Fr Ian Verrier FSSP at the Birmingham Oratory
Fr (then Mr) Ian Verrier (Credit: Path Less Taken)Earlier today Fr Ian Verrier FSSP celebrated his first High Mass at St James, Spanish Place in London. Fr Verrier is a former Anglican convert who was...
View ArticleSS Peter and Paul and the Most Precious Blood
The 10.30am High Mass today was a celebration of the External Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul. There will be a Missa Cantata tomorrow at 6pm for those who wish to celebrate the feast on the traditional...
View ArticleSummer Mass Cancellations
There will be no last Friday Mass at St Augustine's, Solihull tomorrow. Also the weekly Wednesday 12 noon Masses at Our Lady and St Kenelm will not take place on the 5th and 26th of August. The Mass...
View ArticleAssumption of BVM
There will be two EF Masses for the Assumption at the Birmingham Oratory: you can either celebrate a Missa Cantata at the regular 9.30am Saturday Mass on the traditional date, or attend the High Mass...
View ArticleBank Holiday Mass/ Holiday Mass Reports
There will be an additional 9.30am EF Mass at the Birmingham Oratory on Bank Holiday Monday.The Redditch Masses at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in neighbouring Worcestershire now take place on the second...
View ArticleThe Nativity of BVM
There will be a 6pm Mass in the extraordinary form at the Birmingham Oratory tomorrow to celebrate the Feast off the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
View ArticleEighth Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum
Tomorrow is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - the eighth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum coming into effect. There will be a 7pm High Mass at the Birmingham Oratory to celebrate the...
View ArticleThe Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Just a reminder that there is a 6pm Low Mass tomorrow at the Birmingham Oratory for the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There are now five resident priests at the Birmingham...
View ArticleOratory Mass Schedule Sept-Dec 2015
In addition to the normal weekly schedule of Masses on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Birmingham Oratory has the following events planned between now and the end of the year. The big event is the...
View ArticleForty Hours High Mass of Exposition
The annual Forty Hours devotion starts at the Birmingham Oratory on Thursday with an Extraordinary Form High Mass of Exposition at 7pm.The Halesowen Mass tomorrow has been cancelled because Fr Bruce is...
View ArticleVotive High Mass of the Sacred Heart in Solihull
A photo posted by ColletteBP (@collettebp) on Oct 22, 2015 at 4:36am PDTThe usual last Friday Solihull Mass is cancelled tomorrow - instead there will be a Votive High Mass of the Sacred Heart in the...
View ArticlePhotos from the Solihull High Mass
Below are a few photos from the Solihull High Mass on Friday, believed to be the first High Mass at St Augustine's Church since 1939 when it was celebrated by Archbishop Williams for the hundredth...
View ArticleNovember Devotions for the Dead at the Oratory
With all the excitement over the first High Mass at St Augustine's in over one hundred years, I forgot to mention the additional High Mass for All Souls Day at the Birmingham Oratory. There were also...
View ArticleMass in Coventry
Fr Mark Higgins has contacted me to say that he will be celebrating an EF Mass at St Joseph the Worker, De Montfort Way, Cannon Park, Coventry CV4 7DU on Tuesday 1st December at 7.00pm. If you read the...
View ArticleThe Year of Mercy at the Birmingham Oratory
You may be aware that Pope Francis' Year of Mercy starts on the 8th December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Well there is some important news with regards to this at the Birmingham...
View ArticlePontifical High Mass for the Immaculate Conception
Please do not forget that Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated at 7pm on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception by Bishop Robert Byrne Cong. Orat.at the Birmingham Oratory.
View ArticleBirmingham & Black Country Christmas Masses
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Bonifazio de’Pitati, sometimes called Bonifazio Veronese, c.1520-40. Source: Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryThe Birmingham Oratory will celebrate High Mass in the...
View ArticlePontifical High Mass with Archbishop Longley and Epiphany
Pontifical High Mass with Bishop Robert Byrne for the Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionSource: Birmingham OratoryThe daily EF low Masses at 5.45pm celebrated by the Birmingham Oratory will resume...
View ArticleMass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cancelled
Due to unforeseen circumstances,the Mass scheduled at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in neighbouring Worcestershire tomorrow has been cancelled. An alternative Mass is available at the Oratory at 5.45pm, one...
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