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Affiliated with the Latin Mass SocietyBirmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.comBlogger498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-11798730109728598762024-02-13T16:15:00.002+00:002024-02-13T16:15:20.608+00:00Ash Wednesday High Mass 2024<p>Lent starts tomorrow and there will High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXkDZBHu-E7hhdGcobPfyM5AnkXTJT2BDxYLuq9vV6ZyR8VeqJmTTF_gfi3AkJO-iVYlyqRUS-laRrpmCZESEo6BWzVshiGlshEuH7LnVswOmxx2OftSWv-v5GVx1Y2o_OuGmrfAc_JhGu89-8E2Khb1b5sWwbjAX7IAyw9Xt-hZMhido6YqS_1ZVXW2g/s1600/Ash%20Wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXkDZBHu-E7hhdGcobPfyM5AnkXTJT2BDxYLuq9vV6ZyR8VeqJmTTF_gfi3AkJO-iVYlyqRUS-laRrpmCZESEo6BWzVshiGlshEuH7LnVswOmxx2OftSWv-v5GVx1Y2o_OuGmrfAc_JhGu89-8E2Khb1b5sWwbjAX7IAyw9Xt-hZMhido6YqS_1ZVXW2g/w400-h400/Ash%20Wednesday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-42605505343112422332024-02-01T22:38:00.004+00:002024-02-01T22:38:41.338+00:00Two High Masses for the Candlemas<p>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.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr8C-Qhb6vrWtvxxSlftCXUNC5S2gSIXogy9Re4aofav4Eao43_sQqwTQXgE0xP6ZZctRfmSd1RN3wafO0w9NTgR4GHg9o6AmrvrAzlqYuAbdiylNJ8QMHTKv1X2-FiyMRxEkmPF99qgA7gfOuF1-YO2L1legCNIOLrNqJebxWYw2xrQFJnlyxAdLWHEA/s1440/Candlemas%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr8C-Qhb6vrWtvxxSlftCXUNC5S2gSIXogy9Re4aofav4Eao43_sQqwTQXgE0xP6ZZctRfmSd1RN3wafO0w9NTgR4GHg9o6AmrvrAzlqYuAbdiylNJ8QMHTKv1X2-FiyMRxEkmPF99qgA7gfOuF1-YO2L1legCNIOLrNqJebxWYw2xrQFJnlyxAdLWHEA/w400-h400/Candlemas%202024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-43345420855160060652024-01-04T22:37:00.005+00:002024-02-01T22:41:04.622+00:00Two High Masses for the Epiphany on 6th January<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8J1DIbqnG_uHbBwshMT8ktbs7n9JxHjDqOaurl0TzaREom3NwKMLki_ia_Bmsm6GCGbfgIWcmREnGSNpbvnuOUWZG_MVfFhrrMAtzzOy8xQiPdSUhyphenhyphencO2sqlPnmJl4sM3LrxxSYYNYN9EnPCQjLiWyBBWOHl4qguic0ZIf5b80Utw0JvMn19jBJyhGfbv/s2048/Epiphany%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8J1DIbqnG_uHbBwshMT8ktbs7n9JxHjDqOaurl0TzaREom3NwKMLki_ia_Bmsm6GCGbfgIWcmREnGSNpbvnuOUWZG_MVfFhrrMAtzzOy8xQiPdSUhyphenhyphencO2sqlPnmJl4sM3LrxxSYYNYN9EnPCQjLiWyBBWOHl4qguic0ZIf5b80Utw0JvMn19jBJyhGfbv/w453-h640/Epiphany%202024.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-51317292594128686102023-12-24T21:57:00.001+00:002023-12-24T21:57:45.044+00:00Masses During the Christmas Octave 2023/4<p><b>Monday 25th December 2023</b></p><b>The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ</b><br />Oratory 12 midnight <span style="color: red;">High Mass </span><span>(n.b. no 7.30 a.m. Mass)</span><div>Oratory 7.30am <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass of Dawn</span> </div><div>Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 8 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass of Dawn</span><br />Oratory 10.30 a.m. <span style="color: red;">High Mass of the Day</span><br /><br /><b>Tuesday</b><b> 26th December 2023</b><b> to Saturday 30th December 2023</b><div>Oratory 9.00 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass </span>(no Mass at 5.45pm)</div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><b>Friday 30th December 2023</b></div><div>Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 6.30 p.