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The Vicar of St Mary the Virgin Reculver & St Bartholomew Herne Bay and Priest in Charge of Holy Cross Hoath is:

The Reverend Ronald Hawkes

(Alas the camera cannot lie!)

Ronald was born in Kent in 1954, grew up near Dover, attending Dover Boys’ Grammar School. He trained as a Teacher at St John's College in York, and then taught for 9 years in Warwick. In 1985 he started his ministerial training at Lincoln Theological College. He was Ordained Deacon in Coventry Cathedral in 1987, and Priest in 1988.

He served his Title at St Martin in the Fields, Finham, Coventry, was later Team Vicar of St Michael and All Angels in Bexhill on Sea East Sussex, and then Vicar of St Peter’s in Oundle, Northamptonshire, and Priest in charge of St Mary the Virgin, Benefield and St Leonard, Glapthorn. During this period he was also Director of Post Ordination Training for the Diocese of Peterborough, and a Tutor with the East Anglian Ministerial Training Course. In 2000 he moved to become Chaplain to St Edmund’s School, in Canterbury, and came to be the Incumbent of the United Benefice in 2003. He is a Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral.

He is married to Liz, and they have 2 sons, James and Michael, as well as 2 dogs and several chickens. His interests include France, music, gardening, and reading.

Ronald can be contacted by telephone on +44 (0)1227 360948 or by email here

The NSM (Non Stipendiary Minister) of the United benefice is:

The Reverend Liz Hawkes

(well, perhaps it can...)

Liz was born in 1956, a vicar’s daughter, so she has spent most of her life in Vicarages in various parts of England - Kent, Oxfordshire, and Cumbria. She trained as an Organist at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and then taught for 5 years at Lathallan Preparatory School in Scotland. She trained for Ministry at Lincoln Theological College, where she met Ronald. She was ordained Deacon in Coventry in 1988 but not Priested for 9 years until serving in Oundle. Her Ministry has always been as an NSM in the same parishes as Ronald, but she has also had various Diocesan posts including Area Co-ordinator for Adult Education and Training, Sub Warden of Readers, and Bishop's Advisor for Liturgy.

She is a Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral and also an honorary Chaplain.

Her interests include Music, Reading, Chocolate, her sons and the dogs.

Liz can be contacted by telephone on +44 (0)1227 360948 or by email here

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