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From the Editor: As we reach the end of a term (hopefully in one piece), here’s a reflection on Oxford and the academic vocation by the Benetian philosopher in residence (I hear his nickname is Confucius, can’t think why…)! Perhaps it will inspire you for next term… What does Oxford […]

‘Oxford: Impressions’, by Andrei Lambert

March 8, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

From the Editor: One day later than usual, here’s a special piece by one of our Welshmen, Michal, for the Feast of St David! While you all celebrate St David’s Day today with a leek in one hand and a daffodil in the other, you may wonder who St David […]

‘St David’, by Michal Harris-Edwards

March 1, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you … this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. (Exodus 3:14-15) I When I was […]

‘This is my memorial’, by David Fenton-Smith

February 21, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

It was Michaelmas Term of my first year in Oxford. It was cold, and the wind and rain thrashed down upon the windows of Oriel chapel, whither we wended our way for the college Mass. The chapel, a simple but beautiful wood-panelled space that our own Cardinal Newman once knew […]

‘Singing is for lovers’, by Anna Fleischer

February 14, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Mt 18:20) While this line is said by Our Lord in the context of fraternal correction, since coming to Oxford, it has gained a new meaning for me. It speaks about the […]

There am I in the midst of them

February 3, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

So, here I am again! Well, I’m not quite here yet, truth be told, as I’m still at home recovering from a recent operation on my back! But after a long, exciting, and somewhat challenging year abroad, I am looking forward to being back in Oxford for my final year. […]

‘Coming Home’, by Christian Tofte

October 10, 2019 in Blog by Alexander Norris

‘In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often’ (Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine). Welcome both old and new! It is my great pleasure to introduce the Newman Society; the student […]

‘What is the Newman Society?’, by Naoise Grenham

October 9, 2019 in Blog by Alexander Norris

My name is Rebecca (but everyone knows me as simply ‘Becca’) and I’m now in my 2nd year studying Earth Sciences at the University. My first year in Catholic Oxford has been very enriching: the welcoming Chaplaincy community swiftly led me to joining the Newman Society committee as their Social Secretary for 2019. […]

A bit about me, by Rebecca Galbraith

October 8, 2019 in Blog by Alexander Norris

You will know the truth and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 If freedom merely consists in choice, then surely being a fresher at uni is the freest we’ll ever be. There can’t be many other situations in which so many different opportunities are available in one go. […]

Finding freedom as a fresher

October 6, 2017 in Blog by Alexander Norris

‘I no longer call you servants…but friends’ John 15:15 This line, I think, sums up how my faith has changed while at Oxford and how I feel God in my life. Before university, God was very much in the background; church was an obligation, an unalterable fact, but there was […]

I no longer call you servants, but friends

September 21, 2017 in Blog by Alexander Norris