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span><br /><br /><b>Sunday 31st December 2024</b><br /><b>Octave Day of Christmas</b><br /><div>Oratory 7.30 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span><br />Oratory 10.30 a.m. <span style="color: red;">High Mass</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monday</b><b> 1st January 2024</b><br />Oratory 12.00 midday<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: red;">High Mass</span> </span><span>(no Mass at 5.45pm)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Normal service resumes from <b>Tuesday 2nd January 2024</b></div><div><br />*OLPS - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG</div><div>Directions to the Oratory and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour are available in the sidebar</div><div><br />I wish all readers of this blog a happy and holy Christmas and New Year!<br /></div></div></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-84402729817699266532023-12-07T20:14:00.000+00:002023-12-07T20:14:22.482+00:00The Immaculate Conception and Advent Rorate Masses<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnKqF7yVfHbFK_Jg1v9Zwr90qkw_TckAY2sqTo5PgyqvssBSFbCpiVG2K9yWkSVHRMLN3EEU90huoz8fTWhoVjr2bhcUPtCCnAsk10WhbvpWEwsxrMFQZbiv43xZWT3MjcLR4WACllASbfoxjx4b4fkl1n7ZwZ_bR5ZrZigoW2Ns3wo-S0Q7Le8D4VtFk/s2048/December%2023%20Music%20List.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1469" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnKqF7yVfHbFK_Jg1v9Zwr90qkw_TckAY2sqTo5PgyqvssBSFbCpiVG2K9yWkSVHRMLN3EEU90huoz8fTWhoVjr2bhcUPtCCnAsk10WhbvpWEwsxrMFQZbiv43xZWT3MjcLR4WACllASbfoxjx4b4fkl1n7ZwZ_bR5ZrZigoW2Ns3wo-S0Q7Le8D4VtFk/w460-h640/December%2023%20Music%20List.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-194572936032826862023-10-31T21:16:00.000+00:002023-10-31T21:16:07.066+00:00All Hallowtide 2023<p>Masses for All Saints and All Souls:</p><p><b>All Saints 1/11/23</b></p><p>High Mass 7.30pm, Birmingham Oratory (n.b. this replaces the usual 5.45pm Low Mass)</p><p><b>All Souls 2/11/23</b></p><p>Low Mass 12 noon Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton</p><p>Low Mass 5.45pm Birmingham Oratory</p><p>High Mass 7.30pm Birmingham Oratory</p><p>There may also be private Masses celebrated at the side altars at the Birmingham Oratory in the morning after the 7.30am English Mass.</p><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-23520325171675380822023-10-02T22:46:00.002+01:002023-10-02T22:47:02.372+01:00The Final Blessing<p>Some photos from Fr Paul Lester's final Sunday Mass at St Mary on the Hill yesterday. The phtotos are courtesy of Edmund Waddelove.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoqyIhEaxHysvKuTuFd0TcasG12m4l3Mq1-9i7jTZBW7_512czNtYyNmbyAOryeeCSG2Eg5s_CrB7RZN6KsiZVG71BzBxhVQQw57sFluocDl1gj8dKV9c4TVGa6tXFpUZqxt3LKzNvljfp-wTR38lvBbigoWnnFguqKFA7RYXQ5twc_ccNuj_B2bu80E5/s4899/IMG_9648.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4899" data-original-width="3266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoqyIhEaxHysvKuTuFd0TcasG12m4l3Mq1-9i7jTZBW7_512czNtYyNmbyAOryeeCSG2Eg5s_CrB7RZN6KsiZVG71BzBxhVQQw57sFluocDl1gj8dKV9c4TVGa6tXFpUZqxt3LKzNvljfp-wTR38lvBbigoWnnFguqKFA7RYXQ5twc_ccNuj_B2bu80E5/w426-h640/IMG_9648.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkm7Yr9i-HDavapye2_vab02a2_JdU_G-nbwnicihMwlkaMdNobYL2fH7A8vBXfk_HYP1k6dM8banXgq_xUpkvlT2SKNxfEI0hIrbfY-nDRYRzoCsWOwJoWln9UDYM-5_aByOsLY4FHD0nUKEyOGWo_WmMrSDAfvJuChr7OubFYAdagJNvO7Gp_yOnmpz/s4898/IMG_9725%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkm7Yr9i-HDavapye2_vab02a2_JdU_G-nbwnicihMwlkaMdNobYL2fH7A8vBXfk_HYP1k6dM8banXgq_xUpkvlT2SKNxfEI0hIrbfY-nDRYRzoCsWOwJoWln9UDYM-5_aByOsLY4FHD0nUKEyOGWo_WmMrSDAfvJuChr7OubFYAdagJNvO7Gp_yOnmpz/w400-h266/IMG_9725%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pfgH3JAN768s4z0Ac_cmdeDkpd0tsVrHIkW1bfm6XPSfE4rDEr8PXNM8chC520bHl3obPQfVn30uBnsZ9nsmOCfxcpl3yryYkSQjitC8D-EHi6Q9idANPzdhQsM4lvZJvLSs2Y_kbWPnwV-ACRKIGA-a_5s1zFi1uznDaNb42bJ7IiGeLu_CpRhlAhs7/s4898/IMG_9727.