All Saints Church, Dunedin
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All Saints parish
is the Anglican parish of the northern part of the city of Dunedin
, New Zealand
. It is part of the Diocese of Dunedin. The parish boundaries include North Dunedin, Ravensbourne
and Leith Valley
.
The parish community is lively, inclusive, multi-generational and Anglo-Catholic. The building is the oldest church still used as a place of worship in Dunedin. All Saints Church backs onto Selwyn College, Otago
with which the parish has a long and close relationship. Selwyn College was built as an Anglican theological college in 1892, later becoming a college for students from any faculty in the university. All Saints is the closest church to the campuses of the University of Otago
and the Otago Polytechnic
.
and built in 1865; the transepts and chancel, designed by William Mason were added in 1873. All Saints is an example of gothic revival architecture
.
A notable architectural feature is the polychromatic brickwork. The bricks came from the brickworks in Filleul Street, Dunedin. Also used in the building is Oamaru stone
, an early use of the stone in Dunedin.
In 1969, All Saints undertook a restoration project, in which the foundations, hardwood floor, and slate roof were replaced. Also at this time a nave altar was installed.
A restoration project is currently underway, to be completed in 2015, for the church's 150th anniversary.
The building has a Category I listing with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust
.
Notable art works in the church include a large rood
hanging above the sanctuary carved by leading sculptor Frederick George Gurnsey (1868–1953) who also carved the aumbry
door and the pulpit
. A small crucifix
by the eminent New Zealand sculptor Ria Bancroft (1907–1993) is above the pulpit.
The windows are a particularly fine set of Victorian and Edwardian stained glass, many depicting New Zealand fauna and flora. Two windows were originally in the former chapel of St. Hilda's Collegiate School
.
and the foundation stone laid on 11 February 1865 by Henry John Chitty Harper
1st Bishop of Christchurch. The church was built rapidly (admittedly only the nave and baptistery) and opened on 23 July 1865.
tradition. Eucharistic liturgies are taken from the Book of Common Prayer
(Sunday 8 am) and A New Zealand Prayer Book/He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (all other masses). incense and bells are used for High Mass
. Major Feasts which fall on a weekday are celebrated on the day with a 6.30pm High Mass.
Each month there is a Family Mass.
All Saints observes two Daily Offices, Morning Prayer (Anglican) and Evening Prayer (Anglican)
,the normal weekly schedule is as follows:
, London. Bevington organs won medals at exhibitions in Paris (1855 and 1867) and London (1862), and are held in high regard for the quality of their construction and voicing. The firm was absorbed into Hill, Norman and Beard in 1944.
All Saints organ was built in 1877 for St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Christchurch. In 1905 the organ was transferred to All Saints. It was restored in 1969 by the South Island Organ Company. The two manuals have tracker action, and the pedals have tubular pneumatic action. In recent years a Bourdon pedal stop has been added.
All Saints has three choirs. The choir of students from Selwyn College including five Choral Scholars sings for most Sundays and feast days, also at Selwyn College Services.
The children's choir sings at the monthly Family Mass and on other occasions.
The congregational choir sings when the other choirs are unavailable.
A concert series is held once a semester.
Groups=
The Baby and toddler group meets each Wednesday from 9.30-11 in the Front Hall.
During the Sunday 10.30 Mass children participate in the first part of the liturgy, they then go the hall for their own programme focussing on the Gospel of the day. They return to the church to receive Holy Communion with their families. Once a month there is a Family Mass with an emphasis on children's participation throughout the Mass.
The congregation for our Sunday 9pm liturgy Sundaynight@allsaints is mostly students, non students are also welcome.
All Saints has a long association with the Student Christian Movement and encourages students to be part of SCM.
The All Saints branch of the Association of Anglican Women meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 11.30am.
All Saints has an active branch of the Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary. The guild trains altar servers. The Guild's annual festival takes place on Corpus Christi (feast)
.
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
is the Anglican parish of the northern part of the city of Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It is part of the Diocese of Dunedin. The parish boundaries include North Dunedin, Ravensbourne
Ravensbourne, New Zealand
Ravensbourne is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located on the steep southeastern slopes of Signal Hill above the Otago Harbour. It lies on the harbour's northern shore, east-northeast of the city centre...
and Leith Valley
Leith Valley
Leith Valley is a suburb, valley, and general area of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northwest of the city centre. To differentiate the name of the valley from that of the suburb, the former is usually referred to as the Leith Valley, the latter simply as Leith Valley.-The valley...
