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The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in York. The Parish Churches of Saint Wilfrid & St Joseph; home to the Shrines of Saint Margaret Clitherow & Our Lady of York.

York, England
Joined March 2020
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Mass in time of war. #PrayForUkraine
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A Requiem for Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Requiescat in pace.
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Pray for Brother Thomas Kirk, clothed in the habit of St Philip as a novice of our house today.
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Today is the feast of St Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York. As she was led out to die, the Sheriff said, "Mrs Clitherow, you must remember and confess that you die for treason." She replied, "No, no Mr Sheriff; I die for the love of my Lord Jesu."
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Congratulations to Vittoria, who was confirmed yesterday on the feast of St Matthew. Note St Matthew’s statue in the left hand corner of the picture.
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Please pray for Br Paul Murray, who was clothed in the habit of St Philip today.
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Wondrous strange snow.
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Our Lady of Walsingham pray for us.
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Congratulations to Joseph, who was baptized and confirmed yesterday.
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Rorate Mass.
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Congratulations to the latest newly-founded Oratory, at Ivrea, in Piedmont.
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The Laudes Regiae were sung at the Coronation of Charlemagne in 800 AD, and at that of William the Conqueror in 1066. Here they are sung by our Parish Choir today for the feast of Christ the King.
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Told she would die for treason, St Margaret Clitherow replied, "No, no, Mr. Sheriff, I die for the love of my Lord Jesu." A door was placed upon her, which was weighted down till she was crushed to death. Her last words were "Jesu! Jesu! Jesu! have mercy on me!"
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The Church has a new deacon: pray for Br David.
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Our procession in honour of St Margaret Clitherow and the martyrs of York, through the streets they knew:
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Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Raymond Matus of the Manchester Oratory, who died today, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, fortified by the rites of Holy Church. May he rest in peace.
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And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. The Oratory bells ring out the joy of Pentecost.
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"Begin now to be what you will be hereafter." St Jerome.
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Tomorrow the Lord will be carried through the streets of York. He says to us, “Follow Me.” Sung Latin Mass, Procession, and Benediction 6pm, Thursday 30th May, Feast of Corpus Christi.
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Pray for Br Alexander Bailey, clothed as a Son of St Philip this evening. We pray that he may also die as such.
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All is ready for the St Margaret Clitherow Pilgrimage today.
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If you understand a single word of this you could win a York Oratory chequebook and pen.
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God rest Queen Elizabeth. God save the King.
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Benedict XVI 1927-2022 Requiescat in pace.
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Your child need never be bored at Mass again if you make him a play thurible.
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Our Forty Hours concluded yesterday with Solemn Benediction
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Fr Richard recently celebrated Mass for the Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles at their new home in Colwich in Staffordshire. Learn more about the Sisters at
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Congratulations to our former parishioner, Abbé Michael Kavanagh, who recently received the cassock, the next step in his formation as a seminarian with the @ICKSP Please join us in praying for Abbé Michael and for all men who are discerning #vocations to the priesthood.
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Lauda Sion Salvatorem! Sion, praise your Saviour!
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Fliptastic!
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Luke 18.36,37: “When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.””
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Blessed Nicholas Postgate spent nearly 40 years walking the Yorkshire moors, dressed as a gardener, to offer Mass and administer the sacraments. In 1689, at 82, he was dragged through York, hanged, disembowelled & quartered. His priesthood was his crime. #MiddlesbroughDiocese
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Our Cardinal, St John Henry Newman, was born on this day in 1801. "Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning." JHN
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Devoutly we adore Thee, hidden God. There was a Eucharistic Procession as part of our Forty Hours’ Devotion today.
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Br David addresses two hundred young pilgrims in our church, before they make their way in groups to the shrine of St Margaret Clitherow:
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This morning's Rorate Mass:
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Holy Michael, Archangel, Defend us in the day of battle.
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A new statue of our patron is unveiled: St Wilfrid, pray for our parish, for this City of York, and for England.
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
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Today Fr Stephen celebrates thirty years of priesthood. Ad multos annos!
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Mass at the Shrine on today’s the Martyrs of England and Wales.
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The Fathers and Brothers join the whole nation in praying for Her Majesty the Queen.
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“Behold your Mother.” Happy feast of Our Lady of York!
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175 years ago today, on the feast of Candlemas 1848, Saint John Henry Newman founded the Oratory in England, at Maryvale. Laus Deo.
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St Blaise’s blessing for throats.
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Another new Oratory in the USA! Congratulations and prayers for our brothers at the Red Bank Oratory, New Jersey.
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The Salve Regina was sung at the end of all Masses yesterday for the feast of Our Lady of York:
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Pope Francis has asked our prayers for his esteemed predecessor Benedict XVI who is 'very sick'. We unite our prayers with those of the Holy Father.
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Christ is risen! Happy Easter from the York Oratory.
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After 48 miles of walking, we have arrived at the Lady Chapel. O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent. Our Lady of Osmotherley - pray for us.
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An Oratorian tradition: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Crib in Epiphanytide.
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Save the date for this year's pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York. Monday 29th August!
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Locus iste a Deo factus est. This place was made by God.
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Septuagesima sunshine.
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Some pictures of one of yesterday’s processions and High Mass for Candlemas. Today candles will be used again for the blessing of St Blaise for throats.
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We have very much enjoyed having Fr Ninian Doohan and Fr Gerard Hatton to stay with us in August. Today they head to Edinburgh, we hope to begin a new community. St Philip and all the saints of Scotland - pray for them.
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Without a city wall.