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4898" data-original-width="3265" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pfgH3JAN768s4z0Ac_cmdeDkpd0tsVrHIkW1bfm6XPSfE4rDEr8PXNM8chC520bHl3obPQfVn30uBnsZ9nsmOCfxcpl3yryYkSQjitC8D-EHi6Q9idANPzdhQsM4lvZJvLSs2Y_kbWPnwV-ACRKIGA-a_5s1zFi1uznDaNb42bJ7IiGeLu_CpRhlAhs7/w427-h640/IMG_9727.jpeg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos are available <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/iD3yJQpTQXtwp2wa8" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Masses at St Mary on the Hill in Wednesbury, St Dunstan's in Kings Heath and Sacred Heart and All Souls in Acock's Green have all ended, leaving the Oratory and the Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton.</div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-48759180475729167952023-09-13T17:54:00.001+01:002023-09-13T17:54:26.814+01:00Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the future of South Birmingham MassesThe 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.<div><br /></div><div>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.</div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-32715270799210852732023-08-14T22:39:00.002+01:002023-08-14T22:39:28.850+01:00Three Masses for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-370edf31-7fff-15e8-e2b1-d2a28640191b"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26.04pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 335px; overflow: hidden; width: 607px;"><img height="335" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0iIoIxNOiqGkaZXL_KjM7dAV3rUv0OYMOiXCJDY1RQS26hHDA9KNI-CP3t7UalKRnhZekFNdYhY74ZKgpHAhTKgMpFip9UGO9rfP5zSD1kbh_lrCER4nK1Xjb8FCAPcHclx7wTcIEEFgQBFed1ZUHrI" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="607" /></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>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:</p><p>10.30am Low Mass Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton</p><p>6.30pm Low Mass St Mary on the Hill, St Mary's Road, Wednesbury</p><p>7.30pm High Mass the Birmingham Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston</p><p>Directions to these churches are available in the sidebar</p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-14785854620364198282023-06-21T22:56:00.003+01:002023-06-21T22:56:47.692+01:00The Nativity of John the Baptist at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour<div style="text-align: left;">Due to the Annual Novena of Novus Ordo Masses leading up to the patronal Feastday of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton that has taken place every year since 2011 and is detailed in the graphic below, and livestreamed on the parish YouTube channel, the normal Friday 1962 Missal Mass will be moved to Saturday morning at 8am, the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist. Directions to this church are available in the sidebar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4doMKd7KBASbPx_vVR7djChu8TmyeLvF-hTP_x3eo-3co7vT7MjRdY1k77-wnnY0ZJuH74hAt6lngUsehJXxD4SCURr0Wgk3TMT5XGGdCOmgUONXcebWsYj3S67mfVPcRbbRVj-zqP02RhHQjYiyM060E1Ni_Iy6AChPdstMfabzpr2ghdOjxAprIiY1/s2048/OLPS%20Novena%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4doMKd7KBASbPx_vVR7djChu8TmyeLvF-hTP_x3eo-3co7vT7MjRdY1k77-wnnY0ZJuH74hAt6lngUsehJXxD4SCURr0Wgk3TMT5XGGdCOmgUONXcebWsYj3S67mfVPcRbbRVj-zqP02RhHQjYiyM060E1Ni_Iy6AChPdstMfabzpr2ghdOjxAprIiY1/w453-h640/OLPS%20Novena%202023.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-9717910506963301702023-06-14T21:04:00.003+01:002023-06-14T21:04:41.091+01:00The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2023Over on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Birmingham-Black-Country-Latin-Mass-Society-208781015967107">Facebook Page</a>, we have been praying a novena for the preservation of the TLM in the Archdiocese of Birmingham following confirmed rumours that the Archbishop is collating information about the Masses with a view to obtaining permission for them to continue from Rome, in line with the Rescript published earlier this year.
