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Events at St. James
Taft School Concert at St. James

Where & When
Date: June 22, 2014
Time: 11.00 & 18.00
Location:St James
This Sunday, June 22, we are delighted to welcome the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut with their Director Bruce Fifer and organist Paul Halley.

They will be singing during the Sunday Eucharist. A concert will be at 6pm that evening.

 
 

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
Next of Kin Contact details
Full on Church
We have been thinking that it would be a good idea
to keep a list of Parishioner's next of kin.
 
Would you like us to keep your next of kin details in the office, so that we can contact them in the event of an emergency?
If you wish please email or bring a list of telephone numbers, emails and any other information you feel might be helpful, and we will keep it on file in the office.
This information will be  held in the confidence and used only in the event of an emergency.
 
Parish Office closed, Tuesday 24 June

Where & When
Date: 24.6.2014
The Feast of St. John the Baptist, Patron Saint of Florence.
The Parish office will be closed next Tuesday to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Baptist.  
There will be celebrations through out the day , finishing at 10pm with Fireworks from Piazzale Michelangelo. 
 

 
 
3� Festa della Cultura San Giovanni Battista Firenze 2014

Where & When
Date: 14 -26 June 2014

The festival is dedicated to the people of Florence in celebrating the feast day of the city's patron saint on 24th June. The last two years' programmes have offered a wide variety of events, including contemporary sacred art exhibitions, interdisciplinary conferences and a symposium, several concerts of early Florentine music plus guided visits to locations venerating John the Baptist in the historic centre. This year's festival will in addition bring new events to involve and engage the community.

The Festival is a voluntary non-profit initiative designed to provide a forum for Florentine artists, musicians and academics. 

 

See more at :festacultura 

 

 

2014 Outreach Donations

Do you know of an Onlus (non profit organization) in Tuscany that would benefit from St James support? 

 

We need your suggestions for local outreach donations to be made in 2014. 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 [email protected] or Jocelyn Fitzgerald at [email protected]


5 x 1000 Tax Contribution
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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.
Wednesday 18 June at 18.00

John Hoenig will give a lecture entitled " Si Va Avanti ! - The San Giovanni Festival in Florence"
The founder of the Festa della Cultura San Giovanno Battista, surveys the centuries-long history of the celebrations in honour of Florence's patron saint- and reviews events for this current year's sacred community arts festival.
BEST OF BOGIE- TALKING PICTURES. Final film this Wednesday at 8pm
18 June- The Caine Mutiny

 
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.
 

  


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Jackson Pollock & Michelangelo, Palazzo Vecchio

Where & When
Date: 21 March to 30 August
Location: Palazzo Vecchio

A springtime show featuring drawings and paintings by the American artist

Jackson Pollock, the undoubted master of action painting, comes to Florence for a virtual comparison with Renaissance genius, Michelangelo Buonarroti. The exhibition in question, entitled
La figura della furia [The figure of fury], which, inspired by the studies of the American painter during his youth and by his interest in Michelangelo's work, offers a comparison between styles, subjects, stories and very different worlds.

Pollock's shapelessness mirrors Michelangelo's unfinished work, the Renaissance with its classical Florentine and Italian form is painted in perfect contrast with the American's artist anti-form.

 
"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation: join the great throng, psaltery, organ, and song, sounding in glad adoration" 

                                                                                                                  Hymn 390. V1.    

  Music: Lobe den Herren 

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