About this space

This is a space for reflection — on being contemplatives in the middle of the modern world, and on whatever is worth attending to closely and prayerfully.

I am Oskari Juurikkala, a Catholic priest originally from Finland, currently teaching theology in Rome.

This is me in Van Gogh style, in Tom Quad at Christ Church, Oxford:

Images

Some of the images on this site are made by an image model, and some are photographs by others, credited at the bottom of the page or beneath the piece they appear on.

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