Source: http://holyfamilythanet.org.uk/history.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 20:57:46+00:00

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THE NEW PARISH The Parish of The Holy Family – Thanet was formed towards the end of 2010. This followed a period which began with the retirement of Canon Bill Clements (parish priest from December 1990 to August 2009); the appointment of Fr Don Coleman as parish priest of Our Lady and St Benedict, Birchington, and Moderator (Canon Laws 517, 526/7) * of St Peter’s, Westgate-on-Sea, where Fr John Slater was priest-in-charge of the Westgate parish. In August 2010 Fr John retired from full time ministry with Fr Don taking over the additional duties of being the only pastor to both parishes. After discussions with the parishioners of both churches, and Archbishop Peter Smith’s decision to “Canonically suppress” (Canon Law 515)‡ both church parishes to a single entity, the newly combined Catholic parish came into existence on 22nd November 2010. Fr Don retired as parish priest in August 2012 and was replaced by Fr Paul Connelly who, due to ill health, left the parish in August 2014. In September 2014 Archbishop Peter appointed Canon David Caine as the new parish priest of The Holy Family – Thanet.
‡ Can. 515 §1. A parish is a certain community of the Christian faithful stably constituted in a particular church, whose pastoral care is entrusted to a pastor (parochus) as its proper pastor (pastor) under the authority of the diocesan bishop. §2. It is only for the diocesan bishop to erect, suppress, or alter parishes. He is neither to erect, suppress, nor alter notably parishes, unless he has heard the presbyteral council. * Can. 517 §1. When circumstances require it, the pastoral care of a parish or of different parishes together can be entrusted to several priests in solidum, with the requirement, however, that in exercising pastoral care one of them must be the moderator, namely, the one who is to direct the joint action and to answer for it to the bishop. §2. If, because of a lack of priests, the diocesan bishop has decided that participation in the exercise of the pastoral care of a parish is to be entrusted to a deacon, to another person who is not a priest, or to a community of persons, he is to appoint some priest who, provided with the powers and faculties of a pastor, is to direct the pastoral care. Can. 526 §1. A pastor is to have the parochial care of only one parish; nevertheless, because of a lack of priests or other circumstances, the care of several neighbouring parishes can be entrusted to the same pastor. §2. In the same parish there is to be only one pastor or moderator in accord with the norm of can. 517, §1; any contrary custom is reprobated and any contrary privilege whatsoever is revoked. Can. 527 §1. The person who has been promoted to carry out the pastoral care of a parish obtains this care and is bound to exercise it from the moment of taking possession.

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