Photo Gallery: Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonical Erection of the Washington Oratory

During a July 10 Mass at Saint Thomas Apostle Church in Northwest Washington, D.C., the decree establishing the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington as a Congregation of Pontifical Right was proclaimed to the public by Father Marco Guillen, a member of the congregation and apostolic visitor to Oratories worldwide. Here, after reading the decree, Father Marco (far left) presents it to the members of the local oratory (from left) Msgr. Andrew R. Wadsworth, moderator of the local Oratory of Saint Philip Neri; Brother Noah Sell; Father Richard Mullins, who serves as pastor of St. Thomas Apostle Parish; Brother Benjamin Schulte; and Father Joseph Tyson Murphy, who serves as the interim director of the archdiocese’s Office of Worship. (CS Photo by Mihoko Owada)