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New Photographs

Expedition to Pukehiki Church (and Portobello Hotel), 10 August 2019

See the new photo’s of parishioners visiting the peninsula for a special Eucharist and lunch.

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The Rock

The July edition is now available online. Printed copies are available in Church 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 July of 1963.

Coming Events

Sunday, 25 August : Deadline for copy for the August edition of The Rock

Saturday, 7 September : Concert by St Kilda Brass Band (’The Saints’)

Saturday, 5 October : Visit to St Mary, Star of the Sea, Port Chalmers Catholic Church to celebrate the feast of St Francis of Assisi

Tuesday, 5 November : Caversham Lecture ’New Zealand Dairying: Blessing or Curse’ – Richard Kyte

Tuesday, 12 November : Caversham Lecture ’Aftermath: the political landscape left by the winding down of the wars in Syria and Iraq’ – Dr Bill Harris

Tuesday, 19 November : Caversham Lecture Father James Harding examines the historicity or otherwise of the escape of the children of Israel from Pharaoh’s Egypt and the meeting between Moses and God on Mount Sinai

Saturday, 23 November : Organ recital in Saint Peter’s by Kemp English

Tuesday, 26 November : Caversham Lecture ’Church Romanesque architecture’ – Rod Hamel

Band delights and rebooks

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.

And the band is scheduled to return to Saint Peter’s in September, so mark the date: Saturday, 7 September for an afternoon of brass.`

Popular Videos

Our first Armistice Day Service

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.