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  Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly but incorrectly known as the Brompton Oratory, is a church in Knightsbridge, London.
It is situated on Brompton Road, next to the Victoria and Albert Museum, at the junction with Cromwell Gardens.
The Church belongs to and is served by the Congregation of Oratorians.
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 Brompton - LoveToKnow 1911
BROMPTON, a western district of London, England, in the south-east of the metropolitan borough of Kensington.
Brompton Road, leading south-west from Knightsbridge, is continued as Old Brompton Road and Richmond Road, to join Lillie Road, at which point are the District and West London railway stations of West Brompton.
The Oratory of St Philip Neri, commonly called Brompton Oratory, close by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Brompton consumption hospital and the West London or Brompton cemetery are included in this district, which is mainly occupied by residences of the better class.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brompton   (127 words)

  
 Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive
The Fathers of the Oratory need not trouble: they have maintained the traditional practice of celebrating Mass facing the altar with the people, and have had the courage of their convictions.
Mass is celebrated at the Oratory in the vernacular and in Latin.
The garden of the Oratory House, one of the largest inner London private gardens, hosts a variety of stalls and activities, organised and staffed by parishioners and the many parish organisations.
www.ad2000.com.au /articles/1993/nov1993p13_815.html   (1382 words)

  
 Catholic Parishes Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It is the church of a community of priests called "The Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri" or Oratorians.
He used to say "My sons, be devoted to the Madonna." This is why the founding Fathers of the London Oratory wanted their new church to be dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Father Wilfrid Faber(1814-1863) was the founder, under Newman, of the London Oratory.
www.catholicparishes.net /UK/lon/thelondonOratory/default.asp   (1217 words)

  
 Brompton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brompton Bicycle is an English folding bicycle manufacturer
Brompton, South Australia, a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia
Brompton (Sherbrooke), a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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 Brompton Oratory: London's liturgical oasis
The London Oratory on Brompton Road - often called the Brompton Oratory - is one of London's Catholic landmarks.
It is true that the London Oratory has certain advantages: a vast and impressive building in a fashionable part of London, a professional choir that produces recordings of Mozart and Palestrina, a committed team of priests, a good financial base.
On the Sunday morning, another children's choir sings at 10am: this is the Oratory Church Junior Choir, made up of girls and boys who volunteer their services, committing themselves to a rigorous program of lessons, rehearsals, and Mass, week by week throughout the year.
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 Brompton Bikes : The Company
He thought he could do better and came up with a fresh approach: it looked promising and he managed to obtain backing from a few friends to produce prototypes, and the company, Brompton Bicycle, was formed.
In due course prototypes 1, 2 and 3 appeared (all made in Andrew's bedroom in a flat in London, overlooking the Brompton Oratory - hence the name "Brompton") and he started canvassing industry in search of a licensee.
Brompton users have by and large been most enthusiastic, many finding that it offers a completely new way for travelling about, and now, with customers worldwide increasingly discovering the usefulness and fun of the Brompton concept, the future looks very promising.
www.bromptonbicycle.co.uk /index.cfm?fuseaction=thecompany.history   (588 words)

  
 Brompton Oratory, London
The Brompton Oratory is officially the London Oratory of St Philip Neri.
It is served by secular priests of the Institute of the Oratory, founded in Rome by St Philip Neri in 1575 and introduced into England in 1847 by Cardinal Newman.
The Oratory is noted for organ recitals (the organ has almost 4,000 pipes) and for its fine choral performances.
www.planetware.com /london/brompton-oratory-gb-l-bo.htm   (202 words)

  
 Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The school's close association with the Oratory places it in a strong, if not unique, position to provide this form of specialist education and to contribute to the development of traditional liturgical music.
The partnership between the Oratory and the school provides ideal opportunities for the school to train boys within the context of a living tradition and liturgy.
The Oratory in London is part of a dynamic liturgical and musical tradition which goes back to the sixteenth century when the first Oratory was established in Rome at the time of the Counter-Reformation.
www.london-oratory.org /prospectus_04/introd/introd.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Brompton Road and The Oratory, England royalty-free image
The Brompton Oratory, or the Church of the Oratory, is served by secular priests of the institute of the Oratory, founded by St. Philip Neri at Rome in the 16th century.
Adjoining the church is the Oratory House, in front of which is a statue of Cardinal Newman (1801-90), by Chavalliaud (1896).
CROMWELL ROAD, which continues the line of Brompton Road due west, past the Natural History Museum (Walk 41), is a street of substantial residences and private hotels, deriving its name from a vanished house of Henry Cromwell, son of the Protector.
www.gardenvisit.com /travel/london/bromptonroadoratory.htm   (517 words)