It seems fitting to end this novena by hearing Mass on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, for which there will be four such opportunities in the region. <div><br /></div><div>High Mass, 7pm, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton (see poster below)</div><div>Missa Cantata, 5.45pm, Birmingham Oratory </div><div>Missa Cantata, 7pm St Dunstan, Kings Heath </div><div>Low Mass, 6.30pm, St Mary on the Hill, Wednesbury </div><div><br /></div><div>Directions to all of these churches are available in the sidebar</div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="autoplay" height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19QRz3LkIRXGJryo1XRCpszIsnsOdwFF-/preview" width="640"></iframe></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-54937267778380259132023-06-08T13:07:00.005+01:002023-06-08T13:07:41.787+01:00Corpus Christi and SS Peter and Paul<p>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:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCZEpi7Zfh1tsJoGgsH2PMMEaNTYjR5syZUMRdnU6s2WqD7EXphFtlmNL9pJh1dUTD3O50XI4BUHop2quMDDXkDnZfIZf8kvx7PoKOw7BnTL-eZs6yRURroO9seGq5lHcBC_BUY93VMQkd8f-2rFmh_casUT7W-J27AiIp47b3klwwnkMA-6v0Sqrmw/s2048/Music-List-2023-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCZEpi7Zfh1tsJoGgsH2PMMEaNTYjR5syZUMRdnU6s2WqD7EXphFtlmNL9pJh1dUTD3O50XI4BUHop2quMDDXkDnZfIZf8kvx7PoKOw7BnTL-eZs6yRURroO9seGq5lHcBC_BUY93VMQkd8f-2rFmh_casUT7W-J27AiIp47b3klwwnkMA-6v0Sqrmw/w512-h640/Music-List-2023-06.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-26927357641384641182023-05-16T23:15:00.001+01:002023-05-16T23:16:54.905+01:00The Ascension and the Feast of St Dunstan and St Philip NeriThursday 18th May is the Feast of the Ascension, a Holy Day of Obligation. High Mass will be celebrated at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass, and at St Mary on the Hill in Wednesbury at 5.30pm - please note this is an hour earlier than the time published in the Spring edition of Mass of Ages. The music for the High Mass at Birmingham Oratory is detailed in the poster below.<div><br /></div><div>Two patronal feasts will also be celebrated in the 1962 Missal locally. Firstly, the Feast of St Dunstan coincides with the third Friday Mass at St Dunstan's church in Kings Heath on the 19th May: a Missa Cantata will be celebrated on this occasion. A week later, on the 26th May, is the Feast of St Philip Neri, founder of the Oratories. High Mass will be celebrated at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. Again, the music is detailed in the poster below.</div><div><br /></div><div>Directions to all of these churches are available in the sidebar.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErtCB0quqtZyJz5204N3a0Bo01zDdnWe2A-8xCAhkN33CZpUOnvyaeZ0zO5AjwWCd2VXd_BP96G7W_j_z-zbxQNi6RFhl2awvF0BxvYU3Oumu64yMJnDN7grQ0dXETqYJTlXnKYsI87B8DU5QG74JUwKKej3A-IICsuRoWYbMH1pPGPd3fhOXenQCKA/s2048/May%20Music%20Oratory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1421" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErtCB0quqtZyJz5204N3a0Bo01zDdnWe2A-8xCAhkN33CZpUOnvyaeZ0zO5AjwWCd2VXd_BP96G7W_j_z-zbxQNi6RFhl2awvF0BxvYU3Oumu64yMJnDN7grQ0dXETqYJTlXnKYsI87B8DU5QG74JUwKKej3A-IICsuRoWYbMH1pPGPd3fhOXenQCKA/w444-h640/May%20Music%20Oratory.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-48110072791590661452023-04-01T16:36:00.002+01:002023-04-01T16:36:56.468+01:00Holy Week and Easter MondayThe Birmingham Oratory will celebrate a full schedule of liturgies for Holy Week and Easter from the 1962 Missal as detailed in the graphic below (please click on it to enlarge). Please note that High Mass on Palm Sunday will start at the earlier time of 10am, and on Bank Holiday Easter Monday Mass will be celebrated at 9am instead of 5.45pm. There will be Masses on Easter day at St Mary on the Hill in Wednesbury at 11.30am as usual for a Sunday, and a special Easter day Mass at 8am at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton. Directions to all of these churches are available in the sidebar.
