Highlights from Tenebrae. Candles are extinguished throughout, ending in complete darkness ("tenebrae"). A single candle, representing Christ, remains lit & hidden. A great noise is made - the earthquake at Christ's death. This ends as the candle reappears - the Resurrection.

Easter Vigil 2025 at St. Leo Oratory

Reminder: Sung Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis at 7:00pm this evening at St. Leo Oratory.

Easter Sunday 2025 at St. Leo Oratory. He is risen, as He said!

Low Sunday 2025: Solemn Mass, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and Benediction, followed by Egg Hunt for the kids.

Reminder: on this eve before the conclave, the 7pm Mass will be a sung Votive Mass for the Election of a Pope. "I will raise Me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to My heart, and My soul: and I will build him a faithful house." (Introit of the Mass, from 1 Kings 2:35)

Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Leone! May St. Leo the Great intercede for him! On Sunday, May 11, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will follow the 10:30am Mass. Uniting in prayer for our Holy Father, we will thank God for the gift of a Supreme Pontiff by chanting the Te Deum.

A great opportunity for our young adults! Register by May 16.

Congratulations to our First Communicants! May the Bread of Angels and Food of Pilgrims sustain them on their life's journey, so that "amid the changes of the world," their "hearts may there be fixed where true joys are to be found." (Collect of 4th Sunday after Easter)

First Mass of the Institute at the newest apostolate, St. Mary of the Assumption Shrine in Oswego, New York, at the gracious invitation of Bishop Douglas Lucia of the Diocese of Syracuse, whose Vicar General, Father John Mano expressed His Excellency’s heartfelt greeting to the

Pentecost Sunday 2025 at St. Leo Oratory. "Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful!" Our prayers are in particular with Abbé Christopher Bernens, to whom we bade farewell after the Mass. He has returned to seminary for exams and the week of ordinations in July.

Feast of Corpus Christi, June 19, 2025. "O God, Who in this wondrous sacrament hast left us a memorial of Thy passion, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood that we may ever experience within us the effect of Thy redemption."

On the 2nd Sunday After Pentecost, it was a great joy for us at St. Leo Oratory to receive a visit from Canon Alexis Rouquayrol, a French priest of the Institute of Christ the King who is a missionary in Gabon, Africa, and to support his work at Mission Ste Thérèse ICRSP Mouila.

Opening soon for all year long retreats! Stay tune! In the meantime, Sacred Heart Retreat Center continues to host the largest Catholic camps in the US offering daily the traditional Latin Mass under the care of Institute clerics and sisters!

Just 2 hours from the Oratory!!

Thanks be to God for our American Province's newly ordained Canon Andrew Bredemann, who celebrated a homecoming Mass at Old St. Patrick Oratory in Kansas City, MO on Sunday, July 20!

Be sure to join us this weekend!!

On Saturday, August 23, the Institute of Christ the King apostolates from Detroit (St. Joseph Shrine), Columbus (St. Leo Oratory), Chicago, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh (Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish - Pittsburgh) gathered as pilgrims to seek the help and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Consoler of