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Martyrs of New Guinea – Sunday 5 September, 2010

The connections between St Peter's and the Church in New Guinea are celebrated on the first Sunday in September each year when we remember the Church workers who were martyred in New Guinea in 1942. The usual Sunday masses will be celebrated on Sunday, 5 September, including High Mass with Procession at 11.00 am with refreshments to follow.

St Michael and All Angels – Wednesday 29 September, 2010

St Peter's is always happy to celbrate the feast of Michaelmas late in September each year. Michaelmas falls on Wednesday the 29th of September, and there will be a High Mass with Procession at 6.15 pm that evening.

Notes for your diary

Thursday Christian Meditation

The meditation group meets in the Chapel of the Incarnation on Thursdays from 6.00 to 6.45 pm.

You are most welcome to join us in this time of quiet reflection and meditation.

Going Deeper in Theology

Theology is loving God with our minds. Our Lord told us to do that as well as with our hearts and souls. Every Christian is called to be a theologian. If theology is basically talking about God, if you do that to any extent, you are a theologian. The question is, are you a good one or a bad one?

Next year we hope to start a group in the parish to study the Trinity College Certificate in Theology and Ministry. This is a course specially designed to enable lay people to integrate their faith more with the rest of their lives.

The certificate is awarded on completion of six units:

Unit 1: EXPERIENCING FAITH
Unit 2: USERS GUIDE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
Unit 3: USERS GUIDE TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
Unit 4: THE ANGLICAN CHURCH — OUR STORY
Unit 5: CONFESSING OUR FAITH
Unit 6: SERVING CHRIST TODAY

Project work may include essays, journals or creative work such as art or poetry. Each unit involves 16-20 class workshop hours plus a similar amount of preparation time. All units may be taken as individual subjects for personal growth and enrichment. Each unit costs $50.

Bishop Graeme will be the tutor and facilitator for the group. Please speak with him if you are interested in joining the group.

ISS Seminars

Wednesday 8 September, 2010 — Mission and Ministry in 2 Corinthians 5

2 Corinthian 5 is one of the most profound and important chapters that Paul ever wrote. This seminar will examine the text closely, and will explore the way in which Paul locates the mission and ministry of the church in the context of God's act of new creation. The implications of this vision for the church in the contemporary context, and the spirituality that sustains this vision, will be considered.

The seminar will be conducted by Professor Sean Winter, Professor of New Testament for the Uniting Church Theological College in Melbourne, and will held from 7.30 – 9.30 pm at St Peter's on Wednesday, September 8. The cost is $15 (concession $12).

See the ISS page for further details.

Tuesday 5 October, 2010 — Religious belief and spirituality in La Trobe's Melbourne

Historians Peter Sherlock, Colin Holden and Ian Breward join forces to rediscover the spiritual world of early colonial Melbourne. Pivotal to an appreciation of this world is the figure of Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801-1875). Colin Holden will conduct a tour of St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, introducing attendees to significant historic features of the site, including the memorials to the La Trobe Family. Peter Sherlock considers the wider context of religious belief and practice in the Melbourne of the 1840s and 50s, epitomised by La Trobe's links with the Moravians and early colonial church leaders. Ian Breward will discuss the Moravian faith which was pivotal to the philosophy and way of life of the La Trobe family. What was the shape of belief for the first generation of European settlers, and how did religion shape colonial Melbourne? This seminar helps demonstrate the surprising variety and strength of those early religious commitments.

The seminar is held jointly by The La Trobe Society and the Institute for Spiritual Studies at St Peter's Eastern Hill.

The Seminar will held from 7.30 – 9.30 pm at St Peter's on Tuesday, October 5. The cost is $15 (concession $12).

See the ISS page for further details.

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