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Hosanna to the Son of David! Here is one of our three processions this morning:
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A great day of pilgrimage in honour of the Pearl of York. St Margaret Clitherow - pray for us.
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On this day in 1622, Our Holy Father St Philip, Apostle of Rome, was canonized by Pope Gregory XV, along with Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila & Isidore the Farmer. May all five saints intercede for us!
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"But Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple."
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“This is the house of God and the gate of Heaven.” Our church was consecrated on this day in 1945.
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In 1586 the Sheriff of York condemned Margaret Clitherow to death. Today the Sheriff and the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor have joined our pilgrimage.
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Mass on All Souls' Day:
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Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim ’til all the world adores His sacred name.
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We continue to mourn the death of #PopeBenedictXVI . The two Masses on Thursday, 5th January (the day of his burial) will be Masses of Requiem. A Solemn #Requiem will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict on Friday, 13th January at 6pm.
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"When England returns to Walsingham, Our Lady will return to England." Pope Leo XIII
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Today is the birthday of King Richard III in 1452. Tommorrow's 12 noon Latin Mass will be offered for the repose of the king's soul, on behalf of the Richard III Society. @rsociety_iii @YorkshireMuseum #PortraitsComingHome #richardiii
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Abel's blood for vengeance pleaded to the skies, but the blood of Jesus for our pardon cries.
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Fr Richard and Fr Daniel with the Right Reverend Mother Eustochium Lee, after her blessing today by the Bishop of Portsmouth as the Fourth Abbess of the Monastery of Pax Cordis Jesu at St Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde.
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Congratulations to the world’s newest Oratory! The canonical decree establishing the Oratory in Washington DC was announced today.
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This is not just a procession. This is… @latinmassuk @marksandspencer
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The Corpus Christi procession passes last night through Bootham Bar.
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Two years' ago, 9 Nov. 2019, feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the decree was signed in Rome establishing the York Oratory. Thanks be to God! We are still the youngest Oratory in the world, but only the second most northerly. Vilnius is one degree to our north
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Two hundred years ago today, St John Henry Newman of the Oratory began his Christian ministry as he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England at @ChChCathedralOx . Members of the community visited the cathedral to mark the occasion. “It is over. I am thine, O Lord”
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A very happy St Philip's Day from the York Oratory.
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York is no longer the world’s youngest Oratory. Congratulations to the Oratory of Lorient, Brittany, which has recently been canonically established. The Fathers have the Church of Our Lady of Victories. We are intrigued by the British Royal Arms under Our Lady’s mantle…
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Ahead of his ordination to the priesthood, our Chinese parishioners have presented to Br David a hand-embroidered stole of Our Lady of Sheshan, and to the community a stole showing our Lady of China. Thank you so much!
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“What a sad thing one cannot live on biscuits.” St John Henry Newman, who died on this day in 1890. Br Alexander has been keeping those attending the Oxford Patristics Conference well-supplied with biscuits.
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In the spirit of St Philip’s joy, the Oratory parties.
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Through the Shambles, where St Margaret Clitherow lived, where she hid priests, where she passed on the faith in her school, and where she was arrested for her faith and witness.
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The St George’s parade passes our church. St George’s Day is on Tuesday, and there will be hymns in his honour at the 12.10pm Mass.
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The Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow, The Shambles, is open again, every day 9am-5pm. Mass: Saturdays at 10am. It was good to see people going in this morning, and to hear a guide talking of St Margaret's heroism in hiding priests & describing her as a pioneer of female education.
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All Saints’ Day is tomorrow. Ignore the foolish superstitions of the world. Start preparing for Heaven now.
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“Nothing will frighten me…. If thick clouds hide the Sun and if it seems that nothing exists beyond the night of this life…secure in the knowledge that my adorable Sun still shines behind the clouds.” The relic of St Therese will be venerated today.
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It is a Polish tradition to throw priests in the air as a mark of joy at the conclusion of a pilgrimage.
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7th October will this year be the 450th anniversary of the naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571, which secured the freedom of Christendom. In response to the manifold dangers of our own times, we too can take up this powerful weapon of the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. #Rosary
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Who is she that comes forth as the rising dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army in battle-array? Happy feast of the Assumption!
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Today is the feast of St Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York. We were glad to welcome pilgrims on Monday from London, Edinburgh, County Kilkenny, Birmingham, Carlisle, Rochdale, Hull, and Sheffield - and probably other places too.
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The National Anthem was sung at the end of the Missa Cantata today, in observance of #accessionday God save the King. God rest Queen Elizabeth.
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Come to Me all you who labour. The doors of our church are open during the Forty Hours to draw all souls to the Saviour.
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Today is the feast of St Thomas Becket, patron of the English pastoral clergy. Pray for us all!
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Blessed John Rochester & Blessed James Walworth were Carthusians who refused the oath of supremacy under Henry VIII. They were hanged in chains in York today in 1537 until they died by exposure & dehydration. Their bodies hung from the city battlements until they decomposed.
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Summer in an English garden.
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A cake yesterday to celebrate ten years of the Oratory in York. Deo gratias!
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Wednesday will be the feast of our Cardinal, St John Henry Newman.
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Midnight Mass at the Oratory. "Dominus dixit ad me, filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te." The Lord said to me, Thou art My Son, today I have begotten Thee.
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Congratulations to Aili, who was received into full communion with the Catholic Church yesterday.
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The tree has been trimmed and the First Mass of Christmas has been said. The Fathers and Brothers of the York Oratory wish you a blessed Christmas!
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