All Souls’ Day
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11, 2019
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10, 2019
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10, 2019
Opening of the Cardinal Newman Museum
For information about visiting the Museum of St John Henry Cardinal Newman, see here.
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10, 2019
Salve Fundator, Pater et Magister
Some saints stand alone. We appreciate their heroism without reference to their antecedents. Think of St Teresa of Calcutta. We recall her loving care for the poorest of the poor before we remember that she was Albanian. Or Padre Pio. We remember that he was a mystic and a stigmatist before we think of which branch of the Franciscans [...]
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10, 2019
The Canonisation of Our Cardinal
On Sunday, 13 October 2019, Cardinal Newman was canonised by Pope Francis at St Peter's Square. In addition to the canonisation itself, the occasion was celebrated with a vigil of prayer and celebratory concert at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major, a Musical Oratory at the Chiesa Nuova and a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Archbasilica of St [...]
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10, 2019
A Long Discipleship
Preached by the Father at the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by His Eminence, Cardinal Nichols at the London Oratory on Thursday, 17 October. Divine providence helped John Henry Newman to follow Saint Philip's Neri's admonition to those who wished to become holy: be humble and stay low. After The Parting of Friends in 1843, Mr Newman was no [...]
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09, 2019
Newman’s Canonisation
None of us has any doubt that the canonization of John Henry Newman is going to bring manifold graces to the universal Church. Once he is declared a saint he no longer belongs exclusively to the Oratories he founded in England. Saints belong to the whole Church. Saints are canonized for the good of the whole Church. I am certain [...]
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07, 2019
Regina cleri, ora pro nobis
The Blessed Virgin Mary is personally involved in the unfolding of God’s plans for every single human soul. The Almighty has chosen to involve her in everything to do with the salvation of the human race. Our blessed Lady's ongoing role in the economy of redemption was one of the reasons she was taken to heaven at the end [...]
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07, 2019
Brothers’ Rednal Day
Last Saturday the Brothers of the Little Oratory visited the Oratory House at Rednal for our annual picnic. We began with the spiritual exercises in the chapel built by Cardinal Newman, followed by lunch and recreation. The Brothers of the Little Oratory welcomes all men over 18. We meet for prayers on Sundays at 3.15 (resuming in September), followed by [...]
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06, 2019
Jesus is Lord
In the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost Spirit we are given a glimpse of God's plans for humanity's future. Part of that plan is the merciful reversal of the tragic diversity of human tongues, that curse imposed by heaven when human pride attempted to construct the tower of Babel. At Pentecost, that curse is reversed, and the healing [...]