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Ash Wednesday
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, March 9
Time: 19:30
Location: Church
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Ash Wednesday Liturgy and Imposition of Ashes
The season of Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday. There will be a Liturgy with Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes at 7:30 PM in the Church.
Also remember that Thursdays in Lent begin this week. See the Lenten Schedule below.
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Lenten Schedule 2011
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Lent Schedule until Holy Week
Ash Wednesday - March 9 - 7:30 PM
Ash Wednesday Liturgy and Imposition of Ashes
Thursdays in Lent (nursery provided)
March 10 - 7:30 PM - Book Study
8:15 PM - Dinner (€5)
9:00 PM - Compline
March 17 - 7:30 PM - International Dinner - Mexican Cuisine
€10 per person (children under 12 free)
March 24 - 7:30 PM - Book Study
8:15 PM - Dinner (€5)
9:00 PM - Compline
March 31 - 7:30 PM - Book Study
8:15 PM - Dinner (€5)
9:00 PM - Compline
April 7 - 7:30 PM - Book Study
8:15 PM - Dinner (€5)
9:00 PM - Compline
April 14 - 7:30 PM - International Dinner - Jewish Cuisine
€10 per person (children under 12 free)
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Book Study During Lent
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Where & When
Date: Thursdays
March 10, 24, 31 & April 7
Time: 19:30
Location: Undercroft
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The Birth of Christianity
As part of our Thursdays in Lent program this year, we will begin each evening at 7:30 PM with a book study led by Dr. Gianluigi Gugliermetto. This Lent we will look at The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus, by Dominic Crossan (ISBN 0-06-061660).
One reviewer writes:
"Christianity arose out of the interaction of the historical Jesus and his first companions. It was not invented by Paul. That is the stunning hypothesis of Crossan's The Birth of Christianity. Like the master craftsman he is, Crossan has forged a picture of the earliest Christianity - of the dark years, the 30s and 40s [B.C.E.] - in debate with other scholars and in the combination of social science theory, Galilean archaeology, close textual analysis, and historical reconstruction . No one controls the issues, the data, and the options as well as Crossan. His reconstruction is essential reading for anyone serious about Christian origins and its fate in the third millennium." - Robert W. Funk, Chair, The Jesus Seminar, and author of The Acts of Jesus.
Join us and bring a friend!
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Adult Forum
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Where & When
Date: March 13
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Meeting Room
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When Cultures Meet: The Process of Acculturation -
The meeting of cultures as a chance for transformation
Next Sunday, March 13, Mary Ann Bellini, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Florence, will address the topic of acculturation, and the meeting of cultures as a chance for transformation.
Dr. Bellini has often encountered the problem of "acculturation stress," which emerges as a reaction to being suddenly immersed in an environment which is different or new. The vast range of values, attitudes, and behaviors which guide us and provide security in our own home culture and which for the most part we follow unconsciously, are not transferable to the new environment. Dr. Bellini will talk to us about the emotional responses to acculturation stress, as well as about the possibility of transforming a challenge into a chance for positive transformation.
Grab a cappuccino and join us in the meeting room.
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International Dinners Series
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Where & When
Date: Thursday, March 17
Time: 19:30
Location: Undercroft
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Our next dinner will feature Mexican cuisine
St. James Church announces its International Dinner Series. In concert with our theme this semester of "Know the World," there will be a specially themed dinner with entertainment once a month through June. It is open to members of St. James Church and friends. The dinners will be held in the Undercroft at 7:30 PM, with a cost of €10 per person. No reservations are necessary. Save the dates for International Dinners: March 17, Thursday, 7:30 pm - Mexican cuisine April 14, Thursday, 7:30 pm - Jewish cuisine May 19, Thursday, 7:30 pm - Greek cuisine June 16, Thursday, 7:30 pm - African cuisine Come and savor some of the food and cultures of our world!