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvmZhocFGTqTLbMveZ0CJxkj_MzhNnNzMyzm-jC90o1Gz-M_vCIVmZ6Hs9uDnF-6ZZ1CZ23RVMvvObU5j_mKOwdAjzv6NS_78Oa6z1uplgj8ZsbnjFGR_9m6oEY7xj0UVi4JF3ZZ27P-uMILjuODQhS1o7-GcxMynW8oHyiClN8umwDhmMYgknL4_3A/s1536/Holy-Week-2023-Poster-1536x1086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1536" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvmZhocFGTqTLbMveZ0CJxkj_MzhNnNzMyzm-jC90o1Gz-M_vCIVmZ6Hs9uDnF-6ZZ1CZ23RVMvvObU5j_mKOwdAjzv6NS_78Oa6z1uplgj8ZsbnjFGR_9m6oEY7xj0UVi4JF3ZZ27P-uMILjuODQhS1o7-GcxMynW8oHyiClN8umwDhmMYgknL4_3A/w400-h283/Holy-Week-2023-Poster-1536x1086.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-76974016669083860552023-03-20T13:16:00.006+00:002023-03-20T13:16:55.353+00:00St Joseph and the Annunciation<p>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.</p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-85889502837659766762023-02-15T21:00:00.001+00:002023-02-15T21:02:53.720+00:00Quarant'ore and Ash WednesdayThe Oratory will be holding its Forty Hours' Devotion from Thursday 16th February to Saturday 18th February this year beginning with the High Mass of Exposition tomorrow at 7.30pm. This is in advance of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday next week (22nd February) which will also be marked with the celebration of High Mass at 7.30pm. There will also be a low Mass at 6.30pm at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury.Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-85734260573969298702023-02-01T22:18:00.000+00:002023-02-01T22:18:02.851+00:00The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2023There will be two Masses tomorrow for Candlemas - Low Mass at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury at 6.30pm, and High Mass at the Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. The February Music list for the Oratory has also been released, although it appears to be missing music for the High Mass of Exposition for the Forty Hours' Devotion scheduled to begin at 7.30pm on 16th February.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBI-pXqQx6yhJmG-rqOxzff_pQ0x6lf5tDHNgK1THJFcZAL22v1nu31W3YstmxhBebIzU5v-PlDgIa_MwbL8Ny9QDYdq3zwD8NRhGAG_j7AbGA-d7z3z9zN4mGxeXg4pYXiLYMZHSgjNyLpq6T4R8_E7O3W-R1WAX8xv-KNlbjoYYKEnZKVlmK4Vvqg/s1680/Oratory%20February%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBI-pXqQx6yhJmG-rqOxzff_pQ0x6lf5tDHNgK1THJFcZAL22v1nu31W3YstmxhBebIzU5v-PlDgIa_MwbL8Ny9QDYdq3zwD8NRhGAG_j7AbGA-d7z3z9zN4mGxeXg4pYXiLYMZHSgjNyLpq6T4R8_E7O3W-R1WAX8xv-KNlbjoYYKEnZKVlmK4Vvqg/w458-h640/Oratory%20February%202023.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-82898726170191397542023-01-11T20:52:00.001+00:002023-01-11T20:52:10.465+00:00Mass Cancellation - Our Lady of Perpetual SuccourPlease note that the usual 6.30pm Friday Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton will not take place this week (Friday 13th January 2023) due to the priest being absent.Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-17926617393035399012023-01-05T23:10:00.002+00:002023-01-05T23:10:37.862+00:00Epiphany 2023<p style="text-align: left;">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.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiSWQMunIZzP9AkTnbvDHmhmIIHSzdpZsvspQpr9AwEw6M1yBUnLi1y93g0qBBcVgWGIf8XSKvyL5Tqz96LSp6WK95-xOb12J-3efGrsq6o1pQSqfvk3x0sW6p1U-8M7Jsou9fC3lVpYBn2AY1EGYT70YmSmGTCDagnEt78QxMjtEM1AhHCkWgg0knw/s2048/Oratory%20January%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiSWQMunIZzP9AkTnbvDHmhmIIHSzdpZsvspQpr9AwEw6M1yBUnLi1y93g0qBBcVgWGIf8XSKvyL5Tqz96LSp6WK95-xOb12J-3efGrsq6o1pQSqfvk3x0sW6p1U-8M7Jsou9fC3lVpYBn2AY1EGYT70YmSmGTCDagnEt78QxMjtEM1AhHCkWgg0knw/w454-h640/Oratory%20January%202023.jpg" width="454" /></a></p><br /><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-7218186723269937432022-12-22T20:37:00.002+00:002023-01-01T16:17:07.905+00:00Christmas Masses and New Year Masses 2022/23<p>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!