Rector

Ven Keith De Vos
Rev Keith is the Rector of St Thomas's and Acting Archdeacon of Rondebosch. (Ordination: Pentecost 1981)  Fr Keith has both a BA(Hons) and an MA from UCT in Religious studies. Apart from parish work Fr Keith often supports Archbishop Emeritus Tutu in his international ministry. He is chairman of CLARAF. He is a member of the Diocesan Chapter and is often called on by Archbishop Thabo for international duties.  He is a keen cyclist and enjoys most sports. Fr Keith is married to Valencia.  Both their children are married. They are the proud grandparents of Lisa and Grant's son, Noah and hosted a wonderful wedding for Robin and Andrea on 14 February 2015.

Rev Nicky Ing
Nicky joined St Thomas's in 2006 when she relocated to Cape Town from Natal.  She has a special ministry to those who are bereaved, leads regular Quiet Mornings and does many pastoral visits every week! In 2015 she will celebrate the 15th anniversary of her ordination.

 Rev Lorna Lavarello Smith

Lorna  was born and brought up on the island of Tristan da Cunha.  She married her husband Drew Smith in Paarl in 2001 and they have a combined family of 3 sons, 2 adopted daughters and an 18 month old granddaughter Madeleine.

After a career in Medical Research and part time work as a Counsellor, Lorna attended Queens Theological College in Birmingham UK where she studied a Degree in Mission and Ministry.  Lorna was ordained Deacon in Peterborough Cathedral UK, in 2013 and Priest in 2014.  She served her Curacy in Billing, Northamptonshire UK.  Lorna’s passion in Ministry has always been for encouraging spiritual growth of young people in the church believing that children are equal partners with adults in the life of the church and the Holy Spirit speaks powerfully through children as well as adults.