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St. Peter's Church interior. St. Peter's Church (Malay: Gereja St. Peter) is a church in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. It is the oldest functioning Roman Catholic church in Malaysia [1] and the third largest catholic church in Melaka after Church of St. Francis Xavier (Melaka) and St Theresa in Gajah Berang.
The church commands a sweeping vista across the gorge of the Shenandoah River above its confluence with the Potomac River. The street along the side of the church building is part of the Appalachian Trail. A short trail leads from the church to Jefferson Rock. [2] St. Peter's Church is a mission church of St. James in Charles Town.
The cathedral parish of Saint Peter was founded in 1842 at a location east of the present structure, and named after Saint Barnabas the Apostle; it was rededicated to Saint Peter in 1847. By 1863, the congregation recognized the need for a larger structure. [1] It constructed a brick church on the cathedral's present site which it dedicated in ...
How to watch the Vatican Christmas Eve Mass. In the NBC special Christmas Eve Mass, viewers can watch the mass from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The special begins Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m ...
Its church building at 400 Main Street was built in 1891 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Since July 2014, St. Peter's is pastorally linked with the parishes of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in Dakota Dunes and St. Joseph's in Elk Point in the Yankton deanery, part of a sweeping reorganization of the diocese. [2]
St. Peter's is the fifth oldest Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Bridgeport. [5] As the first Catholic church built in northern Fairfield County, St. Peter's drew parishioners from the surrounding towns, many of whom walked a considerable distance to Sunday Mass, at a time when the Eucharistic fast began at midnight.
The church cornerstone was laid in 1816; the 30- by 40-foot (9.1- by 12-meter) Romanesque-style building was executed in brick. Saint Peter's was dedicated on September 12, 1818. The first mass was celebrated by Father Patrick Kenny on September 13, 1818. [2]
[1] [2] Mass was celebrated in a house at Warren and Brooklyn Avenues that was purchased by the congregation. Father Paul Meouchi became pastor in 1926 and had a church, hall and rectory built on the property. He was elected the Maronite bishop of Tyre in 1934 before becoming Patriarch of Antioch, a Cardinal, and head of the Maronite Church.