As part of the external renovation of St Hugh’s, a new Cross was installed earlier this week.
St Patrick’s Day weekend
Members of Holy Trinity and St Hugh’s were at Laghet last weekend for a retreat led by Canon Mary Haddad from the American Cathedral in Paris. We are very grateful to Mary; she was accompanied by three members of the Cathedral congregation. For film night last Wednesday, we watched Milk, a 2008 American biographical […]
First Sunday in Lent
We had almost twice as many as last year at this year’s Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes on Ash Wednesday. We’re very grateful to Christine Harvey for the beautiful flowers arrangements she has given Holy Trinity in the last couple of weeks. She’ll be back in time for Palm […]
Commemoration of John Montague
John Montague was a member of Holy Trinity for many years. We mourned with Elizabeth when John died on December 10, 2016. Last Thursday, February 28, would have been his 90th birthday. To mark the anniversary, Elizabeth and friends, including some from Holy Trinity, gathered at the Princess Grace Irish Library in […]
Brexit
The French government has been making contingency plans and an important announcement about these was made in January. I am sure that many of us have been following news reports in English and French about what might happen if the UK were to leave the EU without a deal (no-deal) […]
Friday, February 15
Next Sunday, Maia Olukemi Coker, the daughter of Dami and Flor, members of Holy Trinity, will be baptised. Her parents hope we will join them in the hall afterwards for celebratory refreshments. The presbytery has a new name plate to replace the broken one, thanks to Michael Killbourn. Jill Pirdas […]
Friday, February 15
I have posted an update about Brexit. An excellent brunch was had last Sunday after the Eucharist. Fr Peter and Jean-Marie had to return to Nice for Holy Trinity’s Eucharist but the bacon buttie on rye bread offered to Fr Peter before the service was delicious. Take a look at […]
Clergy Retreat at Palazzola
CI went on retreat this week to Palazzola, near Rome. It is a former Franciscan monastery acquired by the Venerable English College in Rome almost a century ago. Their seminarians use it for part of the year, when the heat of Rome is at its height. Palazzola is sited above a […]
Epiphany III, January 27
Ecumenical services have been held at churches of the different denominations during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18 – 25 every year). In Vence, there was a celebration at the Cathedral last Sunday, at which we were represented by Claire Ery, church warden at St Hugh’s. The […]
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Weddings and wedding receptions can be the occasion of great happiness but also of social embarrassment. I remember going to a friend’s wedding many years ago. The service itself was in a beautiful old church. Afterwards, we went on to the reception at the bride’s parents’, a large and rambling […]