Oratory

Welcome to the Oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine

"Among the pontiffs who showed that requisite concern, particularly outstanding is the name of St. Gregory the Great, who made every effort to ensure that the new peoples of Europe received both the Catholic faith and the treasures of worship and culture that had been accumulated by the Romans in preceding centuries. He commanded that the form of the sacred liturgy as celebrated in Rome (concerning both the Sacrifice of Mass and the Divine Office) be conserved. He took great concern to ensure the dissemination of monks and nuns who, following the Rule of St. Benedict, together with the announcement of the Gospel illustrated with their lives the wise provision of their Rule that 'nothing should be placed before the work of God.' In this way the sacred liturgy, celebrated according to the Roman use, enriched not only the faith and piety but also the culture of many peoples. It is known, in fact, that the Latin liturgy of the Church in its various forms, in each century of the Christian era, has been a spur to the spiritual life of many saints, has reinforced many peoples in the virtue of religion and fecundated their piety."

His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI
in his Apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum
given motu proprio 7, July 2007

The Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine was canonically established on the First Sunday of Advent, 2 December 2007, by His Grace the Archbishop of St. Louis. It is a non-territorial parish of the Archdiocese of St. Louis that celebrates all the Church's Sacraments in their extraordinary form for the pastoral good of the faithful according to the 1962 Missale Romanum. Archbishop Raymund L. Burke has entrusted it to the the pastoral care of the Benedictine Monks of St. Louis Abbey and Dom Bede Price has been appointed Rector of the Oratory.