Each Province of the Oratory also includes Companions, who are an important part of the Oratory family. Professed members and Companions gather in informal fellowship and formal retreats. Companions promise to keep a Rule of Life, based on the Rule observed by the professed brethren. They seek to attend the Eucharist on Sundays and some weekdays, to give a generous amount of time to prayer regularly, to spend time in retreat and to be regular in alms-giving, confession, and praying for the Oratory. Companions also read and study the Seven Notes as, although they don’t apply in every detail to the Companions way of life, they reflect the Oratory’s ethos.