  
 Brompton Oratory - Paul Martin Wedding Photography
Brompton Oratory is is conveniently situated on Brompton Road, near to Knightsbridge and Central London
Paul Martin has given Brompton Oratory a rating of * * * out of 5 for indoor photography and a rating of * * out of 5 for outdoor photography.
Brompton Oratory is a very large Cathedral, abundant in ornate features in it's archietecture.
www.pmjphotography.co.uk /cgi-bin/show_location.pl?id=150   (319 words)

  
 Vincentians Australia Studies Oratory
Brompton in London, later became independent, not only because that is what an Oratory did, but because it could not let Birmingham stay so very English.
The life of an Oratory is said to be built with regard for "well known faces"(3).
The French Oratories, with all their tendencies to be centrally controlled by de Bérulle would have had Neri's wishes and concepts known to them, if not near to them.
www.vincentians.org.au /vinstudiesorat.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Brompton Oratory, London SW7: tourist information from TourUK
The Brompton Oratory was established by John Henry Newman, who was later to become Cardinal Newman.
Most of the eye-catching treasures of Brompton Oratory predate the building and many of the pieces were actually transported to London from Italian churches.
During the Cold War the Brompton Oratory was used by the KGB as a dead letter box.
www.touruk.co.uk /london_churches/bromptonoratory_church1.htm   (309 words)

  
 Hidden City: Brompton Road Tube Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Despite being next to the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Brompton Road was another Piccadilly Line station closed due to low traffic.
In 1972 Brompton Road was widened, leading to the demolishion of the larger part of the station building, its replacement by the white-fronted facade seen in these photographs, taken in September 2000.
As at Down Street, the screen walls on the platform were not removed, and so all that is noticable at track-level is a brief change to open brickwork on the right of the train, and very grimy tiles on the left.
www.cwgcuser.org.uk /personal/hiddenc/brts.htm   (186 words)

  
 Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "Brompton"
People in consumptions were formerly ordered to Brompton, and here in 1846 was erected the first wing of present Consumption Hospital.
Brompton.—was at one time almost exclusively the artist quarter and is still largely frequented by the votaries of the brush and chisel, though of late years Belgravia has been encroaching upon its boundaries, and Belgravian rents are stealing westward.
Since the fields have been covered with rows of splendid houses a considerable portion of what was once Brompton has thrown off its former name, and taken that of South Kensington.
www.victorianlondon.org /districts/brompton.htm   (305 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thomas Wingham
At about the same period he obtained the post of choirmaster at the Brompton Oratory.
Wingham's sound musicianship and ability were soon proved by the artistic excellence for which the performances at the Oratory became known during his incumbency.
He was the artistic pioneer who prepared the way for the musico-liturgical conditions which have since followed.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15657a.htm   (170 words)

  
 Victorian London - Publications - History - The Queen's London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, ...
The Oratory at Brompton is one of the most splendid churches in London, and by far the most impressive of all those in the metropolis belonging to the Roman Catholics.
It is situated in the Brompton Road, east of the South Kensington Museum.
Italian Renaissance in style, the church of the Oratory is remarkable for its superb marble columns and altar rails, its vaulted dome, its mosaics, and its carvings in wood and stone.
www.victorianlondon.org /ql/queenslondon41.htm   (191 words)

  
 CNP Articles - Brompton Oratory Has Lessons for Parishes
The London Oratory on Brompton Road -- often called the Brompton Oratory -- is one of London's Catholic landmarks.
This Oratory church could be a vast white elephant, a giant baroque edifice redolent of faded glory just the sort of place that people say has no role in modern life.
It is notable that it is at the Brompton Oratory where the Novus Ordo is done as it should be done and attracts vast crowds that the Tridentine Rite is also, Sunday by Sunday, not merely tolerated but fostered and valued, advertised on the notice-board and treated as part of the parish life.
www.canticanova.com /articles/liturgy/art9s1.htm   (1410 words)

  
 The Mystery Worshipper: Brompton Oratory, South Kensington, London
For example, though there are many side altars and statues of saints (including a brass one of Peter, its big toe well worn from loyal kisses), there is no excessive sentimentality, and no statues which are not marble or metal.
The church: Brompton Oratory provides a good many worship services, in styles ranging from old rite to solemn high Latin Sunday mass to simple daily low mass.
The priests may not be as generally engaging and charming as I have heard the Oratory's founder, Filippo Neri, was (though I doubt Fr.
ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2002/558Mystery.html   (739 words)

  
 London Oratory - Historic London Churches
As remarkable as the Oratory is to the eye of the beholder, it seems equally remarkable that Gribble was selected as the architect of the church.
As impressive as the interior of the London Oratory is to behold, it is the extraordinary interior that causes the observer's breath to catch in his or her throat.
The figures of the 12 apostles in the nave were carved for Siena cathedral in 1680 and the Lady Chapel boasts an altar and reredos from the late 17th century.
www.britainexpress.com /London/London_Oratory.htm   (562 words)

