Birmingham & Black Country Latin Mass Society

17/06/2026

There will be a votive Mass of the Sacred Heart tonight at 6pm tonight (17th June 2026) at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Wolverhampton, replacing the usual Friday Mass which has been cancelled due to the annual Patronal Novena taking place there beginning tomorrow.

31/05/2026

High Mass will be offered at the Birmingham Oratory on Monday 1st June for the transferred Patronal Feast of St Philip Neri, at 7.30pm replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass. There will similarly be a High Mass on 4th June for Corpus Christi Thursday

Music for Monday 1st June - Our Holy Father S. Philip Neri

7.30pm High Mass

Missa Sancti Nicolai - Joseph Haydn
Respice de cœlo, Sancte Pater - William Sewell
Cor meum - Nicholas Wilton
Pangamus Nerio - William Sewell
Finale, Symphony No. 1 - Louis Vierne

24/05/2026

Mass at the Birmingham Oratory will be at 9am on Bank Holiday Whit Monday (25th May 2026), instead of the usual time of 5.45pm.

Please also note that due to the Octave of Pentecost, High Mass for the Patronal Feast of St Philip will take place on Monday 1st June at 7.30pm and not on Tuesday 26th May as advertised in Mass of Ages.

12/05/2026

Music for Thursday 14th May - Ascension of Our Lord

7.30pm High Mass

Missa Ascendens Christus - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ascendens Christus in altum - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ascendit Deus - Peter Philips
Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 - J. S. Bach

01/04/2026

The times for Holy Week and the Easter Liturgies at the Birmingham Oratory, along with the music, are available in the following graphic:

29/03/2026

1962 Missal Masses for Holy Week and Easter at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton:

As there will be no Mass on Good Friday, the Vetus Ordo will be celebrated on Monday in Holy Week (30th March 2026) at 6.30pm instead
There will be a Low Mass in the 1962 Missal at 8am on Easter Sunday (5th April 2026)
High Mass will be offered on Easter Monday (6th April 2026) at noon.

24/03/2026

Masses for the Annunciation
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Low Mass 7.30am Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton
High Mass 7.30pm Birmingham Oratory (replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass)

Music for Wednesday 25th March - The Annunciation

7.30pm High Mass

Missa Sancta et immaculata - Francisco Guerrero
Ave Maria - William Sewell
Sancta et immaculata - Cristóbal de Morales
Allegro Maestoso, Symphony No. 3 - Louis Vierne

17/03/2026

High Mass will be offered on Thursday 19th March at 7.30pm for the Solemnity of St Joseph at the Birmingham Oratory - this replaces the usual 5.45pm Low Mass

17/02/2026

Lent starts tomorrow: High Mass will be offered at the Birmingham Oratory at 7.30pm, replacing the usual 5.45pm Low Mass

Music for Wednesday 18th February - Ash Wednesday

7.30pm High Mass

Emendemus in Melius - Orlando di Lassus
Missa Pater peccavi - Andrea Gabrieli
Exaltabo Te - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Miserere mei - Gregorio Allegri

01/02/2026

Music for Monday 2nd February - Candlemas

7.30pm High Mass

Lumen ad Revelationem - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Ave maris stella - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Diffusa est gratia - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave Maria - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617 - J. S. Bach