Thursday 23 September 2010
Pushkin and the Pope
By popular request: to see a clip of the Holy Father meeting Pushkin the cat at the Birmingham Oratory, click here: Pushkin.
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April
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March
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- The Fathers & Brothers of the Oratory wish you a blessed Easter
- Maundy Thursday: The Altar of Repose
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- Paschal Candle 2018
- Our Lent Project: the Oxford LIFE House
- Br Henry becomes a Triennial
- Deacon Philip Prince R.I.P.
- Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Mario Aviles
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2017
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March
- A new Oratory in Cincinnati
- Bishop Robert's Ordination Sermon
- Some photographs of Br Oliver's Ordination to the Diaconate
- Stabat Mater
- Lent Talk — Prayer and Preaching
- “Little Acts of Love”
- Talk by Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow
- Lent Talk — The Odd Life of St Norbert and his White Canons
- Lent Talk — The School of St Philip
- Resources on Ignatian Prayer
- Fr David Hutton, Cong. Orat., R.I.P.
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2015
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December
- Catholic History of Oxford: Series Two
- Women's Oratory Christmas Dinner
- The Fathers & Brothers of the Oratory wish you all a happy and holy Christmas
- Times of Masses & Confessions - Christmas 2015
- Christmas lunch for the Homeless
- Rorate Mass
- Preparing for Christmas
- The Holy Door is opened
- The Holy Year of Mercy
- Solemn Mass for the Immaculate Conception
- Solemn First Vespers of the Immaculate Conception
- The caravan moves on
- Benemerenti
- General Improvements
- Confirmations
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October
- Confirmations in the Extraordinary Form
- Oxford Catholic History Talks
- Sermon from the Feast of Blessed John Henry Newman, our Cardinal
- Forty Hours Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - this weekend
- The Remorseful Day
- Bishop Robert Byrne's Sermon for the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the arrival of the Oratory in Oxford
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June
- Fr Stephen Morrison, O.Præm
- On Fire With Joy
- St Aloysius Gonzaga - pray for us
- Wednesday Morning Trip to Hereford
- His Grace the Archbishop leads the Corpus Christi Procession
- Performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor
- Vespers for the Year of Consecrated Life
- Oxford Catholic Handicapped Fellowship in Lourdes
- Vespers for the Order of Malta
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May
- St Philip's Day with HE Cardinal Burke
- Pictures from First Vespers of St Philip, Benediction, and Veneration of the Relic
- Photos from the Chesterton Open Day
- The visit of the Relics of Blesseds Louis and Zélie Martin
- Plenary Indulgence for St Philip's Day
- Chesterton Exhibition in our Library
- New book: St Philip Neri and the Oratory
- Living with Saint Philip
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December
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2014
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September
- Murder Mystery Dinner
- Come and Sing Messiah
- Blessed Joseph Vaz of the Oratory to be Canonised
- New film about Blessed John Henry Newman
- Monsignor Marcus Stock to be Bishop of Leeds
- Patching up the Relic Chapel
- Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Royal Visit to our Parish
- Advance Notice - the Forty Hours 2014, with a special intention
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May
- Solemn Pontifical Mass for St Philip's Day
- Solemn First Vespers of our Holy Father St Philip
- May Procession in Church
- May Procession at School
- Holy Father Saint Philip - Pray for us
- Consecration of Bishop Robert Byrne, Cong. Orat.
- Vigil for Fr Robert at the Birmingham Oratory
- Father Robert presented with a Crosier by the Parish
- Marriage Preparation Day
- St Philip's Day 2014
- Easter Fair
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January
- Youth Group Talk - The Presentation of the Lord
- Angela Sloan R.I.P.
- New painting unveiled
- Youth Group Film Night - The Way
- A new painting
- New: Publications Section
- Catholicism Series begins
- The Epiphany Ball
- Epiphany Benediction in the Crib
- Sacristan wanted
- Young Speakers win competition for the Oratory
- Epiphany at the Oratory
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2013
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October
- St Wilfrid's Website
- Fr Richard leaves for York
- Please pray for our foundation in York
- The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
- Forty Hours in the Year of Faith
- Oxford Oratory Pilgrimage to Catalonia
- The Holy Father's Message for the Beatification of the Spanish Martyrs of the Twentieth Century
- Buy Tickets now for 9th November
- Beatification of our First Martyr
- Night Walk to Littlemore
- New Youth Group
- St Anthony's Fire
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June
- Fr Daniel and Br Oliver to jump out of plane
- Wednesday Morning Group Trip
- St Aloysius' Day Party in the New Parish Centre
- Our Parish Patronal Festival. Saint Aloysius - Pray for us
- New Building: Handover
- SVP Fruit Collection
- A few more pictures of the Corpus Christi Procession
- Corpus Christi Procession 2013
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May
- Pope Francis urges all the faithful to make time for Eucharistic Adoration this Sunday.
