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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 1962.

Coming Events

Saturday, 8 September : Concert in Saint Peter’s by the St Kilda Brass Band

Sunday, 9 September : Brian Kilkelly’s priesting in St Paul’s Cathedral

14-15 September : Diocesan Synod

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’

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

Popular Videos

Ordination of Brian Kilkelly

And you can see further photo’s of the ordination in our photo. gallery.

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.