Wednesday 10 February 2016
Lent at the Oratory
Full details of services and events for Lent and Holy Week may be found by clicking on the link in the 'Downloads' box on the right of this page.
Downloads
News Archive
- ▼ 2016
-
▼
2015
-
▼
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
- ▼ November
-
▼
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
- ▼ September
- ▼ August
- ▼ July
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
- ▼ April
- ▼ March
- ▼ February
- ▼ January
-
▼
December
-
▼
2014
- ▼ December
- ▼ November
- ▼ October
-
▼
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
- ▼ August
- ▼ July
- ▼ June
-
▼
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
- ▼ April
- ▼ March
- ▼ February
-
▼
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
-
▼
2013
- ▼ December
- ▼ November
-
▼
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
- ▼ September
- ▼ August
- ▼ July
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
- ▼ April
- ▼ March
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
-
▼
2012
- ▼ December
- ▼ November
- ▼ October
- ▼ September
- ▼ August
-
▼
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
- ▼ June
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
- ▼ February
- ▼ January
-
▼
2011
- ▼ December
- ▼ November
- ▼ October
- ▼ September
- ▼ August
- ▼ July
- ▼ June
- ▼ May
-
▼
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
-
▼
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
- ▼ February
- ▼ January
- ▼ 2010
-
▼
2009
- ▼ December
- ▼ November
- ▼ October
-
▼
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
- ▼ August
- ▼ July
- ▼ June
- ▼ May
-
▼
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