TRANQUIL WORK: CARDINAL NEWMAN AND THE BIRMINGHAM ORATORY
A tour of the Birmingham Oratory, located in Birmingham, England. Based on a type of religious community founded by St. Philip Neri, John Henry Cardinal...
A tour of the Birmingham Oratory, located in Birmingham, England. Based on a type of religious community founded by St. Philip Neri, John Henry Cardinal Newman established the Birmingham Oratory, erecting several buildings in the process. It was as a member of the Oratory that he wrote his famous Apologia pro Vita Sua, in which he defended his conversion to the Catholic Faith. The series also shows the Birmingham Oratory Church, erected as a memorial after the Cardinal's death.