The New Voices of Joy, directed by Nehemia Brown, is reuniting for a concert at St. James on Thursday, June 20  at 8:00 PM. The concert is in honor of and features Louis McCall, former U.S. Consul General in Florence and New Voices of Joy member.

The concert is free of charge.

Pictured: The New Voices of Joy ... a few years ago!

 

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. 

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.

A free Holiday Dinner will be celebrated following the 11:00 AMparish Eucharist.

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. 

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! 

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

 

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.

 

Donation: € 10.00

 

For tickets, contact: blandina.steinhauslin@gmail.com

As part of the ongoing "Talking Pictures" series, the British Institute will hold a screening of "Taxi Driver" with Robert de Niro on Wednesday, June 19, at 8:00 PM, in the Sala Fiamma Ferragamo, Harold Acton Library.

This is the last in the series of films with music by Bernard Herrman.

 

The Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, and Cristina Acidini, Superintendent for to Historical, Artistic, and Ethno-anthropological Patrimony and for the Museums of the City of Florence, invite you to the presentation of the Bianchi Crucifix on Friday, June 21, at 6:30 PM in the Church of St. Lucia sul Prato, restored by Dr. Marina Vincenti.

 

The XIV fresco of the Annunciation, restored by Dr. Elizabeth Wicks, will also be presented.

 

Mostre - Convegno - Musica - Visita

The second year of a cultural festival by and for Florentines and visitors: contemporary and classic sacred art exhibition, an interdisciplinary bi-lingual conference and symposium - two concerts in historic locations and a unique tour focussed on John the Baptist. The Festival is dedicated to the people of Florence to celebrate the feast day of the city's patron saint on 24th June. As before, the event will be presented by the founders of the festival i Buontalenti - a group of colleagues established to initiate creative opportunities for Florentine artists, musicians and writers - and to benefit the venues where the events take place.

 

Tickets for the conference, which includes a buffet lunch, and the concert by Modo Antiquo on June 21 are available at the British Institute of Florence, Harold Acton Library, Lungarno Guicciardini 9.

 

The concert by Robin Walker at the Badia Fiorentina on June 25 is a fundraising event for the restoration their 1558 Zefferini organ.

 

Reservations for the guided tour by Alexandra Lawrence on June 22 are available through the Florentine or email to a.lawrence@theflorentine.net

 

For further information please visit the Festival website:   www.tinyurl.com/giovannibattista

 

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)

 

 

 

 

Proceeds donated in support of art restoration in Florence.

 

RSVP and info > info@theflorentine.net - T. 055/2306616 

 

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. 

 

"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

 

Via B. Rucellai, 9

Firenze, Italy