- St Philip's Day 2013
- St Philip's Altar on his feast day
- New Building: Week 62
- Archbishop Longley to bless new Oratory building
- Abbot of Farnborough to Preach for St Philip's Day
- Three Saints in Birmingham
- Corpus Christi Procession in the Year of Faith
- Fr Michael Barber SJ to be Bishop of Oakland
- St Philip's Day, 2013
- Binsey Poplars
- Sponsored Walk through the Great Glen
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February
- Thank you, Holy Father
- The Man Who Knew Those Who Knew Chesterton
- Pilgrimage for Beatification of Ven. Salvio Huix i Miralpeix (the first Oratorian Martyr)
- Window restored
- Donating by Text Message
- New Building: Shower Trays
- New Building: Weeks 45-49
- Praying for the Pope
- Evangelium
- Victory for the Oratory
- Day of Prayer for the Church
- Costa Rica Coast to Coast Cycle
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January
- Parish Priest's Report 2012
- Evangelium Course to begin in Lent
- Mass of Inscription
- Epiphany Procession and Benediction
- New Building: Week 44 - Ceiling
- Seminarians from St Paul Minnesota
- More pictures from the Reception of the Sisters
- The Reception into full Communion with the Catholic Church of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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2012
- ▼ December
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July
- Father Edoardo Cerrato named as Bishop of Ivrea
- Dedicated Gifts: Sponsor a bedroom
- Bricks!
- New Building: Week 19 - Second floor
- New Building: Week 18 - Taking in the views
- Another Visit by the Prefect of the Vatican Library
- St Aloysius' School Arts Festival
- Catholic Women's League Celebrates 150 years since the birth of its founder.
- New Building: Week 17 - Digging Holes and Climbing Ladders
- La visite des évêques
- New Building: Week 16 - First floor
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May
- New Building: Week 11 - Office taking shape
- Solemnity of our Holy Father Saint Philip
- New building: Week 10 - More bricks
- A new performance of the Dream of Gerontius
- New Building: Week 9 - Bricks
- Solemn Mass for the English Martyrs
- New Building: Week 8 - Floors and walls
- Canonical Visitation
- Robert Hardy in Dream of Gerontius at Oxford Oratory
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April
- New Building: Week 7 - A hole in the wall
- A Cardinal Patron
- New Building: Week 6 - Asbestos and Stairs
- The Parish Census - Some Statistics
- Campaign Total: £2,124,734.23
- New Building: Week 5 - Drains and Bricks
- Priest received at St Aloysius' died on the Titanic
- 2012 Paschal Candle
- Information Functions
- New Building: Week 4 - Pumping Concrete
- New Campaign Website
- New Building: Week 3 - Still digging
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March
- Times for Holy Week 2012
- Loyal Address to Her Majesty the Queen - presented by the Archbishop of Westminster on behalf of the Catholic Church of England and Wales on the Occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of her Reign.
- Ex ore infantium et lactentium
- New Building: Week 2 - Foundations
- New Building: Week 2 - Diggers!
- New Building: Week 1
- The blessing of the Building Site
- Lent Scripture Meditations
- Blessing the building work
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2011
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April
- Royal Wedding "Street" Party
- Photos from the Dress Rehearsal of The Quality of Mercy
- The Liturgy of the Passion
- Mass of the Lord's Supper
- Receptions into the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Royal Wedding Street Party *
- 2011 Paschal Candle
- Grand Master of the Order of Malta becomes Patron of the Oratory Reaffirmation & Renewal Campaign
- A new play hails Pope John Paul II
- Oratory Campaign Passes One Third of Target
- Visit of Cardinal Mazombwe
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March
- The Quality of Mercy - rehearsals and synopsis
- Piano Recital
- The Quality of Mercy - buy tickets now!
- Saint Luigi Scrosoppi - Patron Saint of Footballers
- Br Nicholas's Ordination to the Diaconate
- Lord Patten at the Oratory
- Apostolic Nuncio to celebrate St Philip's Day Mass
- Jesus of Nazareth part II
- Our Parish Lent Project 2011
- Parking Charges in St Giles'
- Lent & Holy Week 2011
- OxCYP
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2009
- ▼ December
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September
- Papal Visit to Oxford?
- Divine Comedy Rehearsals - latest pictures!
- An Unusual View of our Church from the Radcliffe Observatory:
- "Ubi Caritas" Award for Kathleen Watson
- Fr Vincent O'Hara gives the first of three talks on the Little Flower
- SAINT THERESE ARRIVES ONE MONTH FROM TODAY: On the 7th October
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April
- Marriage Preparation Day
- Oxford Oratory Reaffirmation and Renewal Campaign
- The Fathers and Brothers of the Oratory wish you all a Happy Easter
- The Easter Vigil - celebrated by Bishop William Kenney CP
- Preparing the Church on Holy Saturday
- Resurrexit sicut dixit!
- Good Friday: Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
- Mass of the Lord's Supper on Maundy Thursday
- Chrism Mass
- Paschal Candle
- Lent Project