More about the Pittsburgh Congregation of the Oratory
Aug 2nd, 2006 by Br. Joshua
In 1961 the Bishop of Pittsburgh John J. Wright, who eventually would be widely known as Cardinal Wright, conceived the idea of bringing to Pittsburgh an Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in order to minister to the students of large secular universities under his pastoral care. While many dioceses supported “Newman Clubs” - spiritual and social centers for Catholic students on secular college campuses - Wright wanted to take such an initiative one step further. Through his knowledge and love of the work of the great nineteenth-century scholar, churchman and Oratorian, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Wright was inspired to create the University Oratory of the Holy Spirit Parish. This parish, serving the faculty, staff and students of the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Chatham College, would be administered by the priests of his new Oratory.
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