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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.

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.




More photos are available here.

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.

Wednesday 13 September 2023

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.

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

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.

Wednesday 14 June 2023

The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2023

Over on our Facebook Page, 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. 

High Mass, 7pm, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton (see poster below)
Missa Cantata, 5.45pm, Birmingham Oratory 
Missa Cantata, 7pm St Dunstan, Kings Heath 
Low Mass, 6.30pm, St Mary on the Hill, Wednesbury 

Directions to all of these churches are available in the sidebar

  

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

Thursday 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.

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.

Directions to all of these churches are available in the sidebar.



Saturday 1 April 2023

Holy Week and Easter Monday

The 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.


 

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

The 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.

Wednesday 1 February 2023

The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2023

There 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.



Wednesday 11 January 2023

Mass Cancellation - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

Please 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.

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!

Saturday 24th December 2022
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Oratory 7.30 a.m. Rorate Mass
Wednesbury (SMH#) 9.00 p.m. Sung Mass

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
Oratory 9.00 a.m. Low Mass (no Mass at 5.45pm)

Thursday 29th December 2022
Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 6.30 p.m. Sung Mass

Friday 30th December 2022
Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 6.30 p.m. Low Mass

Sunday 1st January 2023
Octave Day of Christmas
Oratory 7.30 a.m. Low Mass
Oratory 10.30 a.m. High Mass
Wednesbury (SMH#) 11.30 a.m. Low Mass
Wolverhampton (OLPS*) 12 noon Low Mass

Monday 2nd January 2023
Oratory 9.00 a.m. Low Mass (no Mass at 5.45pm)

Normal service resumes from Tuesday 3rd January 2023

*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

Thursday 8 December 2022

Immaculate Conception 2022

Mass times for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary are as follows:

Low Mass 6.30pm, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Wednesbury

High Mass 7.30pm, the Birmingham Oratory (n.b. no 5.45pm Mass today)

Please also not that on Saturdays during Advent, the 9am Mass at the Birmingham Oratory has been replaced with a 7.30am Rorate Mass.


Monday 31 October 2022

Allhallowtide 2022

Masses for All Saints and All Souls:

7.30pm the Birmingham Oratory 1st & 2nd November - High Mass
6.30pm St Mary-on-the-Hill 1st & 2nd November - Low Mass

Directions are available in the sidebar

Wednesday 5 October 2022

Our Lady of the Rosary



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.

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.

Wednesday 21 September 2022

The Guild of St Clare in Wednesbury

 A parishioner at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury is hoping to start a local chapter of the Guild of St Clare; there will be an exploratory meeting this Saturday 24th September 2022 at 11am in the church hall. Directions are available in the sidebar.

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.

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. 

It also runs Vestment Mending Days in London on Saturdays.

There are local chapters around the country.

Everyone is welcome at Guild events: appropriate tasks can be found for all skill levels.

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.

The Guild’s spiritual patron is St Clare of Assisi, who, like many female religious over the centuries, made liturgical vestments.

Wednesday 14 September 2022

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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.

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.

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.

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