Masses & Liturgies

Oratory Prep offers Mass in the Chapel at 7:40 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays of each week. Anyone in the Oratory community is welcome to attend. On Mondays, the St. Philip Neri Club joyfully meets and prays together.

 

Throughout the year, individual Religion classes will celebrate Mass in the chapel during their regularly scheduled instructional period. Additionally, each grade level will attend its own class Mass at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Summit once annually.

 

Several times a year, the Oratory Prep community worships together in a prayer service or a paraliturgy. A prayer service differs from Mass in that the celebration of the Eucharist is omitted, allowing students to plan it with greater flexibility. Prayer services are peer-led by our Campus Ministry Team. Oratory Prep hosts an Ecumenical Prayer Service to celebrate Thanksgiving, encouraging our brothers and sisters from other faiths to join us. We continue to have Penance Services during the Advent and Lenten Seasons, during which students have the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Oratory also has weekly prayer services and Bible studies for the underclassmen led by the Campus Ministry Team and a member of the OP Clergy. Other prayer experiences are incorporated into the Religion Curriculum.