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 […]
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The 2026 Jubilee Year, from January 10, 2026 to January 10, 2027, was declared by Pope Leo XIV to mark the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis of Assisi’s death. “The Year of Saint Francis must not become yet another chapter rich in special spiritual effects, but apassage from enthusiasm to deep maturity, from spectacular celebration […]
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We’ve emerged from winter, the sun is struggling through, and the house is looking dusty and cluttered. Time for a spring clean! Before you start hiding things in the loft, give our charity shops a second thought. Charity shops are always looking for pre-loved quality items, and passing on your unwanted gifts, books, and clothes […]
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Although it is customary to take down the decorations on Twelfth Night, which we call the Epiphany, other countries keep them up until Candlemas known also as the Feast of the Presentation. This later date is on the 2nd February, which is 40 days after the birth of Jesus. The Feast of the Presentation is […]
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At last! We have finished the main work of updating the Parish Records! Thanks to all of you at church, at home or on the internet, for your cooperation in filling out so many new or updating Parish Register forms. We are still in the process of sorting them, removing duplicates etc, but the rest […]
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Radio Maria is a Catholic radio station that has recently set up a new studio in London. The 24hr broadcast includes talk shows about life as a Catholic, daily catecheses, live prayer, a truly delightful and eclectic selection of music – and much much more! Available on DAB+ radio in Greater London (Radio Maria England), […]
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It seems that we are down to our last 50 hymn books at St Peter’s. Perhaps you needed to look at one for a family event. Please have one last look at home to see if you may have borrowed one and forgotten to return it. No questions asked !
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Pope Francis called former Pope Benedict XVI a ‘noble, kind man’. ‘We feel in our hearts such gratitude, gratitude to God for having gifted him to the church and the world.’
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The relics of one of the most revered Catholic saints, St Bernadette of Lourdes, are to tour Britain for the first time, with up to a million people expected to venerate them. The tour is set to be the biggest in Britain for the remains of a Catholic saint. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of […]
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On Thursday 1st September 2022 the Church celebrated the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, with the theme ‘Listen to the Voice of Creation’. That day marked the beginning of a period of prayer and action in relation to care for our mutual home, up to and including 4th October: the Feast […]
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