St. James will be in full swing beginning September 23. All ministries at St. James are asked to make a presentation during the 11:00 AM Eucharist and to remain afterwards outside at the tables to solicit new members or to pass out publicity. A light lunch and refreshments will be served. Please join us! 

A nursery is available during the Sunday 11:00 Eucharist for pre-Sunday School aged children. 

St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, is sponsoring a women's retreat on Saturday, September 29, from 9.30 AM to 4:00 PM. The purpose of the retreat is: to reflect on the ways women seek to deepen their spiritual lives and to explore how the Daughters of the King support one another and their congregations through faithful prayer and service.

If you would like to attend this retreat please contact:

Yvette Manigold, Jr, Warden     gianni_in@libero.it

Rosemarie Valentine     docval224@gmail.com340 941-0306

On the first Sunday of every month, the St. James Foodbank is holding a food drive. Please support this important ministry by donating any of the following items: canned tomatoes, canned beans, 1 liter packages of long shelf life milk, 500 gram packages of pasta, 1 kilo packages of rice, 80 gram and 160 gram cans of tuna, coffee, crackers, small boxes of juice, merendine.  

The shopping cart will be at the back of the Church, waiting to be filled!

Grazie di cuore! 

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.

On Wednesday, September 19, at 6:00 PM 

GOFFREDO ORLANDI (pianoforte)

Will give a concert entitled

"INCONTRO TRA ROMANTICI"

The young pianist and composer Goffredo Orlandi gives us an evening of Romantic music, including pieces by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Robert Schuman (1810-1856) and Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), as well as the first-ever public performance of a new work by Michele Padovano, Piccolo preludio. (In the picture, the archetypal German Romantic poet and thinker, Novalis.)

All are welcome

Library and Cultural Centre

Palazzo Lanfredini

Lungarno Guicciardini, 9

50125 Firenze

The American universities in Florence will open their doors to residents for free guided visits of their campuses (normally closed to the public) during OPEN DAYS on Monday, September 24 and Tuesday, September 25.

A free shuttle bus service departing and returning to Via Vecchietti will take visitors to the New York University campus, Villa La Pietra, to Georgetown University, in Fiesole, and to Harding University, in Scandicci, on Monday, Sept. 24 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Reservations are required: Tel. 055 768622 or email betta.santanni@gmail.com by Saturday, Sept. 22 at 12 noon).

On Tuesday, Sept. 25, there will be free, guided morning tours (10:15, 11:15 and 12:15) at Syracuse University (Piazza Savonarola 15), California State University (Via Leopardi 12), and Fairfield University (Corso Tintori 7). Afternoon guided tours (2:15, 3:15 and 4:15 PM) will take place at Bowling Green University, Via Sant'Antonino 11, Richmond College, Via Maggio 11; Kent State University, Vicolo dei Cerchi 1; and the University of New Haven (CEA), Piazza Repubblica 6. No reservation is necessary.

The first 25 who reserve a visit to the American university campuses on September 24 will also have the opportunity to attend either the Sept. 24 Inaugural Concert of Amici della Musica (voice and piano, music by Rossini) or a Vocal and Piano Recital on Sept. 27 with music by Haydn & Beethoven. Both concerts will be held at Teatro della Pergola at 9:00 PM, at the special discounted price of 5 euro.

Pictured: Syracuse University, Florence 

New York University Florence at Villa La Pietra and the Conservatorio di Musica Cherubini Firenze cordially invite you to a concert on Monday, September 24 at 6:00 PM in the Salone of Villa La Pietra.

Francesca Bizzarri and Nana Terashita, soprano

Gaia Palesati, piano

    Hymn 707. Words: Francis Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), alt.