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Events at St. James
Adult Forum 

Where & When
Date: April 21
Time: 10:00  
Location: Undercroft
"Lost Girls:  Sex and Death in Renaissance Florence 

Nicholas Terpstra, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, will present the topic of "Lost Girls:  Sex and Death in Renaissance Florence" at the Adult Forum this coming Sunday, April 21. 

 

Come and retrace the steps of an investigation into the most unique orphanage in Renaissance Florence, and the puzzling question of why so many girls died there. The Casa della Piet� (House of Compassion) opened just around the corner and down the street from St. Jame's on Borgo Ognissanti in 1554, and hundreds of the poorest girls in Florence were sheltered there. Why did so few survive? 

 

Grab a cappuccino and join us in the Undercroft at 10:00 AM.

 

 

United Thank Offering

Where & When
Date: Sunday, April 21
Time 11:00 
Location Church:
UTO Collection this Sunday 
 
This Sunday, April 21, the blue United Thank Offering boxes will be collected during the 11:00 Eucharist. Please remember to bring in your box, and thank you for your support of this important mission.
Spring Fling

Where & When
Date: Sunday, May 5
Time 12:30-18:00:
Location: St. James
St. James Festa di Primavera

 

The St. James Spring Fling will be held on Sunday, May 5 from 12:30 until 6:00 PM. It will feature an outdoor barbecue lunch, bake sale, handicrafts, and a lottery with wonderful prizes.  

 

All proceeds will go towards the restoration of the church stained glass windows.

 

 

Next Thrift Shop May 8

Where & When
Date: Wednesday, May 8
Time: 10:00-12:00
Location: Undercroft
Il Mercatino di Maggio
 
The next Thrift Shop will be held on Wednesday, May 8 (rather than the first Wednesday of the month, which is a holiday).

Mark your calendars, and come for a good time, great bargains, and to support a wonderful cause! 
 
Your St. James
Volunteers Wanted
Full on Church
Lend a Hand in the Church Office

 

Volunteers are needed to help with folding bulletins. A small time commitment would make a big difference! If interested, please contact the Church office.

 

 

Weekly Food Drive

Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 9:00 & 11:00
Location: Church
Help the Hungry  

 

Every Sunday in Church, the St. James Foodbank is collecting donations of food. 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' Townhouse Available for Bookings

Contact: [email protected]
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.

 

Events in Florence
The Tempest

Where & When
Date: April 15-18
Location: British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini 9

Shakespeare Week at the British Institute 

April 15-18, 2013

 

"Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me that, when I waked, I cried to dream again." Caliban III, ii

 

Monday, April 15

Public Reading of The Tempest - 4:00 PM

Film: Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (1991) - 7:30 PM

 

Tuesday, April 16

Film: Julie Taymor's The Tempest (2010) - 4:00 PM

Exhibition: VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE - 6:00 PM

 

Wednesday, April 17

Lecture: The Tempest in a Span of Time, Alessandro Serpieri - 18.00

Film: Derek Jarman's The Tempest (1979) - 8.00

 

Thursday, April 18

Shakespeare Graduate Conference (all day) - 9.15 AM

 

For details see the website: www.britishinstitute.it

 

 

The Tempest in a Span of Time 


Where & When
Date:  Wednesday, April 17
Time: 18:00
Location: British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini 9
A Lecture by Alessando Serpieri

  

The eminent Italian Shakespearan scholar Alessando Serpieri is Professor Emeritus at the University of Florence, where he received a chair in 1971. He was President of the Association for Semiotic Studies from 1979 to 1983, and President of AIA (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica) from 1991 to 1993. In 1992 he won the Premio Mondello for his translation of Shakespeare's Sonntes, and in 1998 the Premio Monselice for his translation of the first quarto of Hamlet. La Tempesta, translated and introduced by Prof Serpieri, was published by Marsilio in 2006 in Venice. Pictured: Angelica Kaufman, Ferdinand and Miranda in The Tempest, 1782.)

 

All are welcome

Library and Cultural Centre

Palazzo Lanfredini

Lungarno Guicciardini, 9

50125 Firenze

 

Tel: 055 2677 8270 

Email: [email protected]

 

"Lo Struscio Fiorentino" 

Where & When
Date Thursday, April 18:
Time: 18:30
Location:California State University, Via  G. Leopardi 12
Presentation of California State University Book of the Year
 
California State University is pleased to invite you to the inaugural Book of the Year author presentation and book signing, on Thursday, April 18, at 6:30 PM.  The presentation will be held in the Aula Magna.

This year's Book of the year is Lo Struscio Fiorentino by Franco Ciarleglio. This book was selected by students from a list of books by Florentine authors proposed by the faculty and staff.

Join us for a book signing and Q&A opportunity with the author of the Book of the Year!


Young Adult Gathering in Berlin

Where & When
Date: May 17-20
Location: City Hostel Berlin, Glinkastra�e 5
We Believe, I Doubt - Finding God in Your 20s
 

Career, Romance, Independence, God - whether you grew up in or outside of Christianity, many of us make some of our most important decisions in our 20s. Hang out for three days in Berlin with other 20-somethings from the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. We'll experience the city together and talk about how faith fits into our lives. Both skeptics and saints are welcome.

 

May 17-20, 2013

City Hostel Berlin

Glinkastra�e 5

 

Accommodation and breakfast cost provided

 

For ages 19 to 29.

 

For registrations or more information contact Rebecca D�bler: [email protected]

 

 

 

"
The strife is o'er, the battle done, the victory of life is won; the song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!
"

                                                                                                                       Hymn 208 

Words Latin 1695, tr. by Francis Pott (1832-1909).

 

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