The Toronto Oratory
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The Toronto Oratory
The Toronto Oratory
Joined and held together not by religious vows but
by the demands of charity alone
along the path of our founder Saint Philip Neri
we are a company of priests and brothers
devoted to prayer, preaching, and the sacraments
and to the pastoral work and life
of two urban parishes and our seminary
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The Toronto Oratory
Established on 1 November 1975
the community celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
giving thanks for the graces we have received
and anticipating those to come
Reminiscing
Celebrating
Origins
A Small Company of Volunteers
Idea
The Oratorian Vision
Life
The Toronto Community
“St Philip lived in an age as traitorous to the interests of Catholicism as any that preceded it, or can follow it … and he perceived that the mischief was to be met, not with argument, not with science, not with protests and warnings, not by the recluse or the preacher, but by means of the great counter-fascination of purity and truth…he preferred to yield to the stream, and direct the current, which he could not stop, of science, literature, art, and fashion, and to sweeten and to sanctify what God had made very good and man had spoilt. And so he contemplated as the idea of his mission, not the propagation of the faith, nor the exposition of doctrine, nor the catechetical schools; whatever was exact and systematic pleased him not; he put from him monastic rule and authoritative speech, as David refused the armour of his king. No; he would be but an ordinary individual priest as others: and his weapons should be but unaffected humility and unpretending love.”
Saint John Henry Newman on St Philip Neri (from
The Idea of a University
)
Holy Family Parish
1372 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6K 1H3
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
263 Roncesvalles Ave
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6R 2L9
St. Philip's Seminary
1372 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6K 1H3
A maxim of St Philip for today
Those who wish to enter upon the religious life should first of all mortify themselves for a long time and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance.
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The Toronto Oratory
Joined and held together not by religious vows but
by the demands of charity alone
along the path of our founder Saint Philip Neri
we are a company of priests and brothers
devoted to prayer, preaching, and the sacraments
and to the pastoral work and life
of two urban parishes and our seminary
Support Us
Holy Week Schedules
The Toronto Oratory
Established on 1 November 1975
the community celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
giving thanks for the graces we have received
and anticipating those to come
Reminiscing
Celebrating
Origins
A Small Company of Volunteers
Idea
The Oratorian Vision
Life
The Toronto Community
“St Philip lived in an age as traitorous to the interests of Catholicism as any that preceded it, or can follow it … and he perceived that the mischief was to be met, not with argument, not with science, not with protests and warnings, not by the recluse or the preacher, but by means of the great counter-fascination of purity and truth…he preferred to yield to the stream, and direct the current, which he could not stop, of science, literature, art, and fashion, and to sweeten and to sanctify what God had made very good and man had spoilt. And so he contemplated as the idea of his mission, not the propagation of the faith, nor the exposition of doctrine, nor the catechetical schools; whatever was exact and systematic pleased him not; he put from him monastic rule and authoritative speech, as David refused the armour of his king. No; he would be but an ordinary individual priest as others: and his weapons should be but unaffected humility and unpretending love.”
Saint John Henry Newman on St Philip Neri (from
The Idea of a University
)
Holy Family Parish
1372 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6K 1H3
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
263 Roncesvalles Ave
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6R 2L9
St. Philip's Seminary
1372 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M6K 1H3
A maxim of St Philip for today
Those who wish to enter upon the religious life should first of all mortify themselves for a long time and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance.
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