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.

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.