It's Holy Thursday...
which means a group from the Oratory (students and others, led by Frs. Joseph and Michael) will be making the Seven Churches Visit . This beautiful and widespread Catholic custom is one of my favorite parts of Holy Week. For anyone not familiar with it, it consists a group of people traveling to seven different Catholic churches after the Mass on Holy Thursday evening to visit Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament at each one. If done properly, the whole thing should be finished by midnight. The Fathers try to choose different beautiful, historic, or interesting churches to visit each time. Many churches in this area do this Holy Thursday night. (Note: this custom is only feasible in areas where Catholics are relatively thick on the ground !)
Interestingly enough, it appears to be an adaptation of the Seven Churches pilgrimage St. Philip instituted and popularized in the Rome of his day, so it is very appropriate for Oratorians to lead it !