  
 Churches in the Royal Borough
Brompton Oratory, Brompton Road, Kensington was built in 1882.
One of the altars came from the Dominican Church in Brescia, another from St Servatius at Maastricht, and yet another from the original London Oratory.
Holy Trinity Brompton, was built 1826-29 to designs by T L Donaldson with later extensions.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /InterestingPlaces/Churches/default.asp   (641 words)

  
 BBC News | EDUCATION | London Oratory: A high profile school   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The London Oratory School, situated in well-heeled Fulham, south-west London, is regarded as one of the top secondary schools in the capital.
Its roots stretch back to almost 140 years ago, when the Fathers of the London Oratory in Brompton established a school in Chelsea to provide an education for Roman Catholic children in the area.
The Oratory's admissions policy gives priority to pupils from a solidly Roman Catholic background, and parents are interviewed to assess their commitment to the church.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/1055510.stm   (397 words)

  
 Dead Letter Boxes And Deadly Deceit In Brompton! - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
Situated next to the V&A, the serene Oratory was the site of many 'drops' of top secret intelligence during the cold war.
The Brompton area was a popular haunt for spies and their handlers during the cold war period.
As you approach the church from the Brompton Road, bear to your left and in the corner there is a small statue of St Francis of Assisi.
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout/TRA14010.html   (881 words)

  
 The Oratorian Online
After the troubles of 2002 (namely tube strikes, foul weather) it was good to see that attendance was back up to those of earlier masses.
I should like to thank the Fathers of the Brompton Oratory for allowing us to hold the Mass in the Little Oratory.
My thanks also go to Dora Nash for organising the whole evening and making it the occasion it is. Finally, but by no means least, my thanks to the School prefects for their sterling work as ushers and bar staff.
www.oratorian.org.uk /27requiemmass.htm   (99 words)

  
 A Religious Pilgrimage to England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On Sunday, I visited Brompton Oratory, which is in the Kensington area of London.
The Oratory has a regular Sunday Tridentine Mass, which is usually held in the "Little Oratory," which is on the grounds of the Brompton Oratory.
So their maintainence of a practice with such evident spiritual benefits is one more reason to congratulate the Brompton Oratory, rather than a cause for criticism.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1223615/posts   (3020 words)

  
 Welcome to the Church of Our Saviour, NYC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Many of the hymns most familiar to the English-speaking world were written by in the nineteenth century by Cardinal Newman, Father Caswell and Father Faber, all of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
When Saint Philip started the Congregation of the Oratory in Rome he promoted the singing of "laudi" which were songs in Italian with attractive tunes to encourage the praise of God and knowledge of doctrine.
Father Faber founded the London Oratory (popularly known as the "Brompton Oratory") which has some of the finest music sung in the Catholic world.
www.oursaviournyc.org /gwr/2002/gwr_may_5_2002.shtml   (527 words)

  
 The Observer | Business | The bicycle that turned into folding money
No, it will never be on the scale of a Raleigh, which in its heyday was producing a million frames a year and whose bikes are now imported.
But since its inception, Brompton has made almost 100,000 of its distinctive 'folders'.
Brompton has been Ritchie's life: 'I have worked bloody hard.
observer.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,6903,1543939,00.html   (1239 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Brompton Oratory is one of the largest churches in London, and it is without question the most beautiful church I have ever been in.
The choir was in a recess set in the back right of the church, but owing to the exquisite acoustics, the sound filled the entire oratory, completely enfolding you (and I do not use this word casually) in the majesty of the music.
In Aimee and Richard’s case, I know that the Oratory was where Richard attended church in elementary school, and it was a place Aimee found very beautiful.
www.ender.com /~jolinn/london/wedding.html   (643 words)

  
 ORATORY BAROQUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A FESTIVAL OF BAROQUE MUSIC In 1853 the Fathers of the Brompton Oratory built the beautiful Little Oratory to be their private chapel, and last autumn they undertook a detailed restoration.
This year John McGreal, Organist of the Brompton Oratory, will be joined (amongst others) by Sophie Yates, Stephen Devine and Nicholas Parle.
Please come to the Oratory in South Kensington, London, to hear ensembles and harpsichord soloists who specialise in the performance of baroque music.
www.harpsichord.org.uk /guests/Oratory/oratory.htm   (183 words)

  
 The Mystery Worshipper: Brompton Oratory, London
The church: London Oratory, Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, South Kensington, London (Brompton Oratory).
The neighbourhood: The Victoria & Albert Museum to the west, Holy Trinity Brompton to the north (about 50 metres beyond the high altar when faced from the nave) and an old, unused tube station to the west.
Five clergy dressed in red and gold csopes, with a small army of servers assisting.
www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2001/331Mystery.html   (640 words)

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