About us

Our parish is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and is led by the priest in charge, Fr Ethelbert Ukpabi.

We are made up of people from all walks of life and from many different nations. We love diversity and we love to see new people. We really hope that you will feel right at home.

The parish is part of Maidstone Deanery within the Archdiocese of Southwark. It is primarily responsible for the population living in a geographic area bounded by the Kent border with East Sussex to the south west, the Deanery of Tunbridge Wells to the west, the parish of Maidstone South to the north, and the parish of Cranbrook to the east.

Parish location within Diocese

We are active in our local community working alongside other agencies as well as running our own projects as an expression of the love of God in a practical way. We enjoy joint ecumenical events with the Church of England parishes of St Mary’s, Goudhurst, and St Laurence, Hawkhurst as well as with the Baptist and Methodist communities in each village.

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

Visitors click here.

Planning your Visit

Visitors

Welcome to our parish! We hope you have an enjoyable stay, and that while you're with us you'll be able to attend Mass at one of our two churches.

On the weekend there is Mass at the Sacred Heart in Goudhurst on Saturday evening at 5:30pm, and on Sunday morning at 10:30. Mass is celebrated at St Barnabas in Hawkhurst at 8:30am on Sunday mornings. For locations and parking details see the Mass times page.

If you're here on the first Sunday of the month we'd love to meet you over tea or coffee after the Sunday masses.

Weekday masses are celebrated on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - see the Mass times page for more details.

If you would like to speak to our priest in charge while visiting, please contact the Presbytery using the details on the Contact us page.