In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an oratory is a place which is set aside by permission of an ordinary for divine worship, for the convenience of some community or group of the faithful who as
The oratory of the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew, Dallas, Texas
Oratory of Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo, Rome
The former Saint Joseph's Prairie Church in Washington Township, Dubuque County, Iowa. The parish ceased being active in 1989, and the parish church was maintained as an oratory until it was deconsecrated and sold in 1994.
Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery and is now an Anglican parish church. In 1949 it was designated a Grade I listed building. It is a dominant buildi
Great Malvern Priory
An ancient carved head and shoulders was excavated from the grounds of the Priory and is now housed in St Ann's Chapel.
Nave of Great Malvern Priory Church. The older round columns and rounded arches date from the early period. Much of what else remains, including the upper section of the nave, dates from the expansion in the years between 1440 and 1500.
Window, commemorating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, designed by Thomas Camm and made under the auspices of R. W. Winfield & Co