Easter 2006 at St John’s Cathedral

EASTER 2006

at St John’s Cathedral
Browning Street
Napier

EASTER EVENTS 2006

Visitors to Napier are warmly invited to join us for any services.

SUNDAY   2 April
5.00 pm   Napier Civic Choir present the St Matthew Passion, J S Bach (entry charge – book at Ticketek)

SATURDAY   8 April
10.00 am – 3.00PM   Children’s Event – “The Easter Story” (registration necessary)

PALM SUNDAY   9 April
8.00 am   Eucharist
10.00 am   Palm Sunday Service for All Ages. Procession of the palms and the reading of the Passion

HOLY WEEK   Beginning 10 April
Daily –   The Cathedral will be open from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm for self-guided tours and for quiet reflection come inside, meditate, reflect, pray. An oasis of cool quietness in the busyness of life.

Monday   12.15 pm   Eucharist, Maori Chapel
Tuesday   12.15 pm   Eucharist, in the Baptistry
Wednesday   11.00 am   Eucharist with Bishop John, including renewal of Ordination vows for Diocesan clergy, and the blessing of the oils, in the Maori Chapel.

MAUNDY THURSDAY   13 April
6.00 pm   Last Supper meal in the Parish Hall, followed by stripping of the Church

GOOD FRIDAY   14 April
10.00 am   Good Friday Family Service – followed by
10.30 am   Ecumenical Gathering of Inner City Churches, by the Cathedral Fountain, Hastings Street, Napier
Midday – 3.00 pm   Three Hour Vigil
7.00 pm   Choir recital for Good Friday

HOLY SATURDAY   15 April
7.00 pm   Service of New Fire, Bringing in the new Paschal Candle and Renewal of Baptismal Vows.

Pictured is the Rose Window at the east end of the Cathedral, installed in 1960.

EASTER DAY   16 April
8.00 am   Eucharist with hymns
9.00 am   Family Eucharist and Baptism with Hymns at Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace
10.00 am   Choral Eucharist and Baptism at the Cathedral, with Orchestra and Choir
5.00 pm   Choral Evensong featuring Easter Carols

POST CARDS, CARDS, CATHEDRAL GUIDES PAMPHLETS AND HISTORIES

These are available from the Guides or Cathedral Staff. Otherwise, help yourself and place your money in the donation box set into the back table.

From Saturday afternoon until Monday, the Cathedral Easter flowers are well worth a visit. There are no charges for entry or for tours. However, a donation is welcomed.

One of the 13 stained glass ambulatory windows, the last of which were installed in 2005.

The Cathedral is the fourth church built on the present site. The first Church of St John the Evangelist, built in the early 1860’s, was replaced by a fine brick Gothic building. This, in turn, was destroyed by the 1931 earthquake. A temporary Pro Cathedral was then erected, and used until the construction of the present building.

This Cathedral is an impressive modern building reflecting the Anglican Church’s links with both Maori and European cultures. contains some interesting relics of the former Cathedral as well as symbols of its special links with Coventry Cathedral which was destroyed within a decade of the Napier Cathedral destruction.

Interesting features are the unusual and attractive wooden plaques around the walls, symbolizing the saints of the Church; the Maori Chapel with its hand-woven tukutuku panels; and the modern stained glass windows by the contemporary Wellington artist, Beverley Shore Bennett. An exhibition on the earthquake tells the Cathedral’s story.

The Cathedral is worth a visit during your stay in Hawke’s Bay.

Pictured, the Eagle of St John the Evangelist, one of the Cathedral’s 48 carved wooden plaques.

The Cross above the Altar was designed and made of wood and glass by Brian Grouden in 1975. The lighted red centre suggests the eternal presence of God. If looked at from the front the cross appears empty; if looked at from the side the outline of the crucified Christ is suggested. Between them, these two perspectives suggest the crucified and risen Christ.

St John’s Cathedral is situated on the corner of Hastings and Browning Streets Napier

Telephone (06) 835 882
P O Box 495, Napier
e-mail:   [email protected]
www .waiapu.anglican.org.nz
Dean:   Helen Jacobi
Cathedral Pastor:   Jan Tarrant