Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington

London, Greater London

Parish of Kensington 2 · Archdiocese of Westminster

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Sunday Mass

08:30, 10:00, 12:15 +1

Saturday: 18:00 Vigil

Mass times this week

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00

Tue

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00

Wed

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00

Thu

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00

Fri

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00

Sat

  • 08:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00 Vigil

Sun

  • 08:30
  • 10:00
  • 12:15
  • 18:00
What the parish's page says
MASS is celebrated in the church and livestreamed at the following times: Monday – Saturday (Inc luding Bank Holidays) : 8.00am 12.15pm 6.00pm Sundays: 8.30am 10.00am (family Mass) 12.15pm 6.00pm
Source: Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock » Mass and church open times. Retrieved 24 September 2026. Check with the parish for changes and holy days.

Confession Times

Monday to Friday
5.40–6pm
Saturday
11.30am–12.15pm
Saturday
5–6pm

Times may be varied from time to time.

Adoration & Devotions

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday to Saturday 8.30–9am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday to Saturday 11.30am–12 noon

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday to Saturday 5–5.45pm; on Fridays instead after the evening Mass, at 6.30pm with Evening Prayer

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Sunday 5–5.45pm

Opening Times & Private Prayer

Every day 7am–7pm

Information sources

About Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington is a Roman Catholic church in London, Greater London. It is part of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

Introduction

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed the church. The church is built of brown brick with cream stone dressings and has steeply pitched tiled roofs to aisles and confessionals.

Architecture and furnishings

The church has a rectangular plan in a simplified Gothic manner. The interior features broad transverse pointed arches, capital-less and treated as internal buttresses with passage aisles. The church has a tall reredos in three panels painted in red and blue with gilded tracery and inset figures. The church has an octagonal font located to the north of the altar.

The church has a timber pulpit with a red sandstone base attached to the north side of the chancel arch. The church has timber pendant light fittings with brass bell-shaped bulb holders.

Sources for this profile

  1. Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Non Civil Parish - 1376619 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 8 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.

Clergy

  • Parish Priest Rev Thaddeus Ekuma ODC

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Map location for Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington

41 Kensington Church Street, London, Greater London, W8 4BB