</p><div><b>Saturday</b><b> 24th December 2022</b></div><div><b>Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ</b></div><div>Oratory 7.30 a.m. <span style="color: #800180;">Rorate Mass</span></div>Wednesbury (SMH#) 9.00 p.m. <span style="color: #800180;">Sung Mass</span><br /><br /><b>Sunday 25th December 2022</b><br /><b>The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ</b><br />Oratory 12 midnight <span style="color: red;">High Mass </span><span>(n.b. no 7.30 a.m. Mass)</span><br />Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 8 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span><br />Oratory 10.30 a.m. <span style="color: red;">High Mass</span><br /><br /><b>Monday</b><b> 26th December 2022</b><b> to Saturday 31st December 2022</b><div>Oratory 9.00 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass </span>(no Mass at 5.45pm)</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Thursday 29th December 2022</b></div><div>Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 6.30 p.m. <span style="color: #800180;">Sung Mass</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><b>Friday 30th December 2022</b></div><div>Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 6.30 p.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span><br /><br /><b>Sunday 1st January 2023</b><br /><b>Octave Day of Christmas</b><br /><div>Oratory 7.30 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span><br />Oratory 10.30 a.m. <span style="color: red;">High Mass</span><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Wednesbury (SMH#) 11.30 a.m. </span><span style="color: blue;">Low Mass</span></span></div><div><span><span>Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 12 noon</span><span style="color: blue;"> Low Mass</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monday</b><b> 2nd January 2023</b><br />Oratory 9.00 a.m. <span style="color: blue;">Low Mass </span><span>(no Mass at 5.45pm)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Normal service resumes from <b>Tuesday 3rd January 2023</b></div><div><br />*OLPS - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG<br />#SMH - St Mary on the Hill, St Mary's Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9DL<br />Oratory directions in sidebar</div></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-4298493481186534122022-12-08T07:41:00.000+00:002022-12-08T07:41:05.297+00:00Immaculate Conception 2022<p>Mass times for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary are as follows:</p><p>Low Mass 6.30pm, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Wednesbury</p><p>High Mass 7.30pm, the Birmingham Oratory (n.b. no 5.45pm Mass today)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbDaeSntREo5uMldvI2tC9rd057kHb-ROpcVdstYHq-o-oNFOXwT41LdZLO4agAlNlesHICF4RYQgejnRJQNvjf5jhEP5pk64HicHocMHEAgx6N5zPCdSqASL1Xvjr_73x2rV1eq_Xab6CTMHBcJSMGqCsrsACZl7UqkOBBtgzR4WdFcNkkPciV8_rQ/s720/Oratory%20December%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbDaeSntREo5uMldvI2tC9rd057kHb-ROpcVdstYHq-o-oNFOXwT41LdZLO4agAlNlesHICF4RYQgejnRJQNvjf5jhEP5pk64HicHocMHEAgx6N5zPCdSqASL1Xvjr_73x2rV1eq_Xab6CTMHBcJSMGqCsrsACZl7UqkOBBtgzR4WdFcNkkPciV8_rQ/w452-h640/Oratory%20December%202022.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Please also not that on Saturdays during Advent, the 9am Mass at the Birmingham Oratory has been replaced with a 7.30am Rorate Mass.