St. Petroc Minor (Little Petherick)
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SERVICES
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1st & 2nd Sunday of the month: Low Mass 08.30am
3rd & 4th Sunday of the month: High Mass 10.00am
The Church is open daily for private prayer
We are part of the Anglo-Catholic tradition within the Church of England. This means we cherish the richness of historic Christian worship and apostolic teaching, drawing deeply from the Catholic heritage of the Church, while remaining fully Anglican.
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At St. Petroc Minor, you will encounter beautiful, reverent worship with traditional hymns, vestments, incense, and a focus on the Holy Eucharist (Communion). We endeavour to create a deep sense of the sacred in our liturgy, our space, and we embrace the rhythm of the liturgical calendar.
​Please contact our Church warden, Louise Thorpe (07875 482411)
Our Safeguardining Officer is Avril Heard (01841 541135)
Parking is available is the Village Car park situatued behind the hall.
History
St Petroc Minor of Nansfounteyn, Little Petherick (Nansfounteyn meaning the fountain in the valley)
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It is believed that the church stands on the original site where St Petroc had his preaching cell, the church dates from the 14th Century and has been rebuilt several times most recently in 1858 by the then Rector Sir Hugh Molesworth. Sir Hugh was much influenced by the Tractarian, High Church Movement and it was rebuilt under the direction of a fashionable London architect, William White using as far as possible its old materials.
In 1898 the patronage passed to Athelstan Riley, who employed J. Ninian Comper to restore the church to what it had been before the troubles of the 16th Century. The incongruous 19th Century decorations were swept away, and it became a remarkable shrine to Anglo-Catholicism.
