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PARISH TRIP TO WINCHESTER

The Parish Day Trip to Winchester will be on Saturday 12th September. Ticket prices will be confirmed shortly. More...

thank you

My special thanks go to all the Catechists and others involved in the preparation of children for their First Holy Communion. More than 70 children made their First Holy Communion over the last three Sundays, and so there was a lot of preparation work involved! Fr John

the catenians

Members of the Maidstone Circle of the Catenian Association will be making a pulpit presentation at Mass on the 5th June at Preston Hall, 8.30 am and 11.30 am, and at the 6.00 pm Mass at St. Francis'. Brothers of the association and their wives will be available after those Masses for enquiries on possible membership. More information on the Catenians can be found here.

PARISH LOTTERY MEMBERS

The new series will run from 3rd July to 25th December 2009, and payment by members will become due on or before 3rd July. More...

Feedback Form

Please use this form for any website related feedback or enquiries.

Welcome to our Parish Website!

Would you like to know more about the Catholic Church?

Our next RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) course will start in September, but there is an Introductory Meeting on Monday 6th July at 8.00pm in the Priests' House next to St. Francis Church, Week Street.

Please ring Sheila Connolly on 01622 729211 or if you would like more details.

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Area Masses - An Invitation

You are invited to join your neighbours for the celebration of the Mass in your area at:

St Nicholas' Hall, Poplar Grove, Allington, Wednesday 8th July - 8.00pm
St Andrew’s Hall, Barming, Wednesday 15th July - 8.00pm
Vinters Park Community Centre, Thursday 16th July - 8.00pm

Refreshments will be served after Mass.

"...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' Parish 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.
Canon John Clark - Parish Priest

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.

If you have any suggestions for items to be included, or your Parish Group would like to have their own page, then please use the Feedback Form on the right.

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