Oratory Life

 

As well as caring for the parishioners of St Aloysius, the priests of the Oratory perform other pastoral roles: chaplains for Bullingdon Prison and for the Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre; teachers, chaplains and governors at St Aloysius’ School and St Gregory’s School in Oxford, at the Oratory School, Reading and at St Philip’s School in London.

Oratorians differ from diocesan priests in that they live a community life together, learning from each other and, through this, developing an ability to live with people in harmony. Improved and expanded living quarters are needed to accommodate those who want to make their lives here and those who come from abroad to learn the Oratorian way of life. Without this, new members may need to be turned away.