St Anne's Church

There is mass on Saturday at 1 pm and on Sundays at 11.30. Confession and exposition of Blessed Sacrament in Wednesday from 11 to 11.45 and Saturday from 11.45 to 12.45.This catholic church was originally founded by Cardinal Newman in 1849, however the present building was designed in 1884 by architects Albert Vicars and John O'Neill, who helped design St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast.In 1847, John Henry Newman (converted to Catholicism) came back from Rome to Birmingham after getting permission from Pope Pius IX to create an Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in England. In 1849, he had gathered a group of followers and they initially founded the church in an old gin distillery in Deritend. The area contained poor housing, with many back-to-back rows of houses, intermixed with industry and suffering the social conditions that the country sought to remove decades later. The nature of the housing meant that it was mainly occupied by migrants, in this case workers from Ireland.By 1852 the Oratory moved to Edgbaston in Birmingham when construction of the Birmingham Oratory was completed, and St.Anne's Church continued administered by the Archdiocese of Birmingham.J. R. R. Tolkien, who converted to Catholicism in 1900, worshipped here when he lived nearby in Moseley.

Great place to see all your Blues family. Great staff friendly people. K-R-O

Beautiful place and the pastoral team is very friendly and helpful , on Wednesdays the have a food bank.

yes a great location always good entertainment love the place

I was one of st Anne's and st Michael's boys.First time i'v been back in the church for 50 year's. It a lot brigher than i remember but a lot memories still there, needed time to sit for a while on my own it was very comfortin. I can remember when you could go in any time of the day it was always open.Time's have chaged,that is sad! THANK YOU.

It's a well known Catholic church in Birmingham.

Earliest Catholic Sunday Mass in the whole of Birmingham at 1pm on a Saturday. Priest is good preacher and if you're looking for a short mass to fulfil your obligation tnis is the one to go to.

Very small congregation but lively and lovely. The Rev. Father is very nice. Wish they have a choir.

Great old style club. Fantastic beer prices.