York Oratory

03/06/2026

A busy month of music: June at the York Oratory.

03/06/2026

The Dream of Gerontius is being performed in the Minster this Saturday.
Fr Richard gave a fascinating pre-concert talk about our Cardinal’s poem, and John Dunford compellingly explained Elgar’s extraordinary new musical language for the score.

02/06/2026

Elihu drones on relentlessly in this week’s Talking Heads:

Elihu drones on.

02/06/2026

Beginning on the feast of the Sacred Heart: the Quarant’Ore.

01/06/2026

Fr Richard Biggerstaff’s sermon from St Philip’s Day:

Here is Fr Richard Biggerstaff's homily preached in our church for St Philip's Day

31/05/2026

“The Church’s Social Doctrine brings us to the very heart of our faith: the mystery of the living God, revealed in Jesus Christ, who, as a communion of Persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — is love itself in relationship, expressed in the mutual gift of self and in sharing with the world. As the Council recalled, human persons are called to communion with God and “can fully discover their true selves only in sincere self-giving.” Indeed their deepest vocation is to enter into the Trinitarian dynamic of love received and shared.”
Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas

30/05/2026

A barbecue in the Oratory garden for this year’s university leavers. Valete!

30/05/2026

Tomorrow is Trinity Sunday, and then we have a Eucharistic month to come:

29/05/2026

Two new residents of More House: Meg and Wolsey.

28/05/2026

A tremendous opportunity for all the different Catholic communities of York and beyond to join together to worship the God of Love.