.
The parish community is lively, inclusive, multi-generational and Anglo-Catholic. The building is the oldest church still used as a place of worship in Dunedin. All Saints Church backs onto Selwyn College, Otago
Selwyn College, Otago
Selwyn College is a residential college affiliated to the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. It was founded by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill as a theological college training clergy for the Anglican Church and as a hall of residence for students attending the university...
with which the parish has a long and close relationship. Selwyn College was built as an Anglican theological college in 1892, later becoming a college for students from any faculty in the university. All Saints is the closest church to the campuses of the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
and the Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic
The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....
.
Architecture
The nave of the church was designed by William H. ClaytonWilliam Clayton (architect)
William Henry Clayton was a New Zealand colonial architect.-Early life:Born in Norfolk Plains, Australia, Clayton trained as an architect in England, and designed more than three hundred buildings in Tasmania before emigrating to New Zealand in 1863.-New Zealand career:He established the practice...
and built in 1865; the transepts and chancel, designed by William Mason were added in 1873. All Saints is an example of gothic revival architecture
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
.
A notable architectural feature is the polychromatic brickwork. The bricks came from the brickworks in Filleul Street, Dunedin. Also used in the building is Oamaru stone
Oamaru stone
Oamaru stone is a hard, compact limestone, quarried at Weston, near Oamaru in Otago, New Zealand.The stone is used for building purposes, especially where ornate moulding is required. The finished stonework has a creamy, sandy colour...
, an early use of the stone in Dunedin.
In 1969, All Saints undertook a restoration project, in which the foundations, hardwood floor, and slate roof were replaced. Also at this time a nave altar was installed.
A restoration project is currently underway, to be completed in 2015, for the church's 150th anniversary.
The building has a Category I listing with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is a non-profit trust that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand...
.
Notable art works in the church include a large rood
Rood
A rood is a cross or crucifix, especially a large one in a church; a large sculpture or sometimes painting of the crucifixion of Jesus.Rood is an archaic word for pole, from Old English rōd "pole", specifically "cross", from Proto-Germanic *rodo, cognate to Old Saxon rōda, Old High German ruoda...
hanging above the sanctuary carved by leading sculptor Frederick George Gurnsey (1868–1953) who also carved the aumbry
Aumbry
In the Middle Ages an aumbry was a cabinet in the wall of a Christian church or in the sacristy which was used to store chalices and other vessels, as well as for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the Eucharist. This latter use was infrequent in pre-Reformation churches,...
door and the pulpit
Pulpit
Pulpit is a speakers' stand in a church. In many Christian churches, there are two speakers' stands at the front of the church. Typically, the one on the left is called the pulpit...
. A small crucifix
Crucifix
A crucifix is an independent image of Jesus on the cross with a representation of Jesus' body, referred to in English as the corpus , as distinct from a cross with no body....
by the eminent New Zealand sculptor Ria Bancroft (1907–1993) is above the pulpit.
The windows are a particularly fine set of Victorian and Edwardian stained glass, many depicting New Zealand fauna and flora. Two windows were originally in the former chapel of St. Hilda's Collegiate School
St. Hilda's Collegiate School
Saint Hilda's Collegiate School is a girls' secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded as an Anglican school in 1896 by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill and staffed by the Sisters of the Church, it is now integrated into the state school system...
.
History
All Saints parish was organised before the Diocese of Dunedin was formed in 1869; for the first few years of the parish it was part of the Diocese of Christchurch. The land was given by James Allen (New Zealand)James Allen (New Zealand)
Sir James Allen, GCMG, KCB was a prominent New Zealand politician and diplomat. He held a number of the most important political offices in the country, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also New Zealand's Minister of Defence during World War I.-Early life:Allen...
and the foundation stone laid on 11 February 1865 by Henry John Chitty Harper
Henry John Chitty Harper
The Rt Rev Henry John Chitty Harper, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 19th century. He was born on 9 January 1804, educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1832. He was Chaplain of Eton College until 1850 then Vicar of St Mary’s, Stratfield Mortimer...
1st Bishop of Christchurch. The church was built rapidly (admittedly only the nave and baptistery) and opened on 23 July 1865.
