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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
Admission to the congregation is also by election and the candidate must be "natus ad institutum", between the ages of eighteen and forty, and possessed of sufficient income to maintain himself.
Under Napoleon I the Oratory was in various places despoiled and suppressed, but the congregation recovered and, after a second suppression in 1869, again revived; many of its houses still exist.
The institute of the English congregation is substantially that of the Roman.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11272a.htm   (1638 words)

  
 oratory. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Oratory first appeared in the law courts of Athens and soon became important in all areas of life.
During the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation, oratory was generally confined to the church, which produced such soul-searing orators as Savanorola, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox.
The particular effectiveness of great oratory was movingly demonstrated in 1963 when the civil-rights leader Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech to an audience of 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., and to millions more listening to him on radio and watching him on television.
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 AllRefer.com - Oratory, Congregation of the (Roman Catholic Orders And Missions) - Encyclopedia
The purpose of the oratory is to raise local religious standards.
The best-known oratory of the English-speaking world is probably that of John Henry Newman, who introduced it to England as a means of extending the church there.
There are Congregations of the Oratory in the United States at Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Yarnell, Arizona.
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 SAINT LUIGI (ALOYSIUS) SCROSOPPI, of the Oratory
The first, unofficial, regrouping took place in 1842, and in 1846 the Oratory was formally reopened, with the surviving Fathers from the suppression of 1810 returning to their house and church.
In 1856, F. Luigi was elected Provost of the Oratory and found himself the superior of a group of six priests.
Soon after his election the fortunes of the Udine Oratory took a turn for the worse, and as there were no local vocations, Fathers were lent from other houses in order to support all the works that were going on.
www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk /scrosopp.htm   (1376 words)

  
 The Catholic Center - Articles
In 1575, Pope Gregory XIII officially recognized this group of priests and brothers as a new institute in the Church, the Congregation of the Oratory.
While a man coming to the Oratory must have the intention to remain in his particular community until death, there are no external bonds keeping the man in the community.
Once established by the Holy See a congregation of the Oratory is a permanent fixture in the life of the Church.
www.catholic-center.rutgers.edu /article2.html   (658 words)

  
 The Oratorian Congregation in Udine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Oratory – originally the apostolic work of St. Philip Neri (1515-1595), which he began in Rome and in the service of which the Congregation of the Fathers, precisely of the Oratory, was born, - was present in the city since 1629.
In 1658 the Congregation was established there and in its history there are many outstanding examples of Fathers who were involved in the Christian formation of the laity, in the animation of various works of charity and in the promotion of culture.
The Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip was thus totally restored in Udine.
www.scrosoppi.it /en/08.htm   (760 words)

  
 CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI - LoveToKnow Article on CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI
The first congregation was formally organized in 1575 by the Florentine priest, Philip Neri.
See: CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI at LoveToKnow.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORATORY_OF_ST_PHILIP_NERI_CONGREGATION_OF_THE.htm   (107 words)

  
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The Church of the Birmingham Oratory is dedicated to Mary and called the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
The Oratory - This is not the name of the church, although the church is probably known by this name.
Men enter the Congregation of the Oratory with the intention of studying and working in the same place all their lives.
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French Congregation of the Oratory Founded in Paris at the beginning of the seventeenth century by Cardinal Pierre de Berulle (q.v.), who, in Bossuet's words, "made glisten in the Church of France the purest and most sublime lights of the Christian priesthood and the ecclesiastical life".
Philip had wished, so also the French Oratory was solely for priests; the members were bound by no vows except those of the priesthood, and had for sole aim the perfect fulfillment of their priestly functions.
The supreme authority of the congregation is vested in the superior-general (elected for life) and in the general assemblies convoked regularly every three years -- or extraordinarily immediately on the resignation or death of a general.
www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/11274A.TXT   (1482 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: French Congregation of the Oratory
The Congregation of the Oratory is not a teaching order; Oratorians have directed many colleges, notably de Juilly; but neither this nor instruction in seminaries was ever the sole object of the congregation, though it was the first to organize seminaries in France according to the ordinances of the Council of Trent.
During his generalship the congregation was greatly disturbed by the troubles of Jansenism.
One must note, however, that the last two were forced to leave the congregation where they had been trained -- the former on account of the rashness of his exegesis, the latter in consequence of his Jansenistic tendencies.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11274a.htm   (1327 words)

