The following is the text of a letter sent by the Rector to the Brothers (paper copies will be available on Sunday):
The Annual Requiem Mass for departed Brothers will be sung this year by Father Prefect on Friday 4th November at 7.15p.m. in the Little Oratory. It will be followed by dinner in St. Wilfrid’s Hall. The tickets will cost £40 per head (including wine). Brothers are encouraged to bring friends and potential postulants as their guests.We need numbers and payments as soon as possible. If you wish to come to the dinner, please inform the Rector or Secretary (with mention of any special dietary requirements). Cheques made payable to ‘The London Oratory Charity’ should be sent to the Rector c/o the Oratory.
Friday, 14 October 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Serving List for October 2011
Sunday 2nd October
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Richard McCarthy & James Cross
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Godwin; Pat Roberts; Anthony O'Connor & Bernard Diver
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Dominic Bardill & Oliver McCarthy
Wednesday 5th October
St. Luigi Scrosoppi
6.30p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
Saturday 8th October
Rosary Crusade of Reparation
5.00p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Mike Frost; Oliver McCarthy & Jean Leger; Dominic Bardill & Anthony O'Connor; Philip Benzinski & Hans Coessens
Sunday 9th October
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
James Godwin & Hans Coessens
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Anthony Jeffery & St. Philip's School servers
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Mike Frost; James Godwin & Philip Benzinski
Wednesday 12th October
St. Wilfrid, Patron of our Novitiate
6.30p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Mike Frost & Jean Leger
Thursday 13th October
St. Edward, King and Confessor
6.30p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Mike Frost; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
Sunday 16th October
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Oliver McCarthy; Richard McCarthy; Dominic Bardill & James Cross
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Mike Frost & Richard McCarthy
Saturday 22nd October
12.00 Noon. Ordination of Br. Edward van den Bergh to the Priesthood:
F. Rupert & James Cross; Pat Roberts; Mike Frost & Jean Leger; James Godwin & Philip Benzinski
Sunday 23rd October
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Boy servers
11.00a.m. First High Mass of Br. Edward:
James Cross; James Godwin; Richard McCarthy & Oliver McCarthy; Dominic Bardill & Jean Leger
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Mike Frost; Philip Benzinski & James Godwin
Sunday 30th October
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
James Godwin & Anthony O'Connor
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Richard McCarthy; Oliver McCarthy; Dominic Bardill & Andrew Wilce
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Dominic Bardill
Monday 31st October
Feast of All Saints
5.30p.m. First Vespers:
F. Rupert & James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Jean Leger & Mike Frost
Monday, 19 September 2011
Officers for the year commencing September 2011
Rector:
James Godwin
Vice Rector:
James Cross
Consultors:
Timothy Ashurst
Oliver McCarthy
Exhorters:
Oliver McCarthy
Philip Benzinski
Treasurer:
Oliver McCarthy
Secretary:
Philip Benzinski
Head-Sacristan:
Philip Benzinski
Sacristans:
Andrew Wilce
Hans Coessens
Dominic Bardill
Lectors:
Anthony O'Connor
Richard McCarthy
Ceremoniere:
James Cross
Maestro di Capella:
Timothy Ashurst
Maestri di Camera:
Philip Benzinski
Andrew Wilce
Hans Coessens
Dominic Bardill
Monday, 12 September 2011
Programme for Autumn 2011
Sunday 18th September
Re-commencement of the exercises and Congregation of Elections ca. 4.30p.m. in the Little Oratory.
Thursday 29th September
Feast of the Archangels
Solemn Benediction – 7.15p.m.
Wednesday 5th October
Feast of St. Luigi Scrosoppi
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Saturday 8th October
Annual Rosary Crusade of Reparation
The Rosary procession will leave Westminster Cathedral ca. 1.45p.m. Brothers are strongly encouraged to take part in the procession from the Cathedral to the Oratory, robed. Brothers will be needed to serve Solemn Benediction at the conclusion, ca. 5.00p.m.
Wednesday 12th October
Feast of St. Wilfrid, patron of our novitiate
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Thursday 13th October
Feast of St. Edward, King and Confessor
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Saturday 22nd October
Ordination of Brother Edward Van den Bergh to the Sacred Priesthood – 12.00
Monday 31st October
First Vespers of All Saints – 5.30p.m.
Tuesday 1st November
Feast of All Saints (Holy day of Obligation)
High Mass – 6.30p.m.
Wednesday 2nd November
Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
Vespers of the Dead – 6.00p.m.
High Mass of Requiem – 6.30p.m.
Friday 4th November
Annual Mass of Requiem for departed Brothers at 7.15p.m in the Little Oratory, followed by dinner.
Sunday 20th November
Feast of Christ the King (F. Prefect’s feast)
Mass, Solemn Vespers and Benediction, and Exercises at usual Sunday times.
Tuesday 22nd November
Feast of St. Cecilia, Patroness of the Little Oratory
Mass at weekday times.
