The Metropolis level Oratorical Festival was a glorious day at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center. Click “Read More” to see the results and some photos.
Oratorical Festival Overview
2023 Timeline Parish Festivals – March: Parishes may choose to hold their St. John Chrysostom Festivals in any modality they wish, whether live in-person, live Zoom festivals, or video submission festivals. Parishes have until March 31st to complete their parish festival. District Festivals – Live in person during April: District Festivals will take place live […]
2023 Topics
For Speakers – 2023
Three Easy Steps for Speakers 1) Let your parish Chairperson know that you are planning to participate. Find out whether it will be in-person, by Zoom, or by video submission. 2) Register at the archdiocese on this form. 3) Select a topic from here: sforatorical.net and prepare your speech. Be bold! Let light shine out of […]
For Parish Chairpersons-2023
The Parish Oratorical Festival may take place any time before April. The parish may determine whether the festival will be in-person and live (socially distanced), via Zoom, or via video submission.