Statue of St. Peter inside Church

Saint Peter's Church, Devizes

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,
S. 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.

The Church is proud of its associated School - St Peter's Primary.  To see the School's own web pages click here.

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Latest News

Services and Events this Week

When

Where

 Service / Event
Sunday,                   29 August
 
+ TRINITY 13
 8:00 am St Peter's  Low Mass (BCP)
   9:15 am St Peter's  Morning Prayer
  10:00 am St Peter's  Sung Mass, Sunday School & Sermon
Thursday,                 2 September  7:00 pm St Peter's  Vigil Mass of St. Gregory the Great & Homily
with Holy Unction
Saturday,                 4 September 10:00 am
- 12:00 noon
97, Avon Road Coffee Morning
   6:00 pm St Peter's  Evening Prayer & Preparation for Communion
Sunday,                    5 September
 
+ TRINITY 14
 8:00 am St Peter's  Low Mass (BCP)
   9:15 am St Peter's  Morning Prayer
  10:00 am St Peter's  Sung Mass, Sunday School & Sermon
   5:00 pm St Peter's  Devotions & Benediction

[To download full Diary for this week together with Fr Peter's Notices and Saints for the week,
also the Collect, Readings & Gospel for Trinity 13 and 14  - see the Diary page]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shop Online and Support Our Primary School

If you shop online in order to get bargains and discount prices, now you can get exactly the same discounts but with the added bonus of supporting Friends of St Peter's Primary School (FOSP).

FOSP is very active in organising events which are enjoyable in themselves and also raise a lot of money for the purchase of books and equipment for the School, and for the support of disadvantaged children within it.  Events they have organised during this past school year include

  • Christmas Party

  • Valentine's Dance

  • Easter Party

  • Meeting on the New St Peter's School

  • Summer Fayre

 

This last event, the Summer Fayre, has raised over £700 in clear profit.

Their latest venture is a webshop, through which you can shop at the most popular online retails stores including M&S, Amazon, EBay, HMV and ASDA.  There are links to over 100 sites in total and you can also specify an item you wish to purchase and get a comparison of different prices that the retailers offer.  You will be told the percentage referral fee that FOSP will get.

 

Try it at:

www.buy.at/stpetersdevizes

 

- and make your retail therapy even more therapeutic

 

   

Dates for Your Diary

 

                                                                      

                                                             

Saturday          September     4th     10:00 am     Coffee Morning in aid of church funds on 97, Avon Road.   Carol or Geoffrey will be pleased to   
                                                 
  -  12:00 noon  accept donations of items for sale or raffle prizes on Friday 3rd September. Alternatively they        
                                                                          will collect them from you if you ring to let them know.

Monday            September      6th                 
Pilgrimage to Walsingham: The Forward in Faith Parishes of Swindon New Town are making a          
                         to                                        
pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. As in 2009 we have been been invited to join them.
Thursday          September      9th   
              Cost, including transport, will be £205.  Please contact Fr. Peter for details if interested.

Thursday          September      16th               Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to England and Scotland : A State Visit at the invitation of Gordon Brown.  
                         to                                      
For the latest information see www.thepapalvisit.org.uk  
Sunday             
September       19th             This visit culminates in the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, whom Fr Peter has referred to
                                                                   as "A Saint in Waiting".  On September 19th in the Archdiocese of Birmingham the waiting will be over.

Sunday            September     19th    11:00 am  Baptism Sunday: Mass starts one hour later to allow baptism to be administered during the main Mass.                                     

Saturday           October          2nd   7:30 pm Harvest Supper A delicious Supper cooked by St Peter's own celebrity chef, John Hunt, followed by
                                                                      after supper entertainment - see Gallery page for pictures of the 2009 Supper.
                                                                      The closing date for signing up – and indicating menu choices – is Sunday 19th September. The sheet is
                                                                      on the table at the back of church.

Sunday            December       12th    11:00 am  Baptism Sunday: Mass starts one hour later to allow baptism to be administered during the main Mass.                                     

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Recent updates

(4-September-2010) New September Letter and Parish Paper
(2-September-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(24-August-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(19-August-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(11-August-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(5-August-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(1-August-2010) New August 'Parish Paper'
(28-July-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(27-July-2010)
New August 'Letter'
(22-July-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(14-July-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'
(13-July-2010) New July 'Parish Paper' and new July 'Letter'
(7-July-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'

(1-July-2010) New 'This Week's Diary'

(19-June-2010) New 'This Week's Diary' and Fr John photos added to Gallery page