The Society of St Columba offers monthly evening eucharistic services and seasonal ceremonies in the Celtic Christian & Contemplative Traditions. Our Chapel services celebrate the Christian Holy Days and Celtic Seasonal Festivals of the year by combining the beauty of traditional sacramental worship and liturgy with a nature-centered and mystical approach to Christian Spirituality. We offer a welcoming, spiritually nurturing sanctuary where people from various backgrounds can come together to celebrate the changing seasons and connect to God through meditation, prayer, sacramental worship, and ceremony.
The Chapel is a chartered ministry of The Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, an independent sacramental church grounded in the Liberal Catholic and Christian Mystical Traditions. The Church was founded in 1958 by German born Herman Adrian Spruit who had been consecrated a bishop by Charles Hampton, the Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church for the USA. The Apostolic succession of the church come from the Roman Catholic Church, through the DutchOld Catholic Church and the Liberal Catholic Church in England, as well as through Orthodox, and Anglican lineages (via the Scottish Episcopal Church).
While anyone is welcome to attend the public Eucharist services, regular attenders are invited to become Members of the Society of St Columba in order to help support our spiritual work and activities. Annual Membership donations to help towards covering costs and expenses are $80 NZ for those attending Chapel services only and $120 NZ for those attending Chapel Services and the four seasonalSanctuary Ceremonies (which equates to $10 per meeting).
The Chapel
The Chapel was established in 2016 as an ecumenical, nature-centered community in the Celtic Christian and Contemplative Traditions.
Join us in a beautiful historic church for evening eucharist services in the Celtic Christian and Liberal Catholic traditions. Our sacraments are open to all people. The services combine traditional liturgical worship with candles, incense, sacred music, and contemplative meditation. Steeped in tradition, the services evoke an atmosphere of stillness and peace.
Sanctuary Ceremonies
Members of the Sanctuary meet four times a year to mark the seasonal cycles of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Membership is by invitation .
The Ceremonies are participatory and held in the sacred space of a circle with candles and incense and draw on Mystical Christian as well as the Celtic/British Mystery Traditions and include an honouring of the four elements of creation, and include meditation, prayer, and the Eucharist.
Celtic christianity
Celtic Christianity draws on ancient religious and monastic traditions, yet this spiritual path is relevant for the contemporary world today. Revering nature as God's Creation and incorporating sacred music, art, and poetry in worship are integral elements of Celtic Spiritual and Monastic traditions. Through a deep personal spiritual journey a close relationship to Christ, Mary, and the Saints is developed. Distinctive features include: Hope, equality, mystery, nature, holism, sImplicity, and community.
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