The Newman Center at the Pittsburgh Oratory

6:30pm:  Kickball on the Lawn (kickus violentia) and
Volleyball (spikus inflictus).  Cathedral of Learning Lower Lawn at 5th &
Bellefield Ave. Kickball will be on the historic Forbes Field, by the Frick Fine Arts building. Bring your strategery and strike skills.

Cardinal Newman is in the news these days as Pope Benedict’s visit to England for his beatification draws near.  His name is rather well-known in the US too, in connection with Newman Clubs and Newman Centers maintained at hundreds of non-Catholic colleges and universities around the country.  To explain this apparently obscure connection, Fr. Drew Morgan, provost of the Pittsburgh Oratory of St. Philip Neri and former university chaplain, answers questions about the history of Newman Centers.

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The confession times posted earlier were in error: there will be no additional confession times presently added to our weekly schedule. Our regular schedule continues according to the following:

Monday – Friday 4:30PM – 5:00PM

Saturday – 3:00PM – 3:45PM

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

GAMES NIGHT (funnus maximus) 6:30pm at the Newman Center.  No tokens needed!  Snacks will be provided

Newman Center Undergrad Camping Trip,
Depart Friday September 17 – return Sunday September 19
Rednal Retreat grounds, for further information contact: Brett Rhodes @ brhodes@focusonline.org

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THEIR WILL BE NO FIRST FRIDAY VIGIL THIS COMING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.  WE HOPE TO RESUME IN OCTOBER STAY POSTED FOR FUTURE DATES.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE

First Friday Vigil

September 3rd,  7:00 PM

Join us for the September 3rd First Friday Vigil at the Oratory. Confessions begin at 7:00 PM and the Vigil itself at 8:00pm. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for three hours, ending at 11 PM. You are free to come and go as you please, but use the front door (an attendant will be at the front desk). The theme for this month’s vigil is “Temple of God – Dwelling of the Holy Spirit”.

“I have come to set the world on fire and how I wish it were already blazing” (Luke 12:49). Our Lord desires to draw us close to His Sacred Heart and set us on fire for love of Him and the Kingdom. With Mary, whose Immaculate Heart loved our Lord so completely and tenderly, we seek to prepare a place for him within our hearts so that we might receive Him in purity and humility. Like St. Philip Neri, we pray that Our Lord will send his Holy Spirit upon us so that our hearts might burn for love of Him and those He has called us to serve.

The 8 PM hour is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the 9 PM hour to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the 10 PM hour to St. Philip Neri, whose heart burned for love of God and neighbor. Each will feature a litany, a brief sermon, congregational and silent prayer, and Gregorian chants led by the Oratory Schola Cantorum.  We hope you can join us for at least part of the night and take refuge in the real presence of Christ.

“In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.”

–Pope Benedict XVI