Canon Luke Smith

Canon Luke was ordained Priest in Corpus Christi Church, Tonbridge on 4 June 1995. and went on to be Assistant Priest in Sevenoaks Parish from 1995 until 2000. He spent two years in a period of monastic discernment in Pluscarden Abbey between 2000 and 2002 and served as Assistant Priest, St Francis Maidstone for a few months in 2002.

Canon Luke was appointed as Parish Priest at Ss Austin & Gregory in Margate (2002 – 2014) during which time he completed an MA in Spirituality, and served as Dean of the Thanet Deanery from 2007, he was appointed as a Chapter Canon in 2012. In 2014, Canon Luke became Parish Priest at St Francis Maidstone and Dean of the Maidstone Deanery 2014-2017 before being appointed as Spiritual Director of St John’s Seminary, Wonersh. Archbishop John Wilson announced Canon Luke's new role as Episcopal Vicar for Priestly Life on 8 April 2022.

Dr Mark Nash

Mark is the Co-director of Ongoing Formation and the Director of the Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis, having previously served as formation adviser for Kent. Mark joined the diocese in January 2014 with over seven years' diocesan experience promoting and supporting small Christian communities in the Diocese of Westminster. He completed a Ph.D. in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham in 2007. A father of four, Mark lives in the parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Herne Bay.

Sr Ann Turner

Sr Ann is the eldest of five girls born and brought up Liverpool. After school, she worked in the Post Office and during that period, through a friend, met the Cenacle. As a Cenacle sister, Sr Ann has been involved in a variety of retreats, especially the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, youth ministry, spiritual direction, facilitation and parish ministry. She has also served as diocesan advisor for religious education in Dublin and as a school chaplain. Sr Ann has been appointed as Provincial to the Cenacle sisters and she leads the spiritual facet of the OGF Committee.

Fr Joe O’Connor

Fr Joe was ordained in Ireland in 1975 for the Archdiocese of Southwark and worked for twenty years in the Archdiocese before joining The Missionary Society of St. James (a missionary society for diocesan priests). He worked in Ecuador for seven years. On his return he was appointed parish priest once more in Southwark and retired as parish priest in 2017. Since then he is the Episcopal Vicar for Retired priests and helps out a lot in parishes when required.

Fr Matthew O’Gorman

Fr Matthew grew up in the St Elphege’s, Wallington before going on to study English Literature at Sussex University. After graduating, he joined the pro-life charity Life, going into schools to speak to teenagers about abortion and euthanasia. Teaching young people triggered thoughts about the priesthood and he went on to train at the English College in Rome. He has served as assistant priest in Purley and is now at Corpus Christi, Brixton Hill. He has a particular remit for the newly ordained as part of the OGF Committee.