St Simon Stock - Catholic Church, South Ashford

08/09/2026

PLEASE NOTE: Friday's Mass is at 9.30am with St. Simon's School and not as printed in the newsletter available in church at the weekend.

25/08/2026

12/08/2026

The Solemnity of the Assumption

Will be celebrated on Sunday (16th) rather than on the 15th as is usual. But beware - anyone planning on coming to Mass on Saturday morning, even though it will be a votive Mass of Our Lady, won't be fulfilling the Obligation that pertains to the Assumption feast. As we are celebrating on the Sunday this year, the Obligation is theoretically also transferred but as every Sunday is a day of Obligation, we shall all be in Church anyway!!

Masses will be celebrated at the usual Sunday times but the morning Solemn Mass will end with an outdoor Procession of Our Lady.

Why, you may ask is there a picture of desserts on this post rather than an image of Our Blessed Lady assumed body and soul into the glory of Heaven?
Well, that's because at the conclusion of the procession we shall move to the Hall where coffee and tea will be served. We shall then have a 'pudding party' - the idea being that we invite the congregation to bring along a dessert of their choice to be shared.

The list that was posted on the noticeboard has elicited a few offers of donations, but we could do with some more and it is not too late to make your offer of help. If you are coming on Sunday morning and are able to bring a pudding or dessert then we would be grateful if you would leave a comment on this post. Many thanks and we look forward to celebrating this joyful feast of Our Lady together on Sunday.

"Heaven with transcendent joys her entrance graced.
Next to his throne her Son, his Mother placed.
And here below, now she's of heaven possest
All generations are to call her blest."

10/08/2026

A reminder that there is no Mass on Tuesday morning this week

17/07/2026

70th Birthday Celebration!

Last weekend saw the 70th birthday of our Parish Priest, Fr Jose Anchanical. Following the Solemn Mass in the morning a cake was cut and shared and an olive tree was planted in the garden in his honour.
Further celebrations and a Holy Qurbana was celebrated for the joint Syro-Malabar communities at S Anselm's School in Canterbury.

We wish Fr Jose many congratulations on reaching 70 years, thanks for all that he does and brings to both communities and prayers for many more years to come!

The accompanying photographs were provided by Zac and we thank him for those.

We also extend our love and good wishes to Thereza, our parish secretary who also celebrated not only her birthday on the same day as Fr Jose but also her wedding anniversary! We wish Thereza and Bob many more happy years together!