Oratory Summer School: The Catechism

The Fathers of the Toronto Oratory founded and run Saint Philip's Seminary and administer both Holy Family and Saint Vincent de Paul parishes in Toronto.

The Toronto Oratory

a solid foundation for navigating the Catechism of the Catholic Church for personal use, home schooling, RCIA courses, or Catholic schools

Since 1984, the Oratory, through Saint Philip's Seminary which it founded and runs, has been providing philosophical and theological education for students preparing for the Catholic priesthood. Although the seminary helped fill an educational gap for seminarians, laypeople were requesting both high quality catechetical instruction and a continuing intellectual formation in their Catholic faith. In 1989, the Oratory Theology Summer School was instituted to help satisfy that desire.Each year, session one of the Summer School is a systematic introduction to The Catechism of the Catholic Church. The five-day course has three lectures per day that provide a solid foundation for navigating the Catechism on one's own, either for personal reading or for use in home schooling, RCIA courses, or Catholic schools. Although the course has been of great use to teachers and catechists, everyday Catholics find it accessible and intellectually nourishing. Even high school students have taken the course with their families. A short preview is available below:

The <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/600775354257" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">second week</a> of the Summer School changes from year to year, allowing students to come back for new material each year. It is recommended that students take the first session before taking the second but not required. The first session will be July 3-7, and the second July 10-14. Lectures will be at 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 1:15 p.m. EST, with Mass at 10:00 a.m. Lunch is provided for those attending in person.The cost for each session, which includes lunch for the five days for those attending in person, will be $200 per person. For those who would like to avoid traveling each day, simple accommodation is available on a limited basis in the Oratory’s new Seminary Residence. The rooms are single, with shared bathrooms, and have access to simple cooking facilities and the Seminary Chapel (and the building is now air-conditioned—thank you, Renovatio!). The cost for a room is $100 per person, per week, and participants are responsible for bringing their own bedding for a single bed. (Still one of the great bargains of the Western World.) The course will also be available online. Those enrolled in the course can attend live through Zoom, and recordings will be made available for one week after the completion of the course to allow those whose schedules won’t allow them to attend live to watch the classes. For those attending only online, the cost for each session will be $175.

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