High Mass will be offered for the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Wednesday 6th August at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton at 7.30pm. Directions are available in the sidebar.

Welcome to the site for News, Events and up-to-date Information on Traditional Catholicism in the West Midlands (UK). I am one of the Diocesan Representatives for the Latin Mass Society of England & Wales for the Promotion of the Traditional Roman Rite.
Monday, 4 August 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Additional High Masses at the Birmingham Oratory
The Birmingham Oratory will offer High Mass tonight (Thursday 19th June) on the Traditional date of Corpus Christi. Please note there will also be High Masses Wednesday 25th June and Friday 27th June to open and close the Qurant'ore devotion, the latter on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. All of these Masses replace the usual 5.45pm daily Low Mass.
Please note that due to the annual Novena in honour of the Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, there will be no Mass on Friday in Wolverhampton: it is instead transferred to 8am on Saturday morning
Thursday, 12 June 2025
High Mass on the Friday during the Octave of Pentecost
There will be a High Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour tomorrow on the Friday during the Octave of Pentecost. More details are available in the poster below; directions to the church are available in the sidebar.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
St Philip Neri and the Ascension
I did not get a chance to advertise it in time but the Spring Bank Holiday this year fell on the Birmingham Oratory Patronal Feast of St Philip Neri where High Mass was celebrated at 11am on 26th May. Thursday saw High Mass celebrated for the Solemnity of the Ascension, marking 40 days since the resurrection and the beginning of the Pentecost Novena.
Below is a record of the music list used in these Masses and the Masses during May.
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Missa pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice
I heard about the death of Pope Francis just as I left the 9am Low Mass at the Birmingham Oratory on Easter Monday.
Ahead of the conclave tomorrow, there will be a High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory tonight at 7.30 pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice, replacing the usual 5.45pm High Mass.
May God grant us a Holy Pope.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Holy Week and Easter 2025
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
The Solemnity of St Joseph 2025
There are two 1962 Missal Masses for the Solemnity of St Joseph in the region tomorrow, Wednesday 19th March 2025.
As usual, there will be High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.
There will also be a Low Mass at 7.30am (in the morning) at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton.
Directions to both churches are available in the sidebar.
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Midweek High Masses during March at the Birmingham Oratory
Saturday, 1 February 2025
Candlemas 2025
Please note that the High Mass tomorrow (2nd February 2025) at the Birmingham Oratory will start half an hour earlier at 10am to accommodate the additional ceremonies required for Candlemas. The 7.30am Low Mass remains at the same time. The Music List for February is available below.
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Epiphany 2025
The High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory today celebrated the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, as per the 1962 Missal.
Monday, 23 December 2024
Christmas Masses 2024/5
Wednesday 25th December 2024
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus ChristOratory 12 midnight High Mass (n.b. no 7.30 a.m. Mass)
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass of the Day
Thursday 26th December 2024 to Saturday 28th December 2024
Octave Day of Christmas
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass
Monday 30th December 2024 to Tuesday 31st December 2024
Oratory 12.00 midday High Mass (no Mass at 5.45pm)
*OLPS - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG
I wish all readers of this blog a happy and holy Christmas and New Year!
Thursday, 31 October 2024
All Hallowtide 2024
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Friday, 13 September 2024
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2024
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
The Solemnity of the Assumption 2024
High Mass will be celebrated at 7.30pm on Thursday 15th August at the Birmingham Oratory for the Solemnity of the Assumption, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. Directions are available in the sidebar.
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Latin Mass Society AGM 2024 in Birmingham
The Latin Mass Society AGM comes to Birmingham on Saturday and I hope you can join us. The schedule for the day is below. It is too late to book lunch now but there are a few pubs, a Subway and a chip shop nearby. Directions to the Oratory are available in the sidebar - there have been some roadworks on Monument Lane from the Hagley Road direction so it may be best to approach via Ladywood Middleway if you are coming by car. For those coming by public transport, the Tram which can be caught outside Birmingham New Street Station is probably the simplest way to get to the Birmingham Oratory which is close to the Terminus at Edgbaston Village.
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Quarant'ore Devotion 2024
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Corpus Christ 2024
There will be High Mass tonight on the traditional date of Corpus Christi at 7.30pm at the Birmingham Oratory, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mas, followed by an indoor Eucharistic procession. Corpus Christi will be celebrated as an External Solemnity on Sunday at 10.30am, with the outdoor procession taking place after the English Mass at 12.15pm.
Sunday, 26 May 2024
The Transferred Feast of St Philip Neri
As the 26th May fell on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity this year, the Birmingham Oratory will celebrate the founder of the Oratorian movement on Monday 27th May with High Mass at 11am. The music is detailed in the poster below.
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Ascension 2024
Thursday is the Solemnity of the Ascension, a Holy Day of Obligation. High Mass will be celebrated at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual weekday 5.45pm Low Mass.