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Ordained a Priest
On Sunday, 9 September, Brian Kilkelly was ordained a Priest in a Service at the Cathedral. We have photo’s of Brian’s Ordination in our photo. gallery. You’ll also find pictures from his first Mass as a Priest the following day.
Band delights
The St Kilda Brass, also known as The Saints, delighted a nearly full church on Saturday 8 September. Further photo’s of The Saints concert are in our photo. gallery.
Coming Events
Sunday, 23 September : Deadline for copy for the September issue of The Rock
Sunday, 11 November : Armistice Day Service
Tuesday, 13 November : Caversham Lecture The Reverend Toby Behan, recently ordained Priest in the Christchurch diocese and former dancer with and choreographer of the New Zealand Ballet Company; ’The faith of a ballet dancer’
Tuesday, 20 November : Caversham Lecture Professor John Reynolds, Otago University Brain Health Research Centre; ’Teaching an old brain new tricks’
Tuesday, 27 November : Caversham Lecture The Right Reverend Dr Steven Benford, Bishop of Dunedin; ’The faith of a Bishop’
Tuesday, 4 December : Caversham Lecture Dr Margo Barton who teaches fashion at the Otago Polytechnic; ’The ID International Emerging Designers Award’
The Rock
The August edition is now available online. Printed copies will be available in Church from Sunday while they last, but you get it first and forever online! See below how to get a handy email when each new issue is available.
Our Printed Heritage page now includes all available issues up to August of 1962.
Recent Photographs
Pentecost Vigil, 19 May 2018
See the traditional shared meal of Pentecost from our 2018 celebration.
Evensong and Benediction social gathering, 9 May 2018
Check out photo’s from a typical after-Service social gathering.
Parish AGM, 29 April 2018
We have photo’s of the AGM in our Photo. Gallery.
Easter Vigil, 31 March 2018
See the pic’s from the 2018 Easter Vigil.
Re-visit the 2017 Caversham Lectures
Andrew Geddis
Life with Big Brother
7 November 2017
Rachel Zajac
Wrongful Conviction
21 November 2017
Archbishop Sir David Moxon
Anglican–Roman Catholic Relations
28 November 2017
Margo Barton
Citizen Stylist
5 December 2017
Popular Videos
Ordination of Brian Kilkelly
Ordination of Brian Kilkelly
10 June 2018
And you can see further photo’s of the ordination in our photo. gallery.
Our first Armistice Day Service
Armistice Day Service
12 November 2017
Visit of our new Bishop
Our new Bishop was installed on 22 September. On the 23rd he led hist first Diocesan Synod (which was held at Saint Peter's) and on the 24th he preached and celebrated our 10.30am Service.
Watch the Service in high definition on our Services page, or listen to the Bishop’s sermon from the pulpit.
Removing the Holy Cross memorial windows
On 16 December, 2016 four memorial windows were removed from Holy Cross and prepared for relocation at Saint Peter’s.
Watch a short video of the windows’ removal here.
Night Skies over the Third Reich
On Tuesday, 31 January, Saint Peter’s hosted Archdeacon Neville Selwood. Over 45 people listened to him talk with Vicar Hugh Bowron about his experiences as a Lancaster navigator during World War 2.
You can see the archdeacons’s recollections of his time in Bomber Command here in High Definition.
Choral Evensong
On 17 July, the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral visited Saint Peter’s and sang Choral Evensong and Benediction, with Rachmaninov’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in the original Church Slavonic. Another wonderful special Service which you can see below.We also have videos available of:
- the Diocesan Synod Service
- the 150th Anniversary Solemn Sung Eucharist
- Bishop Victoria Matthews’ sermon at the 150th Anniversary Service
- A documentary of highlights from the 150th Anniversary weekend - including, in full, Our Vicar’s talk on Colourful Past Vicars of Saint Peter’s
Check the ‘Services at Saint Peter’s‘ page in the menu for video of the Services and sermon. The 150th Anniversary Highlights video is available here.
Our Printed Heritage
An additional issue of our early parish magazines is added to our online archive each month when The Rock is published..
All those from December 1952 (the earliest one) to this month in 1962 are now available.
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