On September 1, the Very Rev. Provost Paul Pearson clothed Fr Eric and Br Augustine in the habit of St Philip, and they thus began their noviciates at the Toronto Oratory. Fr Eric was born in Peterborough in 1987 and is the eldest of six siblings. After obtaining a B.A. Read more
On August 11, the Very Rev. Provost Paul Pearson clothed Br Giles in the habit of St Philip, and he thus began his noviciate at the Toronto Oratory. Br. Giles was born in Sudbury in 1999, and attended Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College where he obtained a Bachelor of Read more
On the feast of St John Henry Newman, we celebrated a sung Mass, at which Br Jeffrey, having completed his three year Oratorian noviciate and been fully incorporated into the community, received candidacy, an initial stage on his path to ordination. Br Bruno also, who received candidacy earlier in the Read more
Br Bruno Hegedüs completed his noviciate and on the afternoon of Oct 6, the feast day of St Bruno, was incorporated as a triennial member of the Toronto Oratory. The following is the Father’s address on the occasion. Aggregation of Br Bruno Hegedüs (October 6, 2022) The ceremony of Clothing a Read more
On August 14, the Very Rev. Provost Paul Pearson clothed Br Bernard in the habit of St Philip, and he thus began his noviciate at the Toronto Oratory. Br Bernard was born in 1996 and grew up in Strathmore, Alberta. His love of the humanities began in high school and Read more
On the feast of St John Henry Newman, October 9, the Very Rev. Provost Paul Pearson clothed Br Jeffrey Sullivan in the habit of St Philip, and he thus began his noviciate at the Toronto Oratory. Jeffrey Sullivan was born in 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario. Interested from an early age Read more
…He resolved to create me, such as I am…Unnumbered possible creatures, which God saw when He chose me, He left to remain in their nothingness…They might have been higher, holier, and more interesting. But there was some nameless thing about me that He preferred…It was just me, with my individual Read more
It is not by the enthusiasm of the multitude, or by political violence, – it is not by powerful declamation, or by railing at authorities, that the foundations are laid of religious works. It is not by sudden popularity, or by strong resolves, and demonstrations, or by romantic incidents, or Read more
The Toronto Oratory once again has the privilege of being entrusted with the formation and education of a novice for the Oratory-in-Formation in Brisbane, Australia. Hưng Nguyễn, clothed as Br. John Henry on September 9th 2018, is presently making his canonical noviciate with us. Br. John Henry worked as an 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