  
 A History of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd
The Oratory neither makes any claim on the capital of its members, nor requires that the income of all members shall be shared in common, though provision is made for the establishment of a common purse where circumstances allow.
Indeed, although much has changed in the Oratory since it was written, it expressed once for all the spirit by which the brethren have tried to rule their lives, and the ideal which has been before them in their ministry.
The fate of the Oratory House was again in the balance, and, after a long discussion, the General Chapter decided that it was no longer practicable to keep it, and that it should be offered to one of the established religious communities for men.
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The Congregation of the Oratory instituted by Saint Philip Nerius, enured rather by practice, than bound by laws, had no peculiar rule according to the custom of Religious persons, by which to direct their consultations in managing affairs.
None can be expelled the Congregation, unless first all the Priests that have lived ten years therein (reckoning from the day wherein they were admitted to their first probation) meet together, and every one give his vote, and that two parts of three determine it to be done.
None under ten years standing in the Congregation may go out of the house without the Presidents leave: for after three years standing to that time the President either himself, or by some other, is wont to take the particular care of these (especially such as are not yet Priests) for their progress in virtue.
www.kath.net /sw-server/neri/constitution.htm   (7524 words)

  
 Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music | Vol. 9 No. 1 | Arnaldo Morelli: The Chiesa Nuova in Rome around 1600: Music for ...
Even though this congregation is usually thought of in the context of the movements that arose from the Counter-Reformation climate of the Roman Catholic Church, it presents numerous elements of originality and autonomy that characterize it within the framework of the religious movements born in that historical period.
In the Roman Oratory the choice of a sober style that was nonetheless efficacious in its didactic and edifying aims was, without a doubt, made in a deliberate and conscious manner.
In this case, the Oratorians would hold firm to the hierarchical distinction between church and oratory, distinguishing clearly between the two in their architectural and decorative aspects: marble for the church facade and brickwork for the oratory; frescoes and gilded stuccoes for the church interior, white stucco and whitewash for the interior of the oratory.
sscm-jscm.press.uiuc.edu /jscm/v9/no1/Morelli.html   (4348 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pierre de Berulle
Cardinal, and founder of the French congregation of the Oratory, born in the province of Champagne, France, at the château of Cérilly, 4 February, 1575; died October, 1629.
FRENCH CONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY.) In speaking of the French Oratorians it should be remembered that from this congregation proceeded the seventeenth-century reform of the clergy of France.
While filling the office of Superior-General of the Oratory Father de Bérulle was also actively employed in the public affairs of the time; for example, in the arrangements for the marriage of Charles I of England with Henrietta of France, sister of Louis XIII.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02524b.htm   (665 words)

  
 CJMHistory
To do so, he left the Oratory and, on March 25, 1643, with a few other priests, founded a congregation dedicated to the spiritual and doctrinal formation of priests and candidates to the priesthood, while pursuing the work of parish missions.
Thus, the Congregation of Jesus and Mary was born.
In 1984,the Congregation is present in eight countries with its members assigned to four provinces, namely: the French Province (France, Ivory Coast, Bénin), the Colombian Province (Colombia, Ecuador), the North American Province (Canada, United States) and the Venezuelan Province.
www.eudistes.org /cjmhisto.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Articles - Philip Neri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Oratory chiefly spread in Italy and in France, where in 1760 there were 58 houses all under the government of a superior-general.
It fell in the crash of the Revolution, but was revived by Père Pététot, curé of St Roch, in 1852, as the "Oratory of Jesus and the Immaculate Mary"; the Church of the Oratory near the Louvre belongs to the Reformed Church.
In 1849 a second congregation was founded in King William Street, Strand, London, with FW Faber as superior; in 1854 it was transferred to Brompton.
www.storegolf.com /articles/Philip_Neri   (1364 words)

  
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THE Congregation of the Oratory, the core community, is composed of laymen, deacons, and priests.
THE Congregation of the Oratory is unique in the Catholic Church.
THE government of the Congregation is democratic and major decisions are shared by the whole community.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Oratory Congregation of the
Oratory, Congregation of the, name of two Roman Catholic religious associations.
In 1842 Newman retired from Oxford to the neighbouring village of Littlemore, where he passed three years in seclusion, writing at this time a formal...
Rhetoric, in its broadest sense, theory and practice of eloquence, whether spoken or written.
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 Santo Padre Felipe
A great number of the Congregations of the Oratory disappeared in Europe, especially in the southern countries, because of the Napoleonic storm, in the same way it happened to many other ecclesiastic institutions.
Because of that storm, the Sacred Congregation for Religious sent in 1927 a canonical visitation to the Roman Oratory and the same Schuster was appointed for it.
"the Congregations of the Oratory, united to one another by the bond of charity, are bound together into a Confederation"(§1) "so that the Congregations might help each other effectively, while preserving their original autonomy", describes the figure and tasks of the Procurator General in §§54‑62.
www.oratorio.org.mx /english/ibiblioteca/iroma2000/inotashis.html   (2068 words)

