- Church Notices
- First Holy Communion & Confirmation Classes
- St Simons RC Primary School
- Volunteer To Help Our Church
- Other Notices
Church Notices
Children’s Society’s Southwark Crisis Fund
Children’s Society’s Southwark Crisis Fund helps families in our Archdiocese who are facing a crisis in their lives. To gift aid your offering please use one of the envelopes on the table.
Read moreCrib Offerings
The Crib will remain on display throughout the Christmas season and up to the feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas). We will be donating our crib offering to The Catholic Children’s Society’s Southwark Crisis Fund which helps families in our Archdiocese who are facing a crisis in their lives. To gift aid your offering please use one of the envelopes on the table.
Read moreChristmas Offering Envelopes Available On The Newsletter Table
The offertory collection taken during the Midnight & Christmas Day Masses is traditionally your personal gift to your Fr. Jose. A priest’s income is normally whatever he receives from the parish (mainly Mass offerings). This collection at Christmas forms an important part of Fr. Jose’s income for the year and enables him to meet personal expenses. If you can gift aid your offering, the parish can benefit from the tax refund. To do so write your name and address on the envelope provided, or use one of the Gift Aid envelopes available in the church foyer. Offerings made by cheque…
Read moreChristmas Service Times
Mass times for the week of Christmas and the start of the New Year
Read moreAdvent Appeal Second Collections
Our Our Advent Appeal second collections will be for The Friends of the Holy Land. The Christians of the Holy Land have continued to experience pressure from all sides. Knowing that the wider Christian community is thinking of them renews their spirits and helps them find hope in what can feel like a hopeless situation. Let us remember those striving to remain in the birthplace of our Hope.Advent Appeal second collections will be for The Friends of the Holy Land. The Christians of the Holy Land have continued to experience pressure from all sides. Knowing that the wider Christian community…
Read moreRepository (Shop)
The repository shop has Advent calendars and candles, Christmas cards, Cribs, 2026 calendars and lots more; please do come in and have a look. ‘Walk with me’ books, a prayer resource for Advent, are available in the shop at £1.50 each. There are also free Advent activity calendars for the children.
Read moreHelp London’s Pro-Life Pregnancy Centre Stay Open
The Good Counsel Network’s funds are dangerously low. They offer expectant mums help with housing, financial assistance, legal, and medical support, baby goods and clothes, advice, ongoing support long after the baby is born. If they run out of funds, they cannot continue to help dozens of Mothers keep a roof over their head. Support Good Counsel today – see the poster on the noticeboard or go to http://www.goodcounselnetwork.com donate page for more details
Read moreCANONISATION OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS AND BLESSED PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI – 7th SEPTEMBER
These two young men, one from the early 20th century and the other the first twenty-first century saint, will be canonised next Sunday by Pope Leo XIV. The canonisations highlight the universal call to holiness, the importance of faith in the digital age (for Carlo Acutis), and the call to serve others (for Pier Giorgio Frassati). May the canonisation of these two young men encourage the young people in our church today to have the courage to bear witness to their faith in this increasingly secular world.
Read moreFIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASSES
For children in school year 3 and above. If you wish your child to enrol in the classes to prepare for the sacrament of Holy Communion which will take place in 2026, please ask for a registration form after Mass.
Read moreVOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED FOR THE PARISH
We are looking for more parishioners to help with the various tasks that take place to make the parish run smoothly particularly catechists for the sacramental programmes (a DBS check will be required), choir members, collectors, counters, cleaners, help for the running of the repository (shop), parishioners to help with a Social and Fundraising Committee. If you have some time to spare to volunteer for these roles, or any of the other behind the scenes roles that help the parish function, please speak to Fr. Jose or sign up on the noticeboard.
Read moreBecoming a Catholic?
Are you an adult who is not a Catholic but who would like to know more, a Catholic who has not be confirmed or who would like to review your knowledge of your Catholic Faith? If you would like to know more, please contact Fr. Hans for a chat.
Receiving Holy Communion
We welcome all visitors and those who do not regularly worship with us at St. Simon Stock.
If you are not a Catholic, or are a Catholic who does not regularly attend Sunday Mass at a Catholic Church, you are welcome to come forward for a blessing. If you would like to receive a blessing, please fold your arms across your chest in the form of a cross and the Parish Priest will give you a blessing.
Those receiving communion are reminded that the host must be consumed before returning to your seat.
Mass Intentions
Each time he offers Mass the priest can offer the Mass for a specified intention, such as for someone who has died, for good health for a sick person, or in thanksgiving for graces received. To book a Mass Intention please use one of the envelopes available by the newsletters; write the Intention on it, and details of the date and time of Mass, and your name and contact details if you want the details to be confirmed. If you indicate a preferred date, the Mass will be offered on or about that preferred date. If you would like to be sure of a specific date, please speak to Fr Jose or Thereza. Put your donation inside (£10 is a typical amount) and either put it in any of the collection baskets or hand it to Fr. Jose.
First Holy Communion Classes
First Meeting – First Holy Communion Classes
For those who have registered for this year’s programme the first meeting for parents and children will be on Saturday 1st November promptly at 10.30am.
St. Simon Stock RC Primary School
Admissions To Reception 2026 To St Simon Of England RC Primary School
Applications for admission to St Simon’s School in September 2026 will be considered very shortly. Any Parents/Legal Guardians with a child whose date of birth falls between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 should make an application no later than Thursday 15th January 2026. Please see the noticeboard for details on how to apply and for dates for open afternoons for parents/guardians visits to view the school. If you know of any parents who are considering sending their children to St Simon’s please can you share this important information with them?
Read MoreVolunteer To Help Our Church
Would You Like To Join Our Team Of Altar Servers?
We are looking to recruit some new servers from among those young people who have already made their first holy communion to join the team who serve at Sunday Mass and at other Masses throughout the year. If you feel that you can undertake this commitment please ask your parents to talk to Fr. Jose. A period of training will be given before you join the regular serving team.
Would You Like To Join Our Team Of Readers?
We are looking to recruit new readers, including young people who are in school year 7 and above, to join the team who read regularly at Sunday Mass and at other Masses throughout the year. If you feel that this ministry might be for you, please talk to Fr. Jose.
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