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St Peter's 50 and 150 Year Celebration Booklets

St. Peter's Parish of Rondout was founded in the fall of 1858, when the first Rector, Rev. A. Hechinger, began divine service in the basement of the unfinished church on Adams St...


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Anniversaries are usually occasions for reminiscing, for looking back over preceding years... There is a future of Saint Peter's Parish; it is coming towards us rapidly, richly, and rewardingly...


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Kingston, NY: October 1948

This black and white aerial photo was taken on October 12, 1948. Can you find St. Peter's Church?



Easter 2011: The Vatican

This satellite image was taken on Sunday, April 24, 2011 and shows the tens of thousands people gathered at St. Peter’s square to celebrate Easter Mass at the Vatican. The image was collected by the GeoEye-1 satellite at 12:01 p.m. while flying 423 miles above the Earth at an average speed of 17,000 mph, or four miles per second.