  
 Venerable Baronius
Almost as soon as he came to the Eternal City, with the vague hope of securing the patronage of a Cardinal, this earnest and rustic youth from the provinces had been taken to the Oratory where he was introduced to Philip, who affectionately called him "The Barbarian".
In 1578, Baronius moved to Santa Maria in Vallicella (the Chiesa Nuova) which had been given to Philip and the Congregation of the Oratory by Gregory XIII three years before.
SERIOUS ILLNESS finally forced St. Philip to resign as Superior of the Roman Oratory, and in July, 1593 Baronius was chosen as Provost by unanimous vote.
members.aol.com /philipneri/history/baronius.htm   (307 words)

  
 Vincentians Australia Studies Oratory
After that date, all houses calling themselves Congregation of the Oratory were to be on the Roman pattern of One House = One Congregation.
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.
Those members of the Congregation of the Mission who speak of the many ways we follow the pattern of the Jesuits, will be interested in noting that although the Oratory may well have been the first Community Vincent stayed in, it was to the Jesuits that he turned.
www.vincentians.org.au /vinstudiesorat.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Testimony of Scott P. Richert Regarding Local Landmark Designation for St. Mary Oratory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The congregation at St. Mary Oratory, which has given deeply of its time, effort, and money to restore the church, continues to place its trust in Bishop Doran.
Catholic across the country and around the world know of the miracle at St. Mary Oratory; they poured out their support when they believed it was endangered back in September; and some have even moved to Rockford in order to worship there.
As Catholics, we, the congregation at St. Mary Oratory, have a faith in Bishop Doran that is the same as the faith a child has in his father.
www.chroniclesmagazine.org /News/Richert/NewsSPR120203test.html   (868 words)

  
 Our Sunday Visitor's Faith Matters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
-- Missionary, founder of the Congregation of the Oratory, the so-called Apostle of Rome.
He conducted religious discussions for young men, and he was supported by priests and laypersons, who made it possible for him to lay the groundwork for what became the Congregation of the Oratory.
Approval for the congregation was granted in 1575 by Pope Gregory XIII (r.
www.osv.com /faithmatters/LeaderGuide/stphilipneri.asp   (420 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Oratory Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Ryan Catholic Newman Center is the Catholic Campus Ministry that serves the students, faculty and staff of the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Chatham College.
The ministry is staffed by priests of the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (commonly called the "Oratorians") and a Sister of Divine Providence.
The Congregation of The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
www.andrew.cmu.edu /user/oratory   (598 words)

  
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1564; Sistine Chapel 1541 - establishing the Congregation of the Oratory for the purposes of prayer, preaching and administering the Sacrament.
Pope Gregory X111 gave Neri the old Church of St Maria in Vallicella as a base, and it was here that the Congregation of the Oratory was formed.
The modern revival of the Oratory can be dated from John Henry Newman's decision to found the Congregation of the Oratory in England.
www.bfcs.org.uk /Oratorians.htm   (398 words)

  
 Malebranche   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Congregation of the Oratory of Jesus and Mary Immaculate, also called the Bérulliens, was founded by Pierre de Bérulle in 1611.
De Bérulle was a friend of Descartes and by the time Malebranche studied at the Oratory its teaching were strongly based on Descartes' philosophy.
Malebranche became professor of mathematics at the Congregation of the Oratory from 1674.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Malebranche.html   (1339 words)

  
 The Mystery Worshipper: St Philip Neri, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Assisting the Bishop were the church's pastor, the Rev. John P. Giuliani, C.O. (Congregation of the Oratory), the Rev. Fabio Refosco, C.O., the Rev. Joseph Pearce, C.O., and the Rev. Deacon Jon Dwyer.
A lady in the congregation appeared to have an allergic reaction to the incense and had to be helped out of the church.
The hustle and bustle and noise of this congregation.
www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2005/962.html   (727 words)

  
 The London Oratory Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary www.bromptonoratory.com
It is the church of a community of priests called "The Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri" or Oratorians.
Popularly but incorrectly known as 'Brompton Oratory' it is the second largest Catholic church in London, with a nave exceeding in width even that of St Paul's Cathedral (Anglican).
To mark the silver jubilee of the founding of the Congregation an appeal was launched in 1874 to raise funds to build the present church.
www.bromptonoratory.com /history/page2.html   (554 words)

  
 0104vereb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The provost is the superior of the congregation.
The Oratory was established in South Carolina in 1934.
Philip Neri is known as the saint of joy and his philosophy still governs the Oratory congregations.
www.catholic-doc.org /miscellany/2004/0204wahl.html   (507 words)

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