TABLE OF CONTENTS FOUNDATION OF THE ORATORY 1 THE ORATORY IN ENGLAND 2 THE NEW CHURCH, SOUTH KENSINGTON 3 THE EXTERIOR DOME 4 THE INTERIOR 4 ON CEREMONIES 6 HOLY WATER 9 CHAPEL OF THE SACRED HEART 12 SPREAD OF THE DEVOTION 13 CHAPEL OF ST. JOSEPH 15 ST. JOSEPH 16 CHAPEL OF THE SEVEN DOLOURS 17 THE SEVEN DOLOURS 18 ST. SEBASTIAN 19 CHAPEL OF ST. PHILIP 21 PORTRAITS OF ST. PHILIP 23 RELIC OF ST. PHILIP 25 B. SEBASTIAN VALFR 27 B. JUVENAL ANCINA 28 THE SANCTUARY 30 THE USE OF LIGHTS 33 THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 36 THE CHURCH'S USE OF THE LATIN TONGUE 42 CHAPEL OF ST. WILFRID 45 ST. WILFRID 46 ST. CECILIA 48 OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL 52 THE LADY ALTAR 54 DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 58 PRAYERS TO THE SAINTS 59 PURGATORY 62 CALVARY 66 THE PIETA 68 ST. FRANCIS 70 ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE ROSSI 72 THE ORGAN, SACRED MUSIC 73 ST. PETER'S STATUE 79 THE HOLY SEE 79 ST. PETER IN ROME 82 INDULGENCES 84 ST. TERESA, THE SCAPULAR 89 CHAPEL OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE 90 ST. MARY MAGDALENE 91 THE CONFESSIONAL 92 CHAPEL OF ST. PATRICK 94 ST. PATRICK 96 ST. VERONICA 97 THE BAPTISTERY 99 THE NAVE AND STATUES 100 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 102 THE PULPIT AND PREACHING 103 ORATORY SERVICES 105 SUBSCRIPTIONS, NEED OF 106 CARDINAL NEWMAN'S STATUE 107 INDEX 110 PLATES THE DOME Cover Front GROUND PLAN Cover Back ST. PHILIP NERI, FOUNDER OF THE ORATORY Frontispiece THE FACADE 3 THE NAVE 4 CHAPEL OF THE SACRED HEART 12 CHAPEL OF ST. JOSEPH 15 ALTAR OF THE SEVEN DOLOURS 17 ALTAR OF ST. PHILIP 21 ALTAR WITH PICTURE OF B. SEBASTIAN VALFRE 27 THE SANCTUARY AND HIGH ALTAR 30 ST. PETER'S STATUE 45 CHAPEL OF ST. WILFRID 46 SHRINE OF ST. CECILIA 48 ALTAR OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL 52 THE LADY ALTAR 54 MADONNA AND ANGELS 58 ALTAR OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE 90 CONFESSIONAL 92 ALTAR OF ST. PATRICK 94 THE BAPTISTERY 99 ST. MATTHEW APOSTLE 100 ST. PAUL APOSTLE 101 CARDINAL NEWMAN'S STATUE 107 LETTERPRESS ILLUSTRATIONS. HOLY WATER BASIN 10 BUST WITH RELIC OF ST. PHILIP 25 STALLS — SANCTUARY 31 LAMP AT SIDE ALTAR 34 MONSTRANCE FOR THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 37 THE PIETA 69 DOORHEAD, ST. PATRICK'S CHAPEL 95 ST. VERONICA 98 THE PULPIT 103 BROTHER OF THE LITTLE ORATORY, WITH BANNER 105 Digitized by Google., Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record