Oxford Oratory - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:04:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Oxford Oratory - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Oxford Oratory celebrates uptick in adults received into Catholic Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/02/12/oxford-oratory-celebrates-uptick-in-adults-received-into-catholic-church/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 04:55:56 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=167586 The Oxford Oratory reports that an increase in adults seeking to be received into the Catholic Church means that it has had to start special classes to cater for the influx. As a result, the Oratory has been responsible for 5 per cent of such application requests within its relevant Archdiocese during 2023. By the Read more

Oxford Oratory celebrates uptick in adults received into Catholic Church... Read more]]> The Oxford Oratory reports that an increase in adults seeking to be received into the Catholic Church means that it has had to start special classes to cater for the influx.

As a result, the Oratory has been responsible for 5 per cent of such application requests within its relevant Archdiocese during 2023.

By the end of summer 2023, the Oratory had received over 20 adults seeking baptism, reception or confirmation in the Catholic Church.

As a result of the uptick, the Oratory started weekly classes in October for the first time, taking the group through the key points of the Creed and the Christian life.

"For whatever reason, the grace of God is leading more people to seek the fullness of truth in the Catholic Church than we have experienced in previous years," the Oratory notes on its website.

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