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Holy Week Schedule 2011
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Holy Week
April 17 - Palm Sunday
9:00 AM Eucharist in Chapel
11:00 AM Liturgy of the Palms
April 18 - Monday in Holy Week - 7:30 PM
April 19 - Tuesday in Holy Week - 7:30 PM
April 20 - Wednesday in Holy Week - 7:30 PM
April 21 - Maundy Thursday - 7:30 PM
Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar
Lentle Soup Supper (€5)
April 22 - Good Friday - 7:30 PM
Good Friday Liturgy and Adoration of the Cross
April 23 - Easter Vigil - 7:30 PM
First Mass of Easter followed by Agape
April 24 - Easter Day - Feast of the Resurrection
9:00 AM Eucharist in Chapel
11:00 AM Festive Eucharist
12:00 Noon - Easter Egg Hunt
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The Great 50 Days of Easter
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Easter Season Schedule
Easter is a church season lasting 50 days, ending with the Feast of Pentecost. It is a festive time of great rejoicing. In celebration of Easter, St. James Church announces the following schedule:
Thursdays in Easter (nursery provided)
May 5 - Cookout and Conversation - 7:30 PM
May 12 - Popcorn Theology - 7:30 PM
Movie and discussion at the rectory.
May 19 - International Dinner - 7:30 PM
Greek Cuisine €10 (children under 12 free)
May 26 - Popcorn Theology - 7:30 PM
Movie and discussion at the rectory.
June 9 - Popcorn Theology - 7:30 PM
Movie and discussion at the rectory.
Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday - June 12
9:00 AM Eucharist in Chapel
11:00 AM - Festive Eucharist
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Concert at St. James
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, March 16
Time: 19:00
Location: Church
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Houston High School Chorus and the Fiesole School of Music
On Wednesday, March 16, at 7 PM, there will be a Choral Concert of Classical, Contemporary, and Folk music with over 80 young singers. Three choirs will be coordinating the concert: The award-winning Houston High School Chorus from Germantown, Tennessee, directed by Dr. Billy Rayburn, and the Fiesole School of Music Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus directed by Joan Yakkey. Riccardo Foti will be accompanying the choirs. Free admission. The concert will finish about 8 PM.
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Watercolor Classes
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Where & When
Dates& Times:
Tuesdays 9:30-12:30
Wednesdays 14:30-17:30
Fridays 9:30-12:30 & 14:30-17:30
Location: Church, upstairs loft
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Painting with Robert Reed
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Quilting Queens | 
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Where & When
Date: Fridays
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 noon
Location: St. James Meeting Room
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The St. James quilting group is looking for new members
The Quilting Queens meet every Friday in the meeting room at St. James Church, from 10 AM until noon to learn the craft of quilting. No previous knowledge is required.
Contact Susan Bellini at tel. 055 7877082.
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St. James Spring Fair Needs Your Support
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Where & When
Date: Sunday, April 10
Time:12:30 - 17:00
Location: Undercroft
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We Need Donations, Volunteers, and Vendors
The Annual St. James SPRING FAIR is coming up soon. It will be held on SUNDAY, APRIL 10, from 12:30 to 5 pm. As you see, time is short and we need your help. We need donations for ALL the Booths: Books, CDs, DVDs, White Elephant items (clean and in good condition), used Clothing and Accessories (scarves, belts, hats handbags, clean and in good condition), items for the New Boutique, Prizes for the Lottery, and Silent Auction items. As usual, we will need donations of Baked Goods on the day of the Fair.
We also need help setting up on Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9, and help on the day of the Fair. Just show up and we will put you to work!
This year we will be selling table space where you can sell your own items. We would like vendors with NEW items. Please call Maurizia Margioli at 055 733 0064 for more information.
Your can bring your donations to St. James Tuesday-Friday mornings from 9 AM to 12:30. Please mark your donations FOR SPRING FAIR. This is OUR FAIR and we believe that ALL of us should get involved in some way. All profits from the fair will go to St. James for its many ministries. Please help us.
