Category: Events

Christmas Services

A traditional painting of Mary gazing into the manger a Baby Jesus surrounded by light.
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Join us over Christmas for our Carol Service or other traditional services – all welcome:

Friday 17th December 7.30pm Christmas Carol Service – Nine Lessons and Carols with Stockport Choral Society

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 12.30pm Vigil Mass of Christmas & Carols

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 10.30am Mass (said)

Sunday 26th December St. Stephen First Martyr 10.30am Mass (said)

Monday 27th December St. John the Evangelist 12.30pm Mass

Tuesday 28th December The Holy Innocents 12.30pm Mass

Friday 31st 12.30pm Vigil Mass of Naming of Jesus

Sunday 2nd January 2022 The Holy Family 10.30am Sung Mass

Mary Joseph and baby Jesus in a crib - lego figures
Image by Jonathan Fahrny from Pixabay

Events are Back! – Organ Concerts & Heritage Open Days

We are pleased to announce that our monthly free organ concerts will be restarting from Saturday September 11th 2021. They will follow the usual format, starting at 10am and continuing until 1pm. Refreshments will be available throughout, and you can come and go as you please. Guest organists to be confirmed, updates will appear on this site when avilable.

Following the first organ concert on September 11th, we will be participating in the Heritage Open Days which this year is focussed on the beautiful embroidered processional banners we have.

Most of these fascinating banners are on display on the gallery and not accessible up close. Each one has been photographed and studied to produce an informative booklet – available free on the day to visitors. Close up photographs and a short description will also be on display.

People are also welcome to just have alook around the Grade II listed church, and refreshments will still be available.

Mothers’ Union Banner in St. Peter’s Church

Heritage Open Days 2020

Secret St. Peter’s – A Photographic View Inside the 18th Century Tower

Wooden steps reach past the tip of an arched window up to another level in the tower
Steps up to the old clock chamber in St. Peter’s tower

St. Peter’s tower is in need of restoration and is unsafe for visitors, but you can take an exclusive look inside through our photographic exhibition – inside the church, and online.

Our amateur photographic exhibition will show you the interior of the long-hidden tower area. From the original 18th Century wooden staircase, entrance onto the gallery, the second floor where you can see into the vast roofspace, and up to the clock chamber where the Whitehurst clock was once housed. There are also a couple of views taken from the 40 metre high cherry picker used to conduct urgent repairs to the dome (an exhibition/book of the rest of these pictures is also planned in the near future).

Situated inside the church, you can view the exhibition and the main areas of the church, pause for a moment of peace/prayer and enjoy a hot/cold drink in our cafe area. The church is open Saturday 12th September 12pm – 4pm. The display is now available here.

(Please note – there is no physical access to the tower, view is the exhibition only!)

Heritage Open Days pink 'H' logo