Poets and the Faith

Gerard Manley Hopkins
Presented by Professor Dorothy Lee
12 March

Denise Levertov
Presented by Carol O’Connor
9 April

James McAuley & Gwen Harwood
Presented by Ken Parker
14 May

R.S. Thomas
Presented by Archbishop Rowan Williams (in person event; Bishop Rowan via Zoom)
11 June

Peter Steele
Presented by Andrew Bullen SJ
9 July

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Brontë & Christina Rossetti
Presented by Philip Harvey
13 August

Annie Dillard
Presented by Wen-Juenn Lee
10 September

W.H. Auden & T.S. Eliot
Presented by Nelson Rufatt
8 October

John Donne
Presented by Kathryn Bellhouse
12 November

Second Tuesday of the Month
6-7.30pm

Wine and cheese on arrival, with suggested $10 donation

The Hall of St Peter’s Eastern Hill

Cnr of Albert St & Gisborne St (entrance via the Albert Street driveway)
East Melbourne

In the coming year at St Peter's Eastern Hill, we are hosting a series of talks about significant poets who have inhabited - or skirted the fringes of - the Anglican and Catholic traditions of Christianity.

From Gerard Manley Hopkins to R.S. Thomas, from Emily Brontë to W.H. Auden, how did their poetry enrich and challenge their understanding of the faith? How did the faith inform their poetic vision? What can they help us to see of God and of our lives in the world?

Such are the questions our speakers will address as we gather on the second Tuesday evening of each month, a glass of something and some nibbles in hand.

These are addresses with no prior knowledge necessary. Only an interest to learn something of the lives, craft and spirituality of the poets in question. There will be opportunities to respond and discuss, and to hear some verses recited in that context in which, we believe, they are meant to be heard - in the lived gathering...

All are welcome!

If you would like to attend, please sign up via: https://www.trybooking.com/COHCY. This is to give us a sense of numbers for catering and preparation purposes. Walk ins are also welcome.

If you have any questions or queries, please send an email to our team at poets@stpeters.org.au.

Kathryn Bellhouse
& the ‘Poets and the Faith’ team
St Peter’s Eastern Hill, Melbourne