On May 1, 2015, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Fathers and Brothers: May always seems to be a more difficult month than we anticipate. We all know this at one level, but it often comes as a surprise to find Read more…
On February 6, 2015, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Fathers and Brothers: There is a story of someone who left the London Oratory because, he is reported to have said, it was Carthusianism with night prayers thrown in; and that Read more…
On December 5, 2014, Fr Philip Cleevely made the following chapter address to the community. I think one of the most striking of the maxims which St Philip gives us is for July 6th: ‘Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or gift, to keep it hidden Read more…
On November 24, 2014, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Fathers and Brothers: In the Excellences there is a passage contrasting two sort of Oratorians. One is the more stay at home sort, who is occupied with prayer and study, and Read more…
On September 19, 2014, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Fathers and Brothers: I want, this morning, to return to some of the things I said at the clothing of Brother Francis. Some of you might remember that I was concerned Read more…
The Toronto Oratory has again this year been entrusted with the formation and education of a novice for the Brisbane, Australia Oratory-in-Formation. We clothed Tyson David King in the Oratorian habit as Br. Francis on September 7, 2014. Br. Francis was born in 1989 and originally came from Albany, a Read more…
On March 21, 2014, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Fathers and Brothers: I have been talking about the role obedience plays in Oratorian life, and today I want to finish up with the topic for the time being. Writing these Read more…
On February 21, 2014, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear fathers and brothers: Fr Newman said that to live is to change. While Fr Faber said that all change is for the worse, even when it is change for the better. Read more…
On October 4, 2013, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear Father and Brothers: I think that one difficulty in reaching a clear idea of what obedience should mean in the Oratory is that we go about looking for an understanding of Read more…
On December 6, 2013, Fr Jonathan Robinson, the Provost, made the following chapter address to the community. My dear fathers and brothers: Last time I gave you a couple of reflections on the role of the Father in the Oratory. I said that St Philip’s maxim that he who would Read more…