All Saints and All Souls 2018

There are a number of Extraordinary Form Masses in the West Midlands area for All Saints and All Souls which are detailed below and recorded in the calendar on the sidebar.

EF Masses for All Saints (1st November) - Holy Day of Obligation
St Mary-on-the-Hill, Wednesbury Low Mass 6pm
The Birmingham Oratory High Mass 7.30pm (no 5.45pm Mass)

EF Masses for All Souls (2nd November)

St Dunstan's Kings Heath 8am (poster below)
The Birmingham Oratory 8am-11am Low Mass at Holy Souls Altar roughly every half hour (please indicate to server if you wish to receive communion
St Mary-on-the-Hill, Wednesbury 6pm Low Mass
St Augustine's Solihull 6.30pm Low Mass
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton 6.30pm Low Mass
The Birmingham Oratory 7.30pm High Mass of Requiem (no 5.45pm Mass)

The full addresses and directions for these locations can be found in the sidebar.

The Forty Hours Devotion 2018

The annual Forty Hours devotion at the Birmingham Oratory will start on Thursday with High Mass in the Extraordinary Form at 7.30pm - this replaces the usual 5.45pm low Mass.

St Edward the Confessor

The Enthronement of Edward the Confessor, opening scene of the Bayeaux Tapestry

In addition to the regular 9am Saturday low Mass at the Oratory, there will be two additional low Masses in the region to celebrate the Feast of St Edward the Confessor.

10am Holy Cross, Upper Saint John Street, Lichfield, WS14 9DX
11am St Mary on the Hill, St Mary's Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9DL

Holy Cross is very close to Lichfield City Railway station, and St Mary on the Hill is just off junction 9 of the M6 (see sidebar for directions) so both are relatively easy to get to regardles of which form of transport you are using.

Pontifical High Mass for the Feast of Cardinal John Henry Newman

Bishop Robert Byrne C.O. will celebrate Pontifical High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory for the feast of its founder, Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman at 7.30pm on the 9th October. EF Vespers will take place the day before at 6.30pm (not 7.30pm as may have previously been advertised).

The Oratory has released its music list for the month of October. Music for the High Mass will include:

Missa Vidi Speciosam Victoria
Laetatus Sum Parry
Vidi Speciosam Victoria

I hope to see as many of you as possible there.