Applications are invited from School age young people in Year 9 or above, to join our 2026 Deanery Confirmation programme, who live in the parishes of Maidstone Deanery (St Francis’, Maidstone/ St , Bearsted/ Holy Family, Park Wood, /St Thomas More, West Malling/ St Theodore’s Cranbrook/ St Andrew’s, Tenterden / Sacred Heart, Goudhurst ).

The programme will run on mainly Sunday evenings at St Francis’ Church, Maidstone, beginning in July, a break throughout the summer holiday, continuing through September – October, with the Confirmation Mass scheduled for Sunday 25th October, 2pm. (Venue TBC)

must be Catholics, who have made their First Holy Communion. Applications must come from the candidate themselves. Applicants will commit to attending all of the sessions.Applicants must also be willing to participate fully in all aspects of the programme.

To request an application form, which also gives details of dates and times of sessions,
please email: confirmation@stfrancisparish.org.uk