Sunday 27th November
First Sunday of Advent
Advent Musical Oratory ca. 4.30p.m in the Little Oratory (Robes) followed by tea for the junior choir and parents in St Wilfrid’s Hall.
Brothers will be needed to help prepare and assist with the tea. Any Brothers who are willing and able to assist should contact the Secretary.
N.B. The details for the Requiem for Deceased Fathers and Brothers of the Oratory will be sent once the date has been decided.
Re-commencement of the exercises and Congregation of Elections ca. 4.30p.m. in the Little Oratory.
Thursday 29th September
Feast of the Archangels
Solemn Benediction – 7.15p.m.
Wednesday 5th October
Feast of St. Luigi Scrosoppi
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Saturday 8th October
Annual Rosary Crusade of Reparation
The Rosary procession will leave Westminster Cathedral ca. 1.45p.m. Brothers are strongly encouraged to take part in the procession from the Cathedral to the Oratory, robed. Brothers will be needed to serve Solemn Benediction at the conclusion, ca. 5.00p.m.
Wednesday 12th October
Feast of St. Wilfrid, patron of our novitiate
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Thursday 13th October
Feast of St. Edward, King and Confessor
Solemn Benediction – 6.30p.m.
Saturday 22nd October
Ordination of Brother Edward Van den Bergh to the Sacred Priesthood – 12.00
Monday 31st October
First Vespers of All Saints – 5.30p.m.
Tuesday 1st November
Feast of All Saints (Holy day of Obligation)
High Mass – 6.30p.m.
Wednesday 2nd November
Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
Vespers of the Dead – 6.00p.m.
High Mass of Requiem – 6.30p.m.
Friday 4th November
Annual Mass of Requiem for departed Brothers at 7.15p.m in the Little Oratory, followed by dinner.
Sunday 20th November
Feast of Christ the King (F. Prefect’s feast)
Mass, Solemn Vespers and Benediction, and Exercises at usual Sunday times.
Tuesday 22nd November
Feast of St. Cecilia, Patroness of the Little Oratory
Mass at weekday times.
Sunday 27th November
First Sunday of Advent
Advent Musical Oratory ca. 4.30p.m in the Little Oratory (Robes) followed by tea for the junior choir and parents in St Wilfrid’s Hall.
Brothers will be needed to help prepare and assist with the tea. Any Brothers who are willing and able to assist should contact the Secretary.
N.B. The details for the Requiem for Deceased Fathers and Brothers of the Oratory will be sent once the date has been decided.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Serving List for September 2011
Sunday 4th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Godwin; Pat Roberts; Hans Coessens & Oliver McCarthy
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Hans Coessens
Sunday 11th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cooper & Parish boys
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Jean Leger & Philip Benzinski
Sunday 18th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
James Cross & Richard McCarthy
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Oliver McCarthy; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Anthony O'Connor
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Oliver McCarthy; Hans Coessens & Jean Leger
Sunday 25th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Richard McCarthy; Francis Carey; Philip Benzinski & Anthony O'Connor
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
Thursday 29th September
St. Michael & All Angels
7.15p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Hans Coessens & Jean Leger
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Godwin; Pat Roberts; Hans Coessens & Oliver McCarthy
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Hans Coessens
Sunday 11th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cooper & Parish boys
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Jean Leger & Philip Benzinski
Sunday 18th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
James Cross & Richard McCarthy
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Oliver McCarthy; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Anthony O'Connor
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Oliver McCarthy; Hans Coessens & Jean Leger
Sunday 25th September
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Richard McCarthy; Francis Carey; Philip Benzinski & Anthony O'Connor
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
Thursday 29th September
St. Michael & All Angels
7.15p.m. Solemn Benediction:
James Cross; Philip Benzinski; Hans Coessens & Jean Leger
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Books of Oratorian Interest
Following the favourable reception in 2009 of the publication of the translation of F. Agostino Manni’s Primordia Oratorii, we are pleased to announce that further titles of Oratorian interest are now available, through the same online publishing facility, either in printed form, or as downloads. The current list of titles, to which additions will be made as time permits, is as follows:
Little Daily Office of the Heart of Saint Philip
Print: £7.00
Download: £5.75
This volume contains a Little Daily Office, intended for private use only, of the Heart of Saint Philip. The texts are derived from the office composed in the nineteenth century by the Fathers of the English Oratories for the secondary feast of Saint Philip proposed by them, that of his heart, which sadly failed to gain papal approbation.
Officium Cordis Sancti Philippi Nerii
Print: £7.00
Download: £5.30
This volume contains the full texts of the draft office for a secondary feast of Saint Philip, composed in the nineteenth century by the Fathers of the English Oratories, who were endeavouring to foster more public devotion to the heart of Saint Philip, which was, as is well known, miraculously inflamed by the Holy Ghost while he was praying in the catacombs on the Vigil of Pentecost. The grant of the feast was not forthcoming, but this document is an important insight into nineteenth century English Oratorian spirituality and thought.
