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Welcome to the website for the St. Peter's Church in Devizes, Wiltshire.
We are a
Forward in Faith
Church in the
Anglican Diocese of Salisbury. Episcopal oversight is given by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.
We are active members of the
Devizes Partnership of Churches.
Firmly established in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England,
St Peter's Church
has witnessed to the Christian faith and served the people of the Devizes area since 1866. The church is in the town's western outskirts on the Bath Road, near the famous Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal.
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Services and Events This Week
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When |
Where |
Service / Event | |
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Sunday, 13 May + Easter 6 |
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| 8:00 am | St Peter's | Low Mass | |
| 9:15 am | St Peter's | Morning Prayer | |
| 10:00 am | St Peter's | Sung Mass, Sunday School & Sermon | |
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Thursday 17 May + Ascension of the Lord |
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| 7:00 pm | St Peter's | High Mass, Procession & Homily | |
| *Friday 18 May | |||
| Novena of Prayer Begins (see below) | |||
| *Saturday 19 May | |||
| 6:00 pm | St Peter's | Evening Prayer & Preparation for Communion | |
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*Sunday, 20 May + Sunday after the Ascension /Easter 7 |
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| 8:00 am | St Peter's | Low Mass | |
| 9:15 am | St Peter's | Morning Prayer | |
| 10:00 am | St Peter's | Sung Mass, Sunday School & Sermon with Holy Baptism |
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Morning Prayer will be said daily at
8.00am & Evening Prayer at 6.00pm most days this week. |
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* Novena of Prayer The original Novena goes back to the nine day period that the Disciples and Mary spent together in prayer between Ascension and Pentecost Sunday. Fr Peter asks in his Diary for this week that:
'Through the nine days between the Ascension and Pentecost this year the House of Bishops are meeting to decide what amendments to make to the draft Women Bishops legislation – in the hope of enabling the highest degree of unity for all in the Church of England and for all to be able to thrive equally.
We are asked to pray earnestly each day – privately, or, if moved to do so, in groups – that, in the midst of differing views,
(i) We might desire one another’s flourishing in the church of our baptism,
and (ii) The bishops might be helped to devise (and the General Synod to endorse) arrangements that make this possible.'
[To download full Diary and Saints for this week, also the Collect, Readings & Gospel for Easter 6 & Easter 7 - see the Diary page]
- Our Easter Continues at St Peter's
Our Easter Garden has now been blessed. Click picture below to see how it looked -
We celebrate our Risen
Lord over the season of Eastertide, which continues until Pentecost
[- See Fr Peter's May Letter
,which looks forward to Pentecost.]
We wish all visitors to this website a Happy and Blessed Easter
He is risen indeed, alleluia!
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down
Death by death, and upon those in the tomb
bestowing life.
Alleluia!
[For those who missed the picture of this year's Palm Sunday Procession, they may now be seen on the Gallery page]
Who Are We?
On Sunday 29th April at the instigation of one of our Servers, John Kirk (picture right with Fr John and Fr Peter), a photo session was booked after the Mass to give an opportunity for the various groups within the Church to be photographed together. The previous night had been one of gale force winds, leaving debris that had blown into gardens waiting to be cleared. The driving rain which continued into Sunday made journeying to church difficult, but in spite of all this enough people turned up in at the Mass to give an insight into what goes on during services and behind the scenes. 17 of the photos have been put together in a slide show which is now available to show who we are and what we do.
The most visible during our services are: our three Priests, the Altar Servers, the Choir and the team of Lesson Readers
In overall charge of the
running of the Church we have the Church Wardens and Assistant Wardens -
When you enter the Church you
are be welcomed by the friendly Sidespersons, who will hand you your books
and service sheets -
As you look round the Church
you will immediately notice that it is cleaned and polished to a very high
standard, and there are always beautiful flower displays. This would
not happen without the dedicated work of our Cleaners and our (award
winning!) Flower Arrangers -
The non-liturgical work of the Priests is supported by our Lay Pastoral Assistants -
The organisation of the social activities for the whole congregation - such as the Harvest Supper, concerts, and buffets - is done by the Social Committee -
- while the fortnightly events specifically for women of the parish are organised by the Women's Guild -
The monthly Parish Paper is delivered to every household in the parish, and this requires quite a large team of distributors. The Parish Paper is also available on the website and is quite widely read on-line; for this a tame Website Administrator is needed.
They say that behind every great man there is a great woman (...and. some would add, a mother-in-law who can't believe it), Amongst the photos we have two successful partnerships shown below. There are at least two other working marriages amongst the people shown above (...but, as far as we know, no mothers-in-law)
To view the slide show click here
... and last but by no means least the
rest of the congregation
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If you wish to join our congregation at St Peter's please come along and meet all of us.
St Peter's St Peter’s Parish Quiet Day March 17th. 2012
Fr Peter describes the Parish Quiet Day at St Denys’ Retreat Centre in Warminster as "very successful".
The Retreat was led by Anna Desch of the Spiritual Exercises Network in Wiltshire. Anna's theme for meditations throughout the day was Lady Julian of Norwich. Simon Bees, the member of the St Peter's Serving Team who organised the trip, has written up an account of this 'Day Trip to Eternity' with reflections and photographs - this account may be downloaded by clicking here.
