Dear Present and Past Parishioners of Saint Paul's Cathedral , Wellington, New Zealand.
Fifty years ago I joined this Cathedral as a Parishioner and in 1965 I joined the Choir and also got involved as altar server, parish visitor and even got married there in
February 1969.
As a young Dutch Old Catholic coming to New Zealand this was an excellent move. Not only did we worship the Lord Jesus in the beauty of Holiness , but I made so many friends amongst clergy and people. This house of God will always have a place in my heart.
May God bless present Clergy and people... + Justin Duckworth and his team and the new Dean in his Ministry, the choir in the role of leading the worship. May we pray for those we loved and have gone before us ; Walter Hurst,Dean , Allan Wilson Assistant Priest, Ted Spraggon, Church warden, Peter Muers, Churchwarden. Not sure whether Mrs Betty Hurst is still alive in Waikanae.John Redmayne, Priest, Michael Newton-Howes, friend and chorister.
From the Ladies I remember Margaret Martindale, Constance McKenzie, Carol Wilson and offcourse Nancy McDonald and Glenda Wilson.
The late Bishop of Wellington, the Rt.Rev.Henry Baines
The late Dean of Wellington, the Very Revd. Walter Hurst.
And some more choir memories
Re-inacting the procession from Old Saint Pauls to New Saint Pauls, I am pleased to see my old friend Robert Hagen carrying the processional Cross.
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God bless us all,
Father Ed Bakker
Anglican Catholic Church / Original Province
Mission of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
Bendigo
Australia