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.
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.
Tuesday 19 March 2024
The Feast of St Joseph and Holy Week
The Birmingham Oratory will celebrate High Mass tonight for the Feast of St Joseph at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.
On Palm Sunday, the High Mass usually at 10.30am will start earlier at 10.00am to accommodate all of the additional ceremonies. The Holy Week schedule is available in the poster below.
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Ash Wednesday High Mass 2024
Lent starts tomorrow and there will High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass.
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