Job Vacancy - Church Organist
Wanted for St. Peter's Devizes - an organist for the 10.00am Sung Mass and for evening Masses on major saints' days.
Honorarium to be negotiated. Traditional catholic worship. All Resolutions passed.
A temporary position for one year in the first instance.
Please contact the parish priest Fr. Peter Moss SSC on (01380) 724785.
Dates for Your Diary
2012
Thursday May 17th 7:30 pm The Ascension of Our Lord: High Mass & Procession
7:30 pm Women's Guild: Corporate Communion `
Thursday May 24th 7:30 pm Women's Guild: 'Wiltshire Radio' by Matthew Smith
Sunday May
27th
Pentecost (Whit Sunday):
8:00
am Low
Mass
10:00 am
High Mass & Procession
Thursday
June
7th
to Saturday June
9th Chichester
Cathedral Flower Festival:
Theme this year '‘Every Book Tells a Story’
We are looking into the availability of transport to Chichester for Friday 8th &
Saturday 9th.
If interested in going , please put your name on the list at the back of church
for preferred day.
If either day would suit you, please put your name on both lists.
When we have more details, we will inform you.
Thursday
June
14th 7:30 pm Women's
Guild:
Summer Meal
Saturday June 16th Glastonbury Pilgrimage
12 Noon Solemn concelebrated mass. Principal Celebrant will be the Bishop of Beverley.
Followed by a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the streets with robed choirs & servers (and priests in copes), and Benediction.
Day will conclude with Procession of Witness and Benediction.
Preachers on the day will be the Bishop of Ebbsfleet and the Bishop of Plymouth
40/50-seater Coach is booked to take us to Glastonbury & back. A generous grant from the Catholic societies has made it possible for parishes coming by coach to reclaim half of the hire cost.
Please book your seat on the list at the back of church. The approximate cost will be £5.00 for transport plus £4.00 for the service booklet.[See Gallery page for pictures of the 2009 Pilgrimage at which Fr Peter and the St Peter's Serving Team played a prominent role,
... and will probably do so again this year!]
Thursday June 28th 7:30 pm Women's Guild: AGM
Monday
July
16th
to Thursday July
19th
Swindon New Town Pilgrimage to Walsingham
This year pilgrims from the Forward in Faith parishes of
Swindon New Town will be led by Fr Peter, as these parishes will then be in
interregnum. . Anyone from St. Peter’s who would like to join the group
should let Fr Peter know as soon as possible.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recent updates
(16-May-2012)
New
'This Week's Diary'
(10-May-2012)
New
'This Week's Diary'
(3-May-2012)
New
'This Week's Diary'
(29-April-2012)
New May Parish Paper &
'This Week's Diary'
(25-April-2012)
New May Fr Peter's Letter
(21-April-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-April-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(7-April-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(1-April-2012)
New April Parish Paper' &
Fr Peter's Letter
(31-March-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(21-March-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-March-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(8-March-2012)
New March 'Parish Paper'
(8-March-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary' & March
Fr Peter's Letter
(2-March-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(23-February-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(17-February-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(10-February-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(5-February-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'& February
Parish Paper
24-January-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(16-January-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-January-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-January-2012)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(31-December-2011)
New
January
Fr Peter's Letter
(29-December-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(28-November-2011)
New
January
Parish Paper
(20-December-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(12-December-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(7-December-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(1-December-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(27-November-2011)
New
December
Parish Paper
& Fr Peter's Letter
(22-November-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-November-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-November-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(8-November-2011)
New
November Parish Paper
(4-November-2011)
Slideshow of Bishop Jonathon's Visit added to
Gallery
(1-November-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(30-October-2011)
New Fr Peter's October Letter
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(18-October-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-October-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(5-October-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary' and Trinity 15 Sermon
uploaded
(2-October-2011)
New
October Parish Paper
(27-September-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(26-September-2011)
New Fr Peter's October Letter
(21-September-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(16-September-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(6-September-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(5-September-2011)
New September Parish Paper
(28-August-2011)
New September Fr Peter's Letter
(23-August-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(17-August-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-August-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(9-August-2011)
Trinity 7 Sermon Uploaded
(7-August-2011)
New August Parish Paper & Fr Peter's Letter
(2-August-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(26-July-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(18-July-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-July-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(5-July-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-July-2011)
New July Parish Paper & Fr Peter's Letter
(29-June-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(26-June-2011)
Corpus Christi slide show added to Gallery
(21-June-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(15-June-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-June-2011)
Amended 'This Week's Diary'
(8-June-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-June-2011)
New June Parish Paper
(1-June-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(29-May-2011)
New June Letter
(25-May-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(18-May-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(10-May-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(8-May-2011)
New May Parish Paper
(5-May-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(29-April-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(12-April-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(10-April-2011)
New April Parish Paper & Fr Peter's Letter
(5-April-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(29-March-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(22-March-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(15-March-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(9-March-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-March-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(27-February-2011)
New March Parish Paper & Fr Peter's Letter
(22-February-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(16-February-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(13-February-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-February-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(30-Janurayr-2011)
New February Parish Paper
(27-January-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(20-January-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-January-2011)
'This Week's Diary' amended
(10-January-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(7-Janurayr-2011)
New January Parish Paper
(4-January-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'
(3-January-2011)
About page updated.
(2-January-2011)
New 'This Week's Diary'