Welcome to our Parish Website.
To try to build up our parish community we shall be holding a number of special evenings, during May and June, at various locations to enable you to meet with your Catholic neighbours. Each evening will begin at 8.00pm with the celebration of Mass followed by refreshments and an opportunity to socialise with others from your area. The arrangements are:
Thursday 22nd May (Barming): St Francis P.School, Queens Road.
Thursday 29th May (Allington): St Nicholas’ Church. Hall, Poplar Grove.
Friday 6th June (Vinters Park) Vinters Park Community Centre, Hampton Road.
"...JESUS CHRIST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END...
ALL TIME BELONGS TO HIM... AND ALL THE AGES..."
These words on the doors of the Church porch express perfectly the purpose of our parish. We are a community centred
round the Lord Jesus.
Saint Francis' Church in the heart of Maidstone was founded in 1859 and since then has been the heart of the
Catholic community in the Maidstone area.
From it was founded the parishes of Saint Thomas More, West Malling; Holy Family, Park Wood; and Saint Peter's
Bearsted.
In addition to the mother church there are Mass Centres at St Luke's, Preston Hall, and at St Mary's Anglican Church
at Nettlestead.
Today the faith which inspired its foundation almost 150 years ago continues to find its expression in a lively community
bringing together people of many races all united by their love of God. It is this love which calls us all to work
together to build up our community and to care for all in need.
I would like to welcome all who visit our new website and hope you share something of our vision for the future of the
church and parish.
The website is still developing and more features will be added soon. Acknowledgement is made to Styleshout for the HTML/CSS template on which this site is based and also to Milonic for their excellent, easy to use DHTML Menu which allows such flexibility and customisation. If you have any suggestions for items to be included, or your Parish Group would like to have their own page, then please email the Webmaster at the link below and don't forget to sign the Guestbook before you leave.
says you are visitor number© 2008 Saint Francis' Parish, Maidstone.