Worship
Worship at All Saints is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. The teaching is progressive, while remaining orthodox and draws richly from the ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
tradition. Eucharistic liturgies are taken from the Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...
(Sunday 8 am) and A New Zealand Prayer Book/He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (all other masses). incense and bells are used for High Mass
High Mass
High Mass may mean:*Solemn Mass, a Tridentine Mass celebrated with deacon and subdeacon *Missa Cantata, a sung Tridentine Mass without deacon and subdeacon...
. Major Feasts which fall on a weekday are celebrated on the day with a 6.30pm High Mass.
Each month there is a Family Mass.
All Saints observes two Daily Offices, Morning Prayer (Anglican) and Evening Prayer (Anglican)
Evening Prayer (Anglican)
Evening Prayer is a liturgy in use in the Anglican Communion and celebrated in the late afternoon or evening...
,the normal weekly schedule is as follows:
- Sunday
- EucharistEucharistThe Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
from the Book of Common Prayer at 8 am - Eucharist from A New Zealand Prayer Book at 10.30 am (First Sunday of the month Family Mass)
- Sundaynight@AllSaints, a contemplative worship service, inspired by TaizéTaizé CommunityThe Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about 100 brothers who come from Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions. The brothers come from about 30 countries across the world. The monastic order has a strong...
at 9 pm
- Eucharist
- Monday to Saturday (excluding Wednesday)
- Morning Prayer from Celebrating Common Prayer at 8 am (Saturday at 8.30)
- Evening Prayer from Celebrating Common Prayer at 5.30 pm
- Wednesday
- Morning Prayer from Celebrating Common Prayer at 8am
- Baby and Toddler Group at 9.30 am, in Front Hall
- Eucharist from A New Zealand Prayer Book at 5.30 pm (second Wednesday Mass in French, third Wednesday with prayers for healing and anointing with oil)
- Friday
- Te Hakari Tapu (Eucharist in Te Reo Maori Maori languageMaori languageMāori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
) at 11am, in SelwynSelwyn College, OtagoSelwyn College is a residential college affiliated to the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. It was founded by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill as a theological college training clergy for the Anglican Church and as a hall of residence for students attending the university...
Chapel
- Te Hakari Tapu (Eucharist in Te Reo Maori Maori language
Music
The organ was built by Bevington & Sons, a London firm founded in 1794. Two of the most notable Bevington organs are in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and St Martin-in-the-FieldsSt Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Its patron is Saint Martin of Tours.-Roman era:Excavations at the site in 2006 led to the discovery of a grave dated about 410...
, London. Bevington organs won medals at exhibitions in Paris (1855 and 1867) and London (1862), and are held in high regard for the quality of their construction and voicing. The firm was absorbed into Hill, Norman and Beard in 1944.
All Saints organ was built in 1877 for St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Christchurch. In 1905 the organ was transferred to All Saints. It was restored in 1969 by the South Island Organ Company. The two manuals have tracker action, and the pedals have tubular pneumatic action. In recent years a Bourdon pedal stop has been added.
All Saints has three choirs. The choir of students from Selwyn College including five Choral Scholars sings for most Sundays and feast days, also at Selwyn College Services.
The children's choir sings at the monthly Family Mass and on other occasions.
The congregational choir sings when the other choirs are unavailable.
A concert series is held once a semester.
Groups=
- Children
The Baby and toddler group meets each Wednesday from 9.30-11 in the Front Hall.
During the Sunday 10.30 Mass children participate in the first part of the liturgy, they then go the hall for their own programme focussing on the Gospel of the day. They return to the church to receive Holy Communion with their families. Once a month there is a Family Mass with an emphasis on children's participation throughout the Mass.
- Students
The congregation for our Sunday 9pm liturgy Sundaynight@allsaints is mostly students, non students are also welcome.
All Saints has a long association with the Student Christian Movement and encourages students to be part of SCM.
- Women
The All Saints branch of the Association of Anglican Women meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 11.30am.
- Altar Servers
All Saints has an active branch of the Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary. The guild trains altar servers. The Guild's annual festival takes place on Corpus Christi (feast)
Corpus Christi (feast)
Corpus Christi is a Latin Rite solemnity, now designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ . It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran and Old Catholic Churches. Like Trinity Sunday and the Solemnity of Christ the King, it does not commemorate a particular event in...
.