Holy Family Parish has received new art in the sanctuary of the Church. The artist, Ken Woo, is directing the work, which is being donated by generous benefactor. The work is inspired by the Sienese iconographic tradition. The most prominent feature is the Crucified Lord. He is flanked by our Read more
On the Feast of the Assumption, Monday, August 15, 2016, the Very Rev. Provost Jonathan Robinson clothed three new Oratorian novices in the Fathers’ chapel of the Toronto Oratory. The three new novices completed their postulancy at the Oratory in the summer and thus entered their first probation for the Read more
On Sunday, September 6, 2015, the Very Rev. Provost Jonathan Robinson clothed three new Oratorian novices in the Fathers’ chapel of the Toronto Oratory. One of the new novices, Brother Mathew, completed his postulancy at the Toronto Oratory this summer and thus entered his first probation for the Toronto Oratory. 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
After a month’s postulancy, a candidate enters the novitiate by receiving the habit of St Philip before the assembled community. This we call his clothing. The Provost usually addresses us on these occasions, offering reflections on the beginning of an Oratorian vocation. Br Shawn Murphy is a young Australian who Read more