Last Saturday’s Vide Grenier was remarkably successful. It raised 3082 euros – a record. The biggest earner was the boutique, which raised over a thousand euros. There were also thirty volunteers, which meant that there was excellent esprit de corps. The weather, which was warm and dry, also helped. Congratulations […]
Easter IV, May 12
News from Holy Trinity Twice a year, we have a Vide-Grenier, a Table Top Sale. The first of 2019 is on Saturday, May 11, from 10 am until 4 pm. Please come to support it and encourage your friends to do so, as well. If you still have things you […]
Easter III, May 5
Each of the four Gospels ends differently. Each describes the Crucifixion, but Marks’ Gospel ends abruptly with the discovery of the empty tomb. Luke’s ends with the story of two men walking along the road to the village of Emmaus. John’s ends with a meal, where Jesus shares fish with […]
A-prayer-atif
We had the first A-prayer-atif, Apéritif of the year last Friday, April 26. Since it was a wet and windy day until mid-afternoon, I was pessimistic about how many would attend. Wonderfully, there were sixteen. There were familiar faces and new ones. We enjoyed our time together against the backdrop of a […]
Easter 2019
Earlier in Holy Week, I went to All Saints’, the Anglican church in Rome, for the service of Renewal of Ordination Vows and the Blessing of the Oils (blessed by the bishop, these are used at baptism, confirmation and with the sick). Since then we have had the observance of […]
Consecration Weekend at the American Cathedral, Lent V
This weekend, I’m going to the consecration of the new Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, We meet the Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry on Friday morning. There’s a big farewell and welcome event on Friday evening to say goodbye to Bishop Pierre and welcome Bishop Mark. The […]
Mothering Sunday
SUMMER TIME – clocks go FORWARD one hour during Saturday night Sunday, March 31, Lent IV, Mothering Sunday: Renewal of the Electoral Roll – please ask Jill Pirdas for a form or download a form and return it to her by email or by hand (the deadline is Sunday, April 14). […]
New Cross for St Hugh’s
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 […]