The Birmingham Oratory is a Catholic religious community of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. The community was founded in 1849 by John Henry Newman as the first house of that congregation in England.
Cardinal Newman Memorial Church
The nave of the Oratory church
The altar of the Oratory church
The dome of the Oratory church
Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
The Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri, abbreviated C.O. and commonly known as the Oratorians, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men who live together in a community bound together by no formal vows but only with the bond of charity.
Emblem of the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
Philip Neri
John Henry Newman and the Oratorian collar