Oratory of the Good Shepherd

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The Oratory of the Good Shepherd (OGS) is a dispersed community of Anglicans, ordained and lay, bound by a common rule of celibate chastity, responsible spending, and direction of life.

Contents

1 Oratory Structure and Rule
2 Sisters of the Good Shepherd
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Oratory Structure and Rule

Members are organised into local "colleges", each of which in turn is a part of one of four "provinces" (Australia, Europe, North America, South Africa). They are required each day to pray the Divine Office, attend Mass, and spend an hour in private prayer. Members often use the post-nominal initials "OGS". Members have included Fr Alec Vidler and Fr Eric Mascall. Members today include Bishop Lindsay Urwin and Bishop Dominic Walker.

The Superior General of the Oratory is the Reverend Canon Carlson Gerdau OGS. The Superior is elected for a three-year term at the General Chapter of the Oratory (which meets once in every three years). In each of the four Provinces, Provincial Chapter meets more frequently (usually annually) and elects a Provincial Superior.

There is an association of 'Companions' of OGS - those who are not professed members, but nevertheless support the Oratory's aims and agree to live by a simplified version of the Rule.

[edit] Sisters of the Good Shepherd

The autonomous sister society to the Oratory is that of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The sisters are also made up of priests and lay people living in dispersion, but are under religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Like OGS, the SGS has an organisation of 'Companions' attached to it.

[edit] See also

Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (Roman Catholic)
Teologisk Oratorium (Lutheran)

[edit] External links

The Oratory of the Good Shepherd official site
A History of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd from Project Canterbury

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