Lent starts tomorrow and there will High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.
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Tuesday 13 February 2024
Thursday 1 February 2024
Two High Masses for the Candlemas
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton and the Birmingham Oratory will celebrate High Mass at 7.30pm for Candlemas tomorrow, the latter replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.
Thursday 4 January 2024
Two High Masses for the Epiphany on 6th January
There will be two High Masses in the region for the Feast of the Epiphany celebrated on Saturday 6th January, both at 11am at the Birmingham Oratory and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton. The Mass in Wolverhampton will be for the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict, who passed away just over a year ago.
This differs slightly from the Mass Listings disseminated with the most recent Mass of Ages which said the Epiphany would be celebrated as Low Mass at the usual time of 9am on Saturday and as an External Solemnity at 10.30am on Sunday - in fact, the 9am Mass will be in English and the Masses on Sunday will be the Masses of the second Sunday following Christmas, which in the 1962 Missal is of the Holy Family.
Sunday 24 December 2023
Masses During the Christmas Octave 2023/4
Monday 25th December 2023
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
Tuesday 26th December 2023 to Saturday 30th December 2023
Sunday 31st December 2024
Octave Day of Christmas
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass
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 7 December 2023
The Immaculate Conception and Advent Rorate Masses
High Mass will be celebrated on Friday 8th December at 7.30pm for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the Oratory dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, a patronal Feast they share with the Archdiocese of Birmingham. This replaces the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. The music for this Mass, as well as the Masses on the Sundays of Advent and Christmas, is included in the December Music List below.
As usual on the Saturdays in Advent (this year falling on the 9th, 16 and 23rd), Rorate Masses will be offered at 7.30am at the Birmingham Oratory. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour will also be celebrating these Masses at 7am on Saturdays, and I strongly encourage you to get up early and attend these Masses which are spiritually uplifting in the dark winter months.
Tuesday 31 October 2023
All Hallowtide 2023
Masses for All Saints and All Souls:
All Saints 1/11/23
High Mass 7.30pm, Birmingham Oratory (n.b. this replaces the usual 5.45pm Low Mass)
All Souls 2/11/23
Low Mass 12 noon Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton
Low Mass 5.45pm Birmingham Oratory
High Mass 7.30pm Birmingham Oratory
There may also be private Masses celebrated at the side altars at the Birmingham Oratory in the morning after the 7.30am English Mass.
Monday 2 October 2023
The Final Blessing
Some photos from Fr Paul Lester's final Sunday Mass at St Mary on the Hill yesterday. The phtotos are courtesy of Edmund Waddelove.
Wednesday 13 September 2023
Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the future of South Birmingham Masses
Monday 14 August 2023
Three Masses for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
There will be three 1962 Missal Masses in the region for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holyday of Obligation as follows:
10.30am Low Mass Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton
6.30pm Low Mass St Mary on the Hill, St Mary's Road, Wednesbury
7.30pm High Mass the Birmingham Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Directions to these churches are available in the sidebar
Wednesday 21 June 2023
The Nativity of John the Baptist at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Wednesday 14 June 2023
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2023
Thursday 8 June 2023
Corpus Christi and SS Peter and Paul
The usual schedule of Masses at the Birmingham Oratory will be interrupted on two Thursdays in June, firstly on the traditional date of Corpus Christi, this year falling on the 8th June 2023, and then on the Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul on 29th June; on both of these dates, High Mass will be celebrated at 7.30pm instead of the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. Details of the music for these Masses and the other Sunday High Masses in June are available in the graphic below:
Tuesday 16 May 2023
The Ascension and the Feast of St Dunstan and St Philip Neri
Saturday 1 April 2023
Holy Week and Easter Monday
Monday 20 March 2023
St Joseph and the Annunciation
High Mass will be celebrated at the Birmingham Oratory for the Feasts of St Joseph at (7.30pm Monday 20th March 2023 - this replaces the usual 5.45pm Low Mass) and the Annunciation (11am Saturday 25th March 2023 - this replaces the usual Saturday 9am Low Mass. Directions are available in the sidebar.
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Quarant'ore and Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 1 February 2023
The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2023
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Mass Cancellation - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Thursday 5 January 2023
Epiphany 2023
There will be two Masses in the 1962 Missal tomorrow for the Feast of the Epiphany: a 6.30pm Low Mass at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury and a High Mass at 7.30pm at the Oratory in Birmingham, replacing the usual 5.45pm daily Low Mass. Please note the First Friday Mass at Sacred Heart and All Souls in Acocks Green will be in the new rite, as will be the 7pm Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton which will replace the usual Friday 6.30pm Low Mass. The January Music list for the Birmingham Oratory is available below.
Thursday 22 December 2022
Christmas Masses and New Year Masses 2022/23
Here are the Mass times in the region for the Christmas Octave and slightly beyond. I wish all readers of this blog a happy and holy Christmas and New Year!
Sunday 25th December 2022
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Oratory 12 midnight High Mass (n.b. no 7.30 a.m. Mass)
Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 8 a.m. Low Mass
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass
Monday 26th December 2022 to Saturday 31st December 2022
Sunday 1st January 2023
Octave Day of Christmas
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass
Wednesbury (SMH#) 11.30 a.m. Low Mass
Oratory 9.00 a.m. Low Mass (no Mass at 5.45pm)
*OLPS - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG
#SMH - St Mary on the Hill, St Mary's Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9DL
Oratory directions in sidebar