Our first year BA QTS students immersed themselves in pattern and paint this week! Teach St Mary's the importance of the Creative Arts for the wider development of the whole child are deeply valued ...an important part of our teacher education programmes #PR_Art1 Teaching

Thank you all for attending the Tea Party Yesterday AMAZING turn out!! Postcards to family/friends will be sent out today to: USA Australia Austria France India Pakistan Nepal Nigeria Germany Belgium Philippines Turkey Holland Malaysia Sri Lanka St Mary's Worldwide

Everyone told us that launching a magazine out of the pandemic was ‘brave’. Well, fortune has favoured us! That and the incredible efforts of our fantastic team, who work wonders to get a high quality product out every two weeks. It’s a wonderful thing to be part of. Deo Gratias!

Welcoming Jacob Phillips to speak at our first @CCSDham seminar of the year ! On Newman…

Little review of Joel Banman's recent book on Bonhoeffer cambridge.org/core/journals/…

360 immersive learning from the historians and Hogarth's House

The Journal of #BeatlesStudies is published in association with University of Liverpool and MA The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage as a #PlatinumOpenAccess journal with no Article Publishing Charge for authors. Issue one coming soon. Find out more: bit.ly/LUPBEAT #TheBeatles

Congratulations to Bill Merrick and Tommy McGowan of Holy Name in Oakley who were awarded Benemerenti Medals on Sunday for their outstanding service to the church.

If Silicon Valley professionals are really microdosing their way into every new idea, it's no surprise that technology only ever takes people deeper inside the pod The Critic thecritic.co.uk/inside-the-box/

A brilliant visit to the National Poetry Library today with St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts English Literature students. For our Critical Theory class, students are selecting a piece of poetry (how to choose just one!!) and analysing it using New Historicism, Feminist, Reader Response or Formalist theory!!

Don’t forget to book your place at ‘The Catholic Church & International Relations’ on 8th November!stmarys.ac.uk/events/2022/11… St Mary's University St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts Politics and International Relations at St Mary's St Mary's University Chaplaincy

Jeremy Pilch welcoming a wonderfully big cohort of prospective students to the St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts

There’s still time to book your place at ‘The Catholic Church and International Relations’ on 8th November. stmarys.ac.uk/events/2022/11… St Mary's University St Mary's University Chaplaincy St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts

Jacob Phillips, Cardinal Sarah, and an edited volume on Joseph Ratzinger and African Theology 🔥

Today the Church celebrates all Saints known and unknown who fought the fight and entered into heavenly glory. My apostolate especially honors #BlackCatholic saints both known and unknown who have gone before us. Here are 2 of them saints above me in the chapel at my seminary: 🧵

This promises to be a fascinating online conference about #Mary among #AsianReligions. Please share this call for papers - and reserve the dates in your diary! Run by ISAC & Centre for Marian Studies of St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts. marianstudies.ac.uk/post/more-univ…

Suburbanise my soul to save me from pagan cod-spirituality, the magical manipulation of science, narratives of diversity projected into prehistory, and everything else under the province of “Live, Laugh and Love” thecritic.co.uk/the-suburbanis…

Today’s neuralgic issues are centered on establishing the meaning of human nature, life, communities, and religion, which means we can't look back on recent history like Smells Like Teen Spirit: “oh well, whatever, nevermind” A review for First Things firstthings.com/web-exclusives…

Enjoyed delivering a talk at Waldegrave School this morning - with a colleague from Uni of Roehampton We discussed the power of literature in forming and challenging identity. I looked at Dickens and Malthus in the 19C - with our emphasised 'New Historicist' approach at St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts

Excellent fieldtrip to the V&A Islamic Gallery, followed by a tour of The Ismaili Centre (TheIsmailiUK) with some of the St Mary's Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts first year religious studies students.