The Oratory of Saint Philip Niri

Timothy Stanley: Saint Philip Niri was a reformer of Rome and the apostle of Rome. He also worked with young men to be thinking about the priesthood, he says. In 1845, St. John Henry Newman became a Roman Catholic priest after studying in Rome. The oratory where they would pray together grew out of this practice called the "oratories"Stanley: When you're mentioning this, I'm reminded of Carol Witeewa; she set him on the path that gave him his fame.