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Save the Dates
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Looking Forward to Fall-Winter!
Sunday, September 22
Start-up Sunday - We celebrate everyone's return from the summer holidays and begin the new programs for the year. A free cook-out will follow the parish Eucharist, along with a Ministry Fair to sign up to participate in St. James' various ministries.
November 2-3
Bishop Pierre's Annual Visitation on All Saint's Sunday. A parish cook-out will follow.
Anyone interested in being confirmed or received into the Episcopal Church, please contact the parish office.
December 15
A free Holiday Dinner will be celebrated following the 11:00 AMparish Eucharist.
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2013 Local Outreach
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Call for Recipient Suggestions
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.
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Office Schedule
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Reminder
The St. James Office is open from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Tuesday through Friday:
Telephone: 055 294417
Email: office@stjames.it.
The Church is closed on Mondays.
Please remember that it is not possible to make deliveries or drop off donations on Mondays. Thank you for your understanding!
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Weekly Food Drive
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Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 9:00 & 11:00
Location: Church
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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, and especially baby food (fruit) and baby formula.
The shopping cart will be at the back of the Church, waiting to be filled!
Grazie di cuore!
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Volunteers Wanted
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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.
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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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Events in Florence ... and Beyond
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Where & When
Date: May 10-June 28
Time: Monday-Friday
10-13.30 & 14.30-18.30
Location: RFK Center,
Via Ghibellina 12/A
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Exhibition at the Robert F. Kennedy Center
The "Ladies for Human Rights" exhibit is being held at the Robert F. Kennedy Center, located in the historic "Le Murate." Curated by Melissa Proietti, it is a collection about 18 women from around the world who have worked for human rights.
Italian artist Marcello Reboani's brilliant use of recycled materials to create mixed-media rendition of these powerful women will amaze and captivate you. Along with the portraits are the biographies of these larger-than-life ladies and how they contributed to the rights of humans everywhere in the world.
From actresses to artists, prisoners to princesses, mothers to martyrs, these various women each in their own way exemplified what each of us has the capacity to do: act upon what is right and to speak out about what we believe to be fair and just and against those things which are unjust.
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Niccolò Machiavelli, the "Disarmed Prophet"
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, June 12
Time: 18:10
Location: British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini 9
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A Lecture by Michael Griffiths
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the publication of Machiavelli's Il Proncipe, the Vice-Chairman of the British Institute, Michael Griffiths, offers a sympathetic portrait of its much maligned author.
All are welcome
Library and Cultural Centre
Palazzo Lanfredini
Lungarno Guicciardini, 9
50125 Firenze
Tel: 055 2677 8270
Email: library@britishinstitute.it
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Obsession
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, June 12
Time: 20:00
Location: British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini 9
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Score by Bernard Herrmann
As part of the ongoing "Talking Pictures" series, the British Institute will hold a screening of Brian de Palma's film, "Obsession," on Wednesday, June 12, at 8:00 PM, in the Sala Fiamma Ferragamo, Harold Acton Library.
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Where & When
Date: Tursday, June 13
Time: 18:00
Location: Villa I Tatti
Via di Vincigliata, 26
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"Canti di una brigata fiorentina"
On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Boccaccio, the Director of Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, invites you to the concert:
Canti di una brigata fiorentina:
Trattenimenti musicali nella novellistica toscana del Trecento
Ensemble Micrologus
Thursday June 13 at 6:00 PM
Myron and Sheila Gilmore Limonaia
Light reception following
R.S.V.P. 055 603251
www.itatti.it/reply130614.asp
By invitation only: please confirm your presence.
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Summer Cocktail / Fundraiser
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Where & When
Date: Wednesday, June 19
Time: 18:00-20:00
Location: Chiostro della Chiesa Metodista, Via dei Benci , 9r
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The Best of Sri Lankan Finger Food
A Summer Cocktail will be held at the Cloister of the Methodist Church on June 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, to benefit the Associazione Fabio Jonathon ONLUS (www.fabiojonathan.org), which is building a school in Sri Lanka.
The Cocktail will feature the best of Sri Lankan finger food (tuna rolls, vadé, salmon cutlet, vegetable rolls,batata vada), served with a superb Italian wines, a performance by Sri Lankan dancers and live music, and selected handicrafts.
Donation: € 10.00
For tickets, contact: blandina.steinhauslin@gmail.com
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The Sound of Freedom: The Music of Liberation
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Where & When
Date: June 21-22
Location: St. George's Church in Berlin
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Christian Education Seminar for CAECG
The Anglicans / Episcopalians in Germany: Developing Christian Ministry Weekend presents "The Sound of Freedom: The Music of Liberation - Theology, Worship and Music"with Professor Jeremy Begbie, Duke Divinity School, North Carolina.
The seminar will be held at St. George's Church in Berlin from Friday, June 21 - Saturday, June 22
If you wish to register for this seminar, please contact:
Rev. Christopher Jage-Bowler (St. George's, Berlin)
Email: berlin.anglican@gmx.de
Participants will need to arrange their own accommodation.
Cost: 50 euro non-refundable registration fee.
St. George's Anglican (Episcopal) Church
Preußenallee 17-19
(S bahn -Heerstr. or U 2-Neuwestend)
14052 Berlin
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Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Happening # 2
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Where & When
Date: December 27-29
Location: Emmanuel Church, Geneva
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A Christian Experience for Young People
"Happening" is a renewal weekend for high school aged young people. The purpose of Happening is to renew the spiritual life of high school students who attend, in order that they may take their place in the ministry and leadership of the parishes and missions which sponsor them. It is a powerful encounter in which young people minister to young people, bringing Jesus Christ joyfully alive in a Eucharistic community of disciples.
It is a weekend experience of fun, games, sharing, surprises and, most of all, a time of spiritual renewal and empowerment. Everyone has a chance to meet in small groups to discuss and respond to a series of talks given by teenagers to teenagers. The talks deal with subjects such as Reality, Faith, Jesus Christ, Church and Prayer.
To be held at: Emmanuel Church, 3, rue de Monthoux, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Dates: December 27-29, 2013
Accommodations: A youth hostelwill be reserved for team members and participants.
Questions? Contact:John Beach, tel. + 41-22-732-8078 or rector@emmanuelchurch.ch
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"God is Love; and love enfolds us, all the world in one embrace; with unfailing grasp God holds us, every child of every race. And when human hearts are breaking under sorrow's iron rod, then we find that self-same aching deep within the heart of God."
Hymn 379, v. 2
Words: Timothy Rees (1874-1939), alt.
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St. James Church, Florence
Via B. Rucellai, 9
Firenze, Italy
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