You may have been wondering when we were going to see the first bricks of our new building - well, wonder no more, here they are!
Actually, er, they are sample bricks, to satisfy the planners that the colour of our new building will not clash horribly with what went before. The red ones will blend in with the old school building, and the yellow ones match the facade of the Church. Difficult to compare clean new bricks with slightly grubby old ones, but they look convincing, don't they?
We shall want rather a lot. someone suggested 60,000 of them altogether. But if 60,000 people wanted to buy a brick at a pound a go, that would cover the cost of transporting them, laying them, and all.
So contributions, singly or in six-packs, to the Oxford Oratory Appeal (JustGiving button, or however you like) would all be gracefully accepted.
Meanwhile, those of you who have already sponsored the walkers who visited the Three Oratories can fulfil your pledges by callling in at the Porters' Lodge, where they have a list of names.
