Current Boundaries

Current Boundaries – Map and Description

There are no fixed borders and everyone is very welcome to worship where they feel comfortable.

However, as a guide, the Parish serves the following settlements:

  • Tenterden
  • Rolvenden
  • Newenden
  • Appledore
  • Small Hythe
  • St Michael’s
  • Wittersham
  • Woodchurch
  • Biddenden
  • Bethersden (part)
  • High Halden
  • Stone in Oxney

Parish boundaries:

  • Southern border is the River Rother and the Kent and East Sussex county boundary. The nearest church after that is Saint Teresa’s in Horn Cross.
  • Western border meets the boundary of the Parish of Saint Theodore’s in Cranbrook, which has a chapel in Benenden and also serves Staplehurst.
  • Northwestern border meets the boundary of the Parish of Saint Thomas’ of Headcorn, served from Holy Family, Parkwood, Maidstone.
  • North eastern border meets the boundary of the Parish of Saint Simon Stock in South Ashford in the village of Bethersden.
  • Eastern border meets the boundary of the parish of The Virgin Mother of Good Counsel, based in Hythe, which serves the villages of the Romney Marsh.

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Other Points:

The calender of events in the Parish Centre for June is HERE.

Confession. Fr Behr is available for Confession every Saturday from 10.30am – 11am. He is also happy to visit those who are not able to  come to church.

Our Summer Movie for July is Molokai starring David Wenham on Tuesday 19 July and Tuesday 26 July. There are 10.30am refreshments with the movie at 10.50am. A fascinating biopic of Father Damian of Molokai. He is also known as the leper priest.

Do you remember Father John Hagreen?  (See the brief summary of his tenure as our Parish Priest HERE.) Would you like to share any memories you have? Bryan Masters and Fr Behr are working on a project for next year and would like to speak to anyone who has any stories to share.

Services for the Week: 25 Jun – 3 Jul.

On Mon & Tue there will be a Mass at 10.00 am.

On Wed  –  a Holy Day of Obligation – there will be Masses at 10.00 am and 7.30 pm. In addition, there is a Traditional Latin Mass at 12.00 noon.

On Thu there will be Adoration at 09.00 am followed by Mass at 10.00 am.

On Fri there will be 10.00 am Mass followed by Adoration between 10.30 – 11.00 am.

On Sat 25 Jun and 2 Jul there will be  there will be a 10.00 am Mass and a Vigil Mass at 18.00.

On Sun 26 Jun and 3 Jul the 10.00 am Mass will be followed by a Traditional Latin Mass at 12.00 noon.

Contact Us

St Andrew’s Catholic Church
The Presbytery
47 Ashford Road
Tenterden
Kent TN30 6LL
Call 01580 762785, 07903 986646 or
behruzrafat@rcaos.org.uk.
To call Fr Behr out of hours ring ‬07903 986646.
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