate degrees. Oxford OX1 3LY study groups, summer-schools, and lectures by internationally-renowned figures; reading classes for undergraduate and graduate students; electronic resources and printed materials; contributing to undergraduate teaching in the University and in Blackfriars Studium; offering lectures on Aquinas’ thought and legacy nationally and internationally. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. The Junior Common Room (JCR) offers a comfortable place to relax and socialise. The JCR organises frequent social events. Blackfriars, St Giles Fr Nicholas Crowe OP once again led a Summer School of the Aquinas Institute (Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University) at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. He is a regular visitor to China, where there is a growing interest in St Thomas’ thought, and where he is planning to establish an annual summer school under the Institute’s aegis. William E. Carroll is Research Fellow in Theology and Science at the Aquinas Institute of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. It is no surprise that there are several ‘Thomistic Institutes’ in the Order, and outside it, to promote the study, discussion and dissemination of St Thomas’ ideas.