The Oxford Oratory, also known as the parish of St Aloysius and situated in the centre of the city, has already received more people into the Church in the first two months of this year than in the entirety of last year.
The striking statistics show exceptional growth in the parish of around 1,000. Five years ago, in 2021, the Church received 12 adults into full communion with the Catholic Church, already an impressive figure for a city parish. This year to date, the parish has already received 32 adults, made up of nine baptisms, 17 Christians from other denominations and six who were baptised as Catholics but not raised in the faith. The converts are also notably young, with those receiving Baptism all under 30 and the average overall age just 29.
