The Priory of the Holy Cross is home to a community of Dominican friars, serving a large parish in the city centre and a Mass station at the village of Woodhouse in a 14th-century chapel.
The Dominican friars are active in the local community, including the nearby hospital, prison and schools, and provide chaplaincy for Catholic students at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University.
The friars are also active in outreach and education, including speaking on local radio, hosting the Leicester Theological Society, and teaching at seminaries and institutes of higher learning, such as Blackfriars, Oxford.