Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Monday 12 May 2014

Preparing for St Philip's Day


Here is the programme of devotions leading up to and on St Philip's Day at the Oxford Oratory this year:


Image:nyoratory.com

NOVENA & BENEDICTION: 
Friday 16th-Saturday 24th May
Weekdays 6.30pm; Saturday and Sunday 6pm

SOLEMN FIRST VESPERS, BENEDICTION & VENERATION OF THE RELIC:
Sunday 25th May 5.15pm

SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS:
Monday 26th May 6pm
Celebrated by
the Right Reverend Robert Byrne, Cong. Orat.,
Bishop of Cuncacestre


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