December 24 - Christmas Eve

6:00 PM Parish Eucharist and Christmas Pageant

11:00 PM Christmas Midnight Mass

December 25 - Christmas Day

Eucharist at 9:00 and 11:00 AM

The Parish office will be closed December 26 and will reopen January 3, 2012, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Happy New Year!

This year our Christmas Pageant, on Christmas Eve at 6:00 PM, will be intergenerational (children, teens, and adults). Everyone interested in participating, please contact the office.

The Inquirer's Class continues for all who are interested in being confirmed or knowing more about the Christian faith and the Episcopal Church. Anyone may attend and all are invited. Classes continue in the Undercroft after the Sunday 11:00 AM Eucharist. Future dates are January 8 and 15. See you there!

All who would like to make a donation for Christmas flowers as a Thanksgiving or Memorial are asked to send their donation to the Church office. Please enclose the names of those remembered and the donor. Thank you.

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.

Saturday, December 24 at 3:00 PM come to the Museo Galileo us for a 90-minute visit of the museum in a bilingual tour which includes word games and activities.  

The cost is 2 euro plus museum entrance fee (5 euro per child or senior and 8 suro per adult). Reservations recommended as space is limited:

Information and reservations

Museo Galileo

Piazza dei Guidici 1 

Website: www.museogalileo.it/en/index.html 

Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; from our fears  and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee.  

                    Hymn 6. Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788).