KENTISH TOWN
Sunday 1 September
XXII PER ANNUM
11am Parish Mass |Pro Populo
6pm Said Mass and Benediction |Patricia Stephenson
Monday 2 September
Feria
12 noon Mass | Our School
Tuesday 3 September
S.
TODAY At the end of Mass today there will be refreshments served in the Church Hall at S. Silas. We do hope you will be able to join us.
FOOD BANK COLLECTION Thank you to everyone who brought food for the Camden Food Bank. The food will be delivered to them on Tuesday.
WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE The bus leaves at 7.45am on Monday 26 August for the Healing and Renewal Pilgrimage to Walsingham. There will be Mass and Blessing of Pilgrims at S. Silas at 7am. Please let Fr Philip know if you have any prayer intentions for the pilgrimage.
PORTRAIT OF HM THE KING As part of the Coronation celebrations the Royal Household has given a portrait of HM The King to each parish. Our portrait has now arrived and has been placed in the S Silas Church Hall.
SOCIAL MEDIA Find us across social media (Facebook, Instagram and X): @StSilasNW5.
VISITING If you would like a visit at home from Fr Philip please be in touch with him.
PLEASE PRAY FOR those caught up in the war in the Middle East and in Ukraine; for all who teach and learn in our school; for the sick commended to us – Eileen Bromwich, Ginny Green, David Roberts, David Woolf, Leonard Hearne, Su Beard, Jeff Cridland (Pr), Glaspole Scharschmidt, Caroline Essl, Hector Chisholm, Norma Chisholm, Stephen Doyle, Peter Hearn, Patricia Stephenson, Doreen Moodie, Peter Piddock, Ian Macgregor, Gabi Cancello, Veronica Lavin, John Nelson, Kay Farrell, Carlos Stinson, John Nix, Joyce Nix, Gill Bell, Brenda Yazdi, Dennis Holmes, Michael Trodd, Hazel Hallam, Toni Disbury, Pauline Ansley, Pam Ansley, Earl Foster, Melvin Murray, Bert Brace, Clare Smith, Dave McWilliams and Micheline Lobjois; for all who have died especially Julia Power, Nikki Rae, Gerdt Scharschmidt (recently departed) Margaret Cayley, Phyllis Jones, Keith Buckland, Barbara Gibbons, Henry Frier, Michael Greany, Beatrice Collins, Phyllis Perkins, Michael Maskell, Herbert Ringe, Hans Lunkeit, (Anniversaries).
MASS TIMES & NEWS
MASS TIMES
Sunday 9 August
XIX Sunday Per Annum
11am Parish Mass | Pro populo
Missa Brevis in G - Webbe
Sacerdotes Domini - Byrd
5pm Vespers and Benediction
Monday 10 August
S. Laurence
12 noon Mass | Deacons
Tuesday 11 August
S. Clare
12 noon Mass | Poor Clares
Wednesday 12 August
S. Jane Frances Chantal
12 noon Mass | Missionaries
Thursday 13 August
Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus
10am Mass | Pope Leo XIV
2.30pm Funeral of Tina Jackson at Islington Crematorium
Friday 14 August
S. Maximillian Kolbe
10am Mass | Persecuted Christians
Saturday 15 August
Of Our Lady
12 noon Mass | Society of Mary
5pm Solemn First Vespers of the Assumption & Benediction
Sunday 16 August
THE ASSUMPTION
11am Parish Mass | Pro populo
Missa Octavi Toni - Lassus
Ave Maria – Elgar
No evening service (Mass at S. Luke's, Uxbridge Road)
Confessions: Before any Mass or by appointment
WEEKLY BULLETIN
TODAY After Mass today there will be refreshments served in the Church Hall at S. Silas. Do please join us. You can make a donation to the ministry and mission of the parish using the QR code on posters in church or online.
VESPERS Please note Vespers and Benediction at 5pm this Sunday. This will become a regular part of our worship pattern.
S. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL There will be a parish visit to S. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday 14 August. Mass at S. Silas at 10am and then travelling together to S. Paul’s. The visit is free. Do come along and explore our Cathedral Church. For those who want we will then visit the National Gallery to see the exhibition of paintings by Zurbaran.
THE ASSUMPTION Saturday 15 August: 5pm, Solemn First Vespers and Benediction; Sunday 16 August: Parish Mass and Procession, followed by a party in the Presbytery. On Sunday evening, we are invited to join the people of S. Luke’s Shepherd’s Bush (450 Uxbridge Road, W12 0NS) for their Assumption Festival at 5pm.
PLACEMENT STUDENT Today we welcome Thomas, a student exploring his vocation to the priesthood. Do please introduce yourself to him and make him welcome. He will be with us from 8-17 August. If you are able to host him for a meal or home visit, please speak to Fr Philip.
PEW/STUDY BIBLES In order to further our study of scripture, we would like to purchase a set of ten study bibles for church. These can be used by visitors to the church and for forthcoming bible study sessions. Each bible costs £10 and can be dedicated in memory of a person, or offered in thanksgiving.
PLEASE PRAY FOR those caught up in the war in the Middle East and in Ukraine, for all who teach and learn in our school; for the sick commended to us – Robert Sweeney (Pr), Barry Mason, Richard Peirce, Richard Essl, Randall Bennett, Kathleen Gordon, Ruby Marshall, Gerry Woodford, Peter, Neil Devlin, Yvonne Dobson, Rosemary Mallard, Maxine Stinson, Gerald Mack, David Woolf, Su Beard, Jeff Cridland (Pr), Caroline Essl, Norma Chisholm, Gary Stinson, Peter Hearn, Doreen Moodie, Frances O’Brien, Peter Piddock, Veronica Lavin, John Nelson, John Nix, Joyce Nix, Dennis Holmes, Melvin Murray, Bert Brace, Clare Smith, June Clough, Anne Allan, Sandra Baugh, and Colin Warren; for all who have died – Henry Campbell, Tina Jackson (Recently Departed); and for Lucy Pearce, Frederick Pusser, Eric Wild (Bp), Alice Hatchard, Reginald Kirkby (Pr), Edward Fiberesima, Alfred Hope Patten (Pr), Mel Rawlins, John Roberts, Maurice Brunsden (Pr), Marjorie Poole, Dom Bede Gabriel OSB, Elizabeth Jaackson and Valerie Shoebridge (Anniversaries).
OUR NEW CURATE
We are pleased to announce that the Bishop of Fulham ordained Felix Trimbos on Saturday 27 June 2026 at S. Andrew Holborn to the order of Deacon in the Church of God. We are delighted that Felix will be serving as Assistant Curate in our parish. Please make every effort to support Felix and to welcome him warmly into our community.
Felix writes: ‘I am very pleased to be coming to serve my curacy with you all. I have greatly enjoyed worshipping at S. Silas and Holy Trinity in the past, and I am looking forward to getting to know you all, and to working alongside Fr Philip in the mission and ministry of the parish. I will be coming to you from Oxford, where I am in my third year at S. Stephen’s House. Before training for ordination, I studied history at Edinburgh and worked at a parish in East London as a pastoral assistant. However, I am looking forward to coming home to North West London, where I grew up, and getting started after my deaconing.’
HOURS
The church is open during the week and weekends during mass times.