 He received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice from the Roman Catholic Church in 1989.The organ at St Mary of the Angels was named after its designer and organist of 40 years, Maxwell Fernie in 2006.The organ was originally built in 1958 by George Croft and Son Limited from Auckland to the tonal design and pipe-scaling of Maxwell Fernie, who also supervised the voicing of the pipes and the construction of the instrument.