</div><p><br /></p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-34221005344448962632022-10-31T22:14:00.000+00:002022-10-31T22:14:09.010+00:00Allhallowtide 2022Masses for All Saints and All Souls:<div><br /></div><div>7.30pm the Birmingham Oratory 1st & 2nd November - High Mass</div><div>6.30pm St Mary-on-the-Hill 1st & 2nd November - Low Mass</div><div><br /></div><div>Directions are available in the sidebar</div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-42557661553068522712022-10-05T22:18:00.002+01:002022-10-05T22:18:25.094+01:00Our Lady of the Rosary<iframe allow="autoplay" height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dQOVM6mTLpmVaFt2hSpJL68r8akPJZgx/preview" width="640"></iframe>
<br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Friday there will be a High Mass of Our Lady of the Rosary at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton (directions in the sidebar), perhaps quite apt given the increasing threat of nuclear was involving Russia. Coincidently, the relics of St Bernadette arrive at St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham that evening and will be available for veneration until Saturday evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Feast of St John Henry Newman falls on Sunday this year - all Masses at the Oratory, including the Low Mass at 7.30am and the High Mass at 10.30am, as well as Vespers at 4.30pm, will be of the Feast.</div></div>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-86483773951004920992022-09-21T22:07:00.002+01:002022-09-21T22:21:06.589+01:00The Guild of St Clare in Wednesbury<p> A parishioner at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury is hoping to start a local chapter of the <a href="http://www.guildofstclare.org/p/about-us.html" target="_blank">Guild of St Clare</a>; there will be an exploratory meeting this Saturday 24th September 2022 at 11am in the church hall. Directions are available in the sidebar.</p><p>The Guild of St Clare was founded in Oxford in 2009. Its purpose is to repair and make the liturgical vestments necessary for the celebration of the traditional liturgy of the Catholic Church, to pass on the skills necessary for this, and to promote domestic sewing.</p><p>The Guild today runs two Sewing Retreats each year, where liturgical sewing is combined with spiritual talks and liturgy, one in the spring and one in the autumn. </p><p>It also runs Vestment Mending Days in London on Saturdays.</p><p>There are local chapters around the country.</p><p>Everyone is welcome at Guild events: appropriate tasks can be found for all skill levels.</p><p>The Guild is affiliated with the Latin Mass Society, which was founded in 1965 to promote traditional Catholic liturgy. The Latin Mass Society is a registered charity, number 248388.</p><p>The Guild’s spiritual patron is St Clare of Assisi, who, like many female religious over the centuries, made liturgical vestments.</p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992295097047088018.post-37328033422036474832022-09-14T08:45:00.005+01:002022-09-15T22:35:18.478+01:00The Exaltation of the Holy Cross<p>High Mass will be offered at the Birmingham Oratory for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm low Mass.</p><p>Please note that Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual in Succour on Friday is cancelled - this is bad luck as there are a couple of priests who cover the Mass who are also unavailable. It is the only time Mass has been cancelled in nearly ten years since the 1962 Missal has been offered at the church.</p><p>The third Friday Mass at St Dunstan's in Kings Heath is going ahead as normal and is a possible alternative, albeit on the other side of Birmingham, along with the 5.45pm daily Mass at the Oratory of course.</p>Birmingham & Black Country LMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321204573894160811noreply@blogger.com0