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Welcome to St Peter's Eastern Hill, Melbourne Australia
Parish church of the City since 1847
St Peter's is a place of soul-stirring liturgy, challenging preaching, fine music,
concern for issues of justice and peace - and it is a place of warm care
and welcome: a community gathered in the name of the Lord.
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Prayer of the week

O God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you,
that, loving you above all things,
we may obtain your promises
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Collect for Ordinary Sunday 14, A Prayer Book for Australia


Recent Sermons at St Peter's

The compassionate shepherd : Click for Br Chaplain's sermon for Ordinary Sunday 11, June 15
Church, Bishops, and St Peter: Click for Canon Andrew McGowan's sermon for St Peter's Day, June 29
Lambeth and others: Click for the Vicar's sermon for Ordinary Sunday 12, June 22
There is more to come: Click for the Vicar's sermon for Pentecost, May 11


New on the St Peter's website

Click here to download the pewsheet for
Ordinary Sunday 14 (500 Kb)....

New Books have been added to the Bookroom pages. Click here for details. In addition, a new range of wooden crosses, hand-painted in aboriginal designs, has come into stock. Click to view some samples...

War Memorial Window. New pages devoted to this window in the south transept have been added to the picture gallery. Historical research in the church archives has informed an introductory text, and full descriptions and explanations of each panel of the window are illustrated with recent photographs. Click here to enter this gallery.


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Coming Events

Special Services in July & August

Dedication Festival — Sunday 3 August;
High Mass with Procession, 11.00 am.
Mary, Mother of the Lord — Friday 15 August;
High Mass and procession at 6.15 pm, followed by a light meal.

Click here for further details...


Institute for Spiritual Studies

The Transition from Mary to Elizabeth — Thursday 14 August
Judith Richards is a specialist in Tudor history, and in this seminar she will discuss the debts, often unacknowledged, that Elizabeth I owed to her half-sister Mary. Click for details...

The Tomb of Jesus — Tuesday 26 August
In this seminar, Canon McGowan, Warden of Trinity College, will examine the claims of rival contenders for the site of the tomb of Jesus and reflect on what they represent. Click for details...

Further details about the ISS can be obtained here...

Phone: +61 3 9662 2391, Fax: +61 3 9662 2400.

St Peter's Eastern Hill,
15 Gisborne Street,
Melbourne VIC 3002, AUSTRALIA

The church is open daily from 7 am to 6 pm for prayer, rest and quiet.

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