Here you will find further information and helpful resources.
The shop is usually open:
Here is a selection of books by Oratorian Fathers, parishioners & friends:
Fr Michael Lang: Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual, and the Expression of the Sacred - £12.99
Fr Michael Lang: The Voice of the Church at Prayer: Reflections on Liturgy and Language - £15.50
Fr Paul Pearson: Spiritual Direction From Dante: Avoiding the Inferno - £20
Fr Jonathan Robinson: In No Strange Land (On St Philip Neri) - £13
Fr Daniel Utrecht: The Lion of Munster: The Bishop Who Roared Against the Nazis - £25
Michael Hodges: Churches of London (Anglican & Catholic) - £25
Gregory Slysz: Mary Tudor - England’s First Queen Regnant - £12.99
Robin Harris: Stepinac - His Life & Times - £20
ORGANIC SKINCARE PRODUCTS MADE BY TRAPPIST MONKS
Our shop has now expanded its monastic range to include high-quality skincare products made by the Trappist monks of Czech Abbey of Nový Dvůr, located in West Bohemia. Only the best ingredients are carefully selected by the monks, as these are essential to ensure the natural life of the products and the ability to exclude chemical preservatives. Currently we have in stock Crème Reparatrice, organic restorative face cream with wheat germ oil, and organic Lip Balm with avocado, shea butter and sweet almond oils. Products of the Nový Dvůr Abbey have Ecocert and Cosmos organic certificates, which is a guarantee of the use of quality raw materials that are kind both to sensitive skin and to the environment.
An excellent resource for the spirituality and life of the Oratory is provided by the Toronto Oratory: click here.
If you are thinking about a vocation to the Oratory, it will be best to come and see one of the Fathers during duty hours:
Monday-Friday: 9.30am-12.00pm & 3.00pm-5.30pm
Saturday: 9.30am-12.00pm & 3.00pm-5.30pm
Following the favourable reception in 2009 of the publication of the translation of Father 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. Click here for the Storefront.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
The Oratory Outreach Programme aims to bring to London the work of St Philip Neri, the sixteenth-century founder of the Roman Oratory. When St Philip arrived in Rome in 1534 he soon saw that one way to draw others to follow Christ more closely was by sending them out to assist the needy in Rome. He himself often went out on missions of mercy to help those whom, by Divine guidance, he knew needed aid. By these means and by his preaching, St Philip became known as the Second Apostle of Rome.
By volunteering through the Brompton Oratory you commit to a dual role: giving your time to those in genuine need and doing so as an ‘ambassador’ for your Faith and for the Oratory. This will be a chance to witness to the truth of our Faith by concrete deeds of love. Following St Philip’s lead and after assessing the situation we have established some main areas to concentrate on.
The Oratory encourages our parishioners to support many of the charities in our area who run important projects to support people in need, homeless and in vulnerable situation:
If you contact any of the above charities, please mention that you come via the Oratory.
We are working with the RVS to provide this service. If you are interested in this, please email John Aylward, making sure to mention that you come via the Oratory, his email address is: jeaylward@yahoo.co.uk. If you know someone who needs visiting, please email the Oratory’s main email address generalenquiries@bromptonoratory.co.uk with “Elderly Visit Request” in the subject line. Volunteers are also needed to help co-ordinate/arrange possible hospital and nursing home visits. If you would like to investigate this, please also email John Aylward.
The Oratory will work with the XLP (XLP stands for ‘The eXceL Project’) Charity. If you are interested in helping create positive futures for young people growing up on inner-city estates in London, struggling daily with issues such as family breakdown, unemployment, and educational failure. You can more details on how to volunteer at www.xlp.org.uk. If you email, please make sure to mention that you come via the Oratory.
We are looking for volunteers to help at Wandsworth Prison, supporting the Catholic chaplaincy. It would involve a pretty regular commitment helping to supervise the weekly Mass and working directly with prisoners. Volunteers would need a certain robustness of character in unfamiliar environments. If interested, please contact Dominic Sullivan at dsullivan@los.ac. There may also be the possibility to set up post-prison mentoring.
A small team assist the Fathers in this work, dealing with the homeless and other who coming seeking support. If you are interested in helping with this, please email generalenquiries@bromptonoratory.co.uk with the subject “Outreach Assisstance”.
If you would like to volunteer to help for our Christmas Lunch on Christmas Day for elderly and lonely (emails monitored September to December), please email svpxmaslunch@gmail.com.
Summer Fête (Saturday nearest to 24th June – emails monitored only April to June): please email: oratorysummerparty@gmail.com if you would like to help or donate.
This Charity was set up in 2015 with the support of the Oratory fathers but separate from the Oratory. Wilfrid's House is a BACP-accredited, registered charity committed to helping people cope with life’s challenges. On offer is a low cost 1:1 psychotherapy and life coaching for adults. Work is also done in schools, universities and other organisations https://wilfridshouse.org
“We know how much productivity is important for students. For this reason we provide 30% educational discount.:
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