Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the future of South Birmingham Masses

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is celebrated on the 14th September and there will be High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory tomorrow at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.

Now that both priests from St Dunstan's have departed, it is likely that the third Friday Mass at St Dunstan's and first Friday Mass at Sacred Heart and All Souls will no longer be in the 1962 Missal. With Fr Paul Lester leaving St Mary on the Hill in Wednesbury at the end of September, with the last Mass in the 1962 Missal likely to be on 1st October, this means that only the Oratory and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton will continue to celebrate Masses in the 1962 Missal in the region for the foreseeable future. Please do your best to support these Masses, and the clergy who celebrate them for your benefit.