St Simon Stock - Catholic Church, South Ashford

15/06/2026

06/06/2026

Corpus Christi 2026

Remember to join us tomorrow morning at 10.30am for our celebration of the great festival of Corpus et Sanguis Christi. The Solemn Concelebrated Mass will be followed by our annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The children who today received Our Lord in Holy Communion for the very first time, wearing again their first Holy Communion clothes, will lead the procession and cast rose petals before the Lord present in the Monstrance. We shall process into the hall where we shall adore Him and receive His blessing in Benediction. The procession shall then continue around the grounds and back into Church for the final Solemn Benediction.

Adoremus in aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum!

31/05/2026

June - The Month of the Sacred Heart

Our Lady's month of May has now drawn to a close and so we begin a month of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We give thanks for our opportunity to pray the Holy Rosary together every evening at the outdoor shrine of Our Lady and particularly do we thank John Barton for faithfully leading our prayers day by day during the month of May.

Our statue of the Sacred Heart has now been moved to the Sanctuary where it will remain throughout the month of June and will be the focus of our devotions. On the feast of the Sacred Heart itself, Friday June 12th, a Solemn Mass will be offered at 7.00pm in addition to the Low Mass in the morning. We would encourage you all to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart at home throughout the course of the month or come to Benediction on Wednesday evenings when it will be prayed during the period of Adoration.

The devotion to Christ's Sacred Heart focusses on His boundless love for us and for all humanity and His compassion and mercy for all people.

You will notice from the photograph that our statue in Church is vested in a stole as a theological reminder that Jesus is the eternal High Priest and that the Sacraments offered by our priests derive from He, who is the source of all priestly ministry.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy upon us.

31/05/2026

The annual International Mass

Many thanks to all who contributed in so many ways to the success of the Solemn Mass of Pentecost Sunday where we celebrated the 'oneness' of our parish community expressed in a variety of different cultures. Whether it was through singing, reading, praying or providing food and drink, preparing or clearing the hall afterwards.

Thanks to Thereza our parish secretary who organised the readers and musicians and who prepared the Mass booklet, and to Zac for providing these photos of this happy occasion.

25/05/2026

Our annual May Devotion - this evening!!

After enjoying the glorious hot weather this Bank Holiday Monday in your gardens or at the beach or even in the pub (!) do please consider wrapping the day up by coming to Church tonight.

This evening we shall celebrate our annual votive Mass of Our Lady on her feast named 'Mary, Mother of the Church'. This will end with an outdoor procession of Our Lady around the grounds.

6.30pm - Recitation of the Rosary at the outdoor Shrine
7.00pm - Solemn Mass of Our Lady, Mother of the Church

We look forward to seeing you there!

We also today offer congratulations and prayers for Manju and Zac on the happy occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary. Ad multos annos!

15/05/2026

Happy Patronal Festival!

Join us in a few minutes time for our Solemn Mass for S Simon Stock or come tomorrow morning for Mass at 10.00am.

S Simon, pray for us!

09/05/2026

This week!

A reminder that this Thursday is a Holy Day of Obligation as it is Ascension Day. The Mass schedule will be:-

6.30pm - Vigil Mass (Wednesday)
1.30pm - School Mass
7.00pm - Solemn Mass

(Please note that there will not be a Mass at 10.00am as previously advertised).

On Saturday we keep the Solemnity of our Patron Saint - S Simon Stock. The mass schedule will be:-

7.00pm - Solemn Patronal Festival Mass (Fri eve)
10.00am - Patronal Festival Mass (Saturday)

Please spread the word and we look forward to welcoming you on these two important days

06/05/2026

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