For more information call or Lora Vezzosi at 055 425 0126 or 333 648 2503 or BethTappero at 055 35 36 25,.
Thank you all,
From the Friends of St. James.
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The Thrift Shop Needs Donations
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Calling all white elephants!
The Thrift Shop is in need of your donations of gently used clothing, accessories, housewares, and all manner of white elephants. Why not get a jump start on your spring cleaning, and help out a very worthy cause?
Please bring your donations to the Church Office during office hours, or you can leave them in the Undercroft on Sunday mornings.
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St. James has a New Facebook Page
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Water and Spirit
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Where & When
Date: March 25-27, 2011
Location: Rome & Palazzola Center
Registration forms in the St. James office.
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A spiritual retreat sponsored by the Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon and the Commission for the Ministry of the Baptized - registration forms available in church office
When: March 25-27, 2011. Friday 19:00 until Sunday 14:00 Where: to Rome, Italy and then on to Palazzola Center (website: www.palazzola.it ) One can travel to Fiumicino or Ciampino airports. Cost: travel expenses and 120 euros for room and board. How thirsty is your soul? Where is your living God? If these questions resonate with you, come and drink; come and be. This retreat offers a peaceful space to rest in God's presence, and an invitation to journey with others on this sacred path. Our lives are so busy and God too often becomes a cry in crisis. The theme will be "Water". It is a mammoth topic and creativity is invited. We know how precious and life giving water is. We are also very much aware of the powerful and destructive force water can be. Come and present yourself to God in loving expectation and longing. God is waiting for you with open arms. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Clair+ at: crullmann2001@yahoo.com or +43 646720107 for a conversation. The Rev. Clair F. Ullmann will be our leader this year. Many of you know Clair+ through her activities in the Convocation. Clair+ has been a spiritual director since 1989. She studied spiritual direction at the Shalem Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and belongs to Spiritual Directors International as well as Spiritual Directors Europe. She is an experienced retreat leader. Clair serves as an assisting priest at Church of the Ascension, Munich, Germany and as Vicar of the Chapel of the Holy Family in Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Austria.
Contact for registration forms and details: The Rev. Clair and Rainer Ullmann, Email: crullmann2001@yahoo.com Tel: 0043 6467 20 107
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St. James' Townhouse Available for Bookings
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Come stay in the St. James' Townhouse
St. James' Town House, in the heart of Florence, is the perfect place to stay with friends or family. We are centrally located near the train station, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, and many other favorite places to visit. We accept reservations for a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 3 months. Your stay with us is considered a donation to St. James Church. Contact us for availability and further information. Everyone is Welcome at St. James' Town House!
St. James' Town House is a three story apartment with its own entrance on via Bernardo Rucellai, next to the church rectory and part of the parish complex. It is a spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath apartment, furnished with antiques, including a beautiful 1826 John Broadwood fortepiano, and overlooking the church and the rectory garden. It is fully equipped with linens for both bed and bath, along with kitchen supplies. There is satellite television that includes many English language programs, a washing machine, microwave oven, and iron. The bedrooms and living room are air conditioned. Off- street parking within the grounds of the church for one car.
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Consonanze Association Conference
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, March 9
Time: 21:00
Location: Officina Profumo - Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
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"Energy, Nutrients, and Natural Integration"
The nonprofit association, Consonanze, will hold a conference on the subject of nutrition as a source of energy, the importance of knowing and understanding foodstuffs, and the daily need for a natural integration.
