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Events at St. James
Adult Forum Sunday February 16

Where & When
Date: Sunday 16th February
Time:10.00
Location:Undercroft
Sister Julia Bolton Holloway,
The English Cemetery in Florence. 

 

Come and join us at the Adult Forum this Sunday. Sister Julia will be speaking about the English Cemetery in Florence.

Grab a Cappuccino and join us for what will be a very interesting Forum.

Weekend Retreat April 4-6, 2014

Where & When
Date: April 4-6
Location: Tutzing,Germany
Reconciliation: A Radical Religious Response. 
 
Leader: The Rev. Canon Dr. Sandye A. Wilson

A weekend retreat will be held at the Guesthouse of the Missionsbenediktinerinnen, Bahnhofstr 3, 82327 Tutzing ( near Munich, Germany).

For further information please contact Rev. Dorothee Hahn,
( [email protected]) or Rev. Deacon Richard Cole ([email protected])

Sunday Nursery 

Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 10:45 - 12:00
Location: Undercroft
A Fun Place for Your Little Ones

 

A nursery is provided each Sunday during the 11:00 AM Eucharist for toddlers and little ones who are happier there. Parents please consider the use of our professionally staffed Nursery.

 

Noonday Prayer

Where & When
Date: Tuesday-Friday
Time: 12:00-12:10
Location: Church
Noonday Prayer in the Church 

 

St. James Church holds Noonday Prayer in the Church every Tuesday through Friday at 12:00 PM.

 

Come join us for 10 minutes of prayer and meditation. Noonday Prayer will be led by the clergy and staff of St. James Church, and any volunteer who is interested in this leadership. Please contact the Church office.

 

Your St. James
Lenten Schedule 2014

Lenten Schedule 2014

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, March 5.  All events during Lent will be at 7:30 pm.  There will be a book study at the Rectory each Wednesday evening during Lent ( March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9).  Each Thursday in Lent we will have dinner and Compline. (March 6,13,20,27, April 3,10)  Various groups and ministries will sponsor these free meals for all.  Please mark your calendars.

 

Chiesa Santa Croce, Bologna


Sunday, February 23rd.

Bishop Whalon's visitation to Santa Croce in Bologna has been postponed.
The Presiding Bishop has asked Bishop Pierre to represent her at a funeral in Africa. An announcement will be made when his visit is rescheduled.
Father Mark will be going to Bologna to commemorate their 17th Anniversary.
Leaving from St.James at 2.30pm, via the fast train; 24 euro each way.

 

Children's Lending Library 40th Anniversary

Where & When
Date:February 15
Time:16.00-18.00
Location:Undercroft
Saturday February 15 at 4pm
 
Come and Join in the celebration!  Its 40th Anniversary of the Children's Lending Library.

Free entrance, refreshments, book readings and crafts.
Special new member /renewal discounts.
Pardon Day ! For over due books.

Cell:328 3282757
 
Annual Parish Meeting

Where & When
Date: March 9
Time:12.15
Location: St. James
Sunday March 9 

 

 The Annual Parish meeting will be on March 9 after the 11am Eucharist followed by a Parish Lunch.

Support the Church's Ministries with a Simple Gesture

Full on Church
5 X 1000 Tax Contribution

 

Support the Food Bank and other outreach programs by requesting that the 5 X 1000 on your Italian tax return be donated to "Amici di St. James in Florence." 

 

Simply sign the relevant box on your tax return form and indicate the 'codice fiscale' (tax ID number) for Amici di St. James in Florence:

 

94138720480

 

There is no financial implication to you for doing this; funds from the "5 x 1000" that are not specifically allocated for non-profit associations are left to the government. Please share this information with anyone who is interested in supporting the charitable activities of St. James. 


Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Earmark your "5 x 1000" to "Amici di St. James in Florence""

 

http://stjames.it/donate/5x1000

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: small tins of canned beans(packs of 3),  500 gram packages of pasta, 1 kilo packages of rice, 80 gram and 160 gram cans of tuna, crackers, small boxes of juice, 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! 


 

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, 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.

 

Coming soon- Information on St.James newly renovated Carriage House  


Cultural programme at the British Institute of Florence

Location: British Institute, 
Lungarno Guicciardini 9.Florence.
On Wednesday 12 February at 18.00, Alessio Assonitis will give a lecture entitled
From Savanarolan simplicitas to Leonine Majestas: Fra Bartolomeo della Porta's Artistic Trajectory, 1504-1517.
Alessio Assonitis, of the Medici Archive Project, traces the artistic development of Fra Bartolomeo ( Baccio della Porta, 1472-1517), a painter greatly admired by the English Grand Tourists.
  
Talking Pictures,
Luchino Visconti
programme of films, every Wednesday at 8pm
February 12  Senso
February  19 Le notti bianche
February  26 Rocco e i suoi fratelli.
Entrance to the cultural events and films are available to Library members only. Please see the British Institute website for details on how to become a member and costs.

 
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

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Palazzo Strozzi will be hosting from 8 March to 20 July 2014 a major exhibition entitled

Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Diverging Paths of Mannerism, devoted to the work of Pontormo and of Rosso
Fiorentino, the two painters who were without question the most original and unconventional adepts of the new way of interpreting art in that season of the Italian Cinquecento which Giorgio Vasari called the 'modern manner'.
"O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright; westward leading still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light!" 

                                                                                                                       Hymn 128 

 Words and Music :John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891) 

  

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