A big thank you to the members of the Vestry, who sponsored last Sunday's Spring Fling, and to all those who volunteered and provided food and other articles for sale. It was a very successful occasion, and a great community builder. 

 

The next Thrift Shop will be held tomorrow Wednesday, May 8. Come for a good time, great bargains, and to support a wonderful cause! 

 

The association "Fiumi d'Acqa Viva" and St. James Church present a conference on the topic of "Violence and Diversity" at St. James Church on Friday, May 10 at 8:30 PM, followed by a reception. With the participation of the Old Catholic and the Waldensian Churches, the speakers will address violence against homosexuals, violence against children, and violence against women.

On Sunday, May 12 at 10:30 there will be a prayer service at the Waldenian Church (Via Micheli ang. Via Lamarmora) for the victims of homophobia.

Information: fiumidacquaviva@gmail.com

www.fiumidacquaviva.org

We need your suggestions for local outreach donations to be made in 2013. There are so many wonderful organizations in the Province of Florence, run primarily by volunteers, which actively help the community. This is an opportunity for St. James to help them in their work.

 

The deadline for submissions is September 30. 

  

Please contact Barbara Maraventano at b.maraventano@gmail.com or Jocelyn Fitzgerald at jocelyn.f@tiscalinet.it. 

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

 

As part of the ongoing "Talking Pictures" series, the British Institute will hold a screening of the film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) with James Stewart, Doris Day, and Brenda de Banzie, on Wednesday, May 8, at 8:00 PM, in the Sala Fiamma Ferragamo, Harold Acton Library.

Herrmann's collaboration with Hitchcock continued with his score for Hitchcock's remake of his 1934 thriller of the same name. With its climax at a performance in the Royal Albert Hall which masks an assassination attempt, who better to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra than Herrmann himself? The score carries the mounting suspense in wordless sequences that give prominence to Herrmann the conductor as well as Herrmann the composer (much of the score was based on Arthur Benjamin's score for the original film). And since the star was Doris Day, Hitchcock wanted a song (not by Herrmann, but against much criticism, endorsed by him) resulting in the immortal "Que Será Será."

 

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

Glinkastraße 5

 

Accommodation and breakfast cost provided

 

For ages 19 to 29.

 

For registrations or more information contact Rebecca Döbler: rdoebler@students.uni-mainz.de

 

 

William Wallace, the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis, will present the topic "The Sistine Chapel ... 500 Years," on Tuesday, May 21, at 5:00 PM.

 

R.S.V.P.: stanfordinflorence@stanford.edu.

Via B. Rucellai, 9

Firenze, Italy