Devotions to St. Philip Neri
Print: £7.00
Download: £4.90
A collection of Prayers and Devotions to Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Congregation of the Oratory. This is a small devotional work.
The School of Saint Philip Neri
Print: £16.00
Download: £6.75
This major work by Father Giuseppe Crispino, a Neapolitan secular priest of the 17th century, covering all aspects of Oratorian spirituality and life, was originally translated by Father Faber in 1850. This new edition, in which Father Faber's High Victorian prose has been somewhat tempered to render it more accessible to the modern reader, also includes translations of the Latin quotations, which Faber left untranslated in his text.
Primordia Oratorii - The Beginning of the Oratory
Print: £9.50
Download: £6.00
The author of this little work, Father Agostino Manni, was a friend and companion of Saint Philip. He wrote this account of the origin of the Oratory, and of its earliest practices, at the beginning of the 17th century, shortly before the Constitutions of the Congregation of the Oratory were approved. Unedited at the time of his death, it was recently translated from a later manuscript copy in the library of the London Oratory, and provides a valuable insight into the Oratorian ethos and way of life.
All these works may be obtained from LULU Books by following this link: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Oratoriana
Little Daily Office of the Heart of Saint Philip
Print: £7.00
Download: £5.75
This volume contains a Little Daily Office, intended for private use only, of the Heart of Saint Philip. The texts are derived from the office composed in the nineteenth century by the Fathers of the English Oratories for the secondary feast of Saint Philip proposed by them, that of his heart, which sadly failed to gain papal approbation.
Officium Cordis Sancti Philippi Nerii
Print: £7.00
Download: £5.30
This volume contains the full texts of the draft office for a secondary feast of Saint Philip, composed in the nineteenth century by the Fathers of the English Oratories, who were endeavouring to foster more public devotion to the heart of Saint Philip, which was, as is well known, miraculously inflamed by the Holy Ghost while he was praying in the catacombs on the Vigil of Pentecost. The grant of the feast was not forthcoming, but this document is an important insight into nineteenth century English Oratorian spirituality and thought.
Devotions to St. Philip Neri
Print: £7.00
Download: £4.90
A collection of Prayers and Devotions to Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Congregation of the Oratory. This is a small devotional work.
The School of Saint Philip Neri
Print: £16.00
Download: £6.75
This major work by Father Giuseppe Crispino, a Neapolitan secular priest of the 17th century, covering all aspects of Oratorian spirituality and life, was originally translated by Father Faber in 1850. This new edition, in which Father Faber's High Victorian prose has been somewhat tempered to render it more accessible to the modern reader, also includes translations of the Latin quotations, which Faber left untranslated in his text.
Primordia Oratorii - The Beginning of the Oratory
Print: £9.50
Download: £6.00
The author of this little work, Father Agostino Manni, was a friend and companion of Saint Philip. He wrote this account of the origin of the Oratory, and of its earliest practices, at the beginning of the 17th century, shortly before the Constitutions of the Congregation of the Oratory were approved. Unedited at the time of his death, it was recently translated from a later manuscript copy in the library of the London Oratory, and provides a valuable insight into the Oratorian ethos and way of life.
All these works may be obtained from LULU Books by following this link: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Oratoriana
Monday, 1 August 2011
Serving List August 2011
Sunday 7th August
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Richard McCarthy; Pat Roberts; James Cross & Andrew Wilce
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Oliver McCarthy & Hans Coessens
Sunday 14th August
External Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Richard McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cooper & Parish boys
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Hans Coessens
Sunday 21st August
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Oliver McCarthy; Jean Leger & Hans Coessens
Sunday 28th August
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Richard McCarthy & Timothy Ashurst
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Oliver McCarthy; Francis Carey; Bernard Diver & Philip Benzinski
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
F. Rupert; Philip Benzinski; Richard McCarthy & Jean Leger
Tuesday 30th August
Blessed Juvenal Ancina
6.30p.m. Solemn Benediction:
F. Rupert; Philip Benzinski; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Timothy Ashurst & Anthony Jeffery
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Richard McCarthy; Pat Roberts; James Cross & Andrew Wilce
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Oliver McCarthy & Hans Coessens
Sunday 14th August
External Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Richard McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cooper & Parish boys
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; James Godwin; Philip Benzinski & Hans Coessens
Sunday 21st August
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Oliver McCarthy & James Godwin
11.00a.m. High Mass:
James Cross; Richard McCarthy; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
James Cross; Oliver McCarthy; Jean Leger & Hans Coessens
Sunday 28th August
9.00a.m. Old Rite Low Mass:
Richard McCarthy & Timothy Ashurst
11.00a.m. High Mass:
Oliver McCarthy; Francis Carey; Bernard Diver & Philip Benzinski
3.30p.m. Solemn Vespers & Benediction:
F. Rupert; Philip Benzinski; Richard McCarthy & Jean Leger
Tuesday 30th August
Blessed Juvenal Ancina
6.30p.m. Solemn Benediction:
F. Rupert; Philip Benzinski; Jean Leger & Andrew Wilce
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