Vita communis, maxima mortificatio; Three New Novices

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

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The Desire for Solitude; Clothing of Tyson King

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

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A House of Prayer; Clothing of Shawn Murphy

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

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