St Simon Stock Catholic Church
South Ashford, Kent

Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 4EU. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1233 622399
email: parish@stsimon.org.uk; parish blog: St Simon's Parish Blog ; Fr John's blog: South Ashford Priest







From the past

 

Ordination to the Priesthood

On Saturday 15th July 2006 Richard Hearn was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese by Auxiliary Bishop John Hine at a Mass at St Lawrence of Canterbury, Sidcup. We thank God for this new priest and pray that he will be a holy priest and be blessed with a fruitful ministry. Let's pray also for more labourers for the Lord's vineyard. After Mass it was announced that Father Richard is to be appointed an assistant priest at St Thomas' Canterbury, so he'll be in the same deanery as this parish.




 

The Parish's 20th Anniversary
21st January 2007
Click here for report & pictures.

 THURSDAY TALKS
SPRING/SUMMER 2007

These talks will be held at St Simon’s Church Hall
at 7.30pm on the Thursdays indicated.

All the talks are intended to help those present to know more about the teaching of the Catholic Church and their understanding and love of Christ. Christians of other denominations and others who are not members of the Catholic Church are all most welcome to attend.

19th April Pope Benedict XVI - Truth and Tolerance
Rev. Timothy Finigan M.A., S.T.L.
Dean of Bexley, Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen
On the second anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict, Father Finigan reflects on the Pope’s approach to truth, reason, and inter-religious dialogue.

24th May Tota pulchra es Maria - Mary prefigured in the Old Testament
Rt Rev. Laurence O’Keefe L.S.S., O.S.B
Abbot of St Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate 

7th June Christ and the Church - Answer to the Modern World
Rev. Stephen Dingley M.A., Ph.D., S.T.L.
Lecturer in Theology, St John’s Seminary, Wonersh

14th June Being Pro-life - The Most Important Work on Earth
Anthony Ozimic.
Political Secretary, SPUC.

21st June JESUS IS WITH US - The Meaning of the Tabernacle
Rev. Roger Nesbitt M.Sc. D.I.C., A.C.G.I.
Dean of Dover, Parish Priest of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Aloysius Church, Folkestone

Pentecost 2007—Sunday 27th May
 To celebrate the many tongues in which God is glorified in this parish, Mass on Pentecost Sunday was ‘International’, with readings and prayers in Ibo, Malayalam, Maltese, Spanish, Arabic, Swahili, Polish, Tagalog, Shona, French, English and Latin. See the parish blog for pictures. For photos of the 2006 Mass, visit  my blog and these pages.

 
Archbishop Kevin McDonald
 visited the parish and celebrated the 10.00am Mass on Trinity Sunday, 3rd June, 2007, during which he baptised Michael Light, and confirmed him together with Jessica Holmes and Verity Green. Report and pictures here .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Altar Servers Trip to Rome

24th - 26th October 2006

For news of this trip click here.

Celebrating Outstanding Service to our Parish Primary School

Read about celebrations in honour of Peter Runciman on our parish blog by clicking here.

 

Autumn Fayre

7th October 2006

Our successful fayre raised £1,800. Read about it and see pictures by clicking here.

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