The conference will be held in the historic rooms of the Officina Profumo - Farmaceutica of Santa Maria Novella, Via della Scala 16. The speakers will be Dr. Marco Domenici, biologist and dietician, and pharmacology industry consultant, and Ms. Graziella Zacchini, Director of the Herbalist Shop, Officina Profumo - Farmaceutica of Santa Maria Novella. The conference will be presented by Dr. Nicoletta Arbusti of the Associazione Consonanze.
http://www.consonanze.it
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Photography Exhibit
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Where & When
Date: February 17 - April 22
Time: 15:00-19:00 Monday-Saturday
Location: FSM Gallery
Via San Zanobi 19r
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Africa: See You, See Me
The FSM Gallery is hosting an exhibition of photography through April 22. Featuring artists from 14 countries, the theme of the exhibit is post colonial African photography and its global influence on the visual representation of Africa and the African diaspora.
The exhibit is curated by Awam Amkpa, Head of African Studies and New York University, New York. The exhibit is co-sponsored by La Pietra Policy Dialogues, Villa La Pietra, New York University, Florence.
For more information contact:
FMS Gallery
Via San Zanobi 19R
50129 Florence
Tel: 055 280368
Email: exhibitions@studiomarangoni.it
www.studiomarangoni.it
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Pietro Annigoni Exhibit
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Where & When
Date: February 22 - April 12
(Closed Wednesdays)
Time: 9:00-19:00
Location: Palazzo Medici Riccardi
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Exhibit to support the work of the "Amici di Pietro Annigoni per la solidarietà fra i popoli - ONLUS"
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pietro Annigoni, a great artist whose name is closely linked to Florence, the Province of Florence, in collaboration with the LiberArte Cultural Association, is organizing an exhibit of his works. The exhibit will be held in prestigious Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
The exhibit was made possible through the generosity of his wife, Rosella Segreto Annigoni, who contributed a large part of the works on view. Professor Anita Valentini, catalog curator, will provide technical assistance.
The Province of Florence intends to use the proceeds from catalog sales to help finance the work of the "Amici di Pietro Annigoni per la solidarietà fra i popoli - ONLUS."
The exhibit runs from February 22 through April 12, closed Wednesdays.
Hours are 9 AM to 7 PM.
Ticket prices are €7 (full price) and €4 (reduced).
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Where & When
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: Via de'Serragli, 79r |
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ReaDINg-DONg-DANg
ReaDINg + WORKSHOP IN ENGLISH
by Louisa Malcolm e Sarah Rubenstein
A series of English Language readings with a workshop to follow.
... three times a month, playing and listening in English!
Next workshop on Saturday, March 12.
MARCH 12 -10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
..the kids need to be picked up by 12:00 noon.
reaDINg "IS IT DARK? IS IT LIGHT?"
and Workshop/making a Moon Mobile_(5-10 years)
MARCH 26
reaDINg "A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE"
and Workshop/making an Animal Theatre Box_(5-10 years)
fee/materials:
one reaDINg - €12
monthly offer (march or april) - € 25
"free" offer (3 reaDINgs) - €30
(parental presence is not required during the activity)
RESERVATIONS APPRECIATED, MAX 10 kids - 5-10 years
membership of ENTR'ARTE/Fenalc required - 2011 - €5
For more information on times and prices, please write to info@entrarte.it
members can access the page "area riservata ai soci" by entering the password
ENTR'ARTE
Via de'Serragli, 79r
Firenze, Italy
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Training Course for Volunteers, Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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Where & When
Date: March 26 - April 16
Location: Centro F. Morante
Via G. P. Orsini 44
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CESVOT and the Florence Autism Association announce training for volunteers - AU.TUTOR
The Centro Servizi Volotariato Toscana and the Associazione Autismo Firenze are offering a training course for those who would like to tutor people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, to help integrate them into the working world.
For more information, please contact (Monday & Wednesday 9-11 AM):
Associazione Autismo Firenze
Via Pirandello n. 5
50135 Firenze
Tel: 055 0517298 or 349 8712477
Email: info@autismofirenze.org
www.autismofirenze.orgt.
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Now let us all with one accord, in company with ages past, keep vigil with our heavenly Lord in his temptation and his fast.
Hymn 146, words by Gregory the Great
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St. James Church, Florence
Via B. Rucellai, 9
Firenze, Italy
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