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 […]
Epiphany
Happy New Year! Bonne Année 2019! We were delighted to see Christine Harvey and her brother here over Christmas. Christine is making an excellent recovery from back surgery and it was so good to see her looking well again. We were blessed to have some beautiful flower decorations done by […]
Christmas I
Every Sunday: Contemplative Prayer at 10 am; Sung Eucharist at 11 am Tuesday, January 1, Ecumenical Sunrise Service on the promenade at 7.30 am. Wednesday, January 2, Eucharist at 10.30 am. Sunday, January 6, Epiphany, after the Sung Eucharist, there will be a Reception to celebrate the birthdays of Frank Slaymaker […]
Advent IV
The Christmas Story Last year Christmas was on a Monday, which meant that the day before was a hybrid of the Fourth Sunday in Advent and Christmas Eve. I’m sure that this only concerned the clergy. I doubt most parishioners thought about it. Perhaps, they considered skipping church on the […]
Christ the King
Christ the King Next Sunday is the feast of Christ the King. The Church of England ‘borrowed’ it from the Roman Catholics, who first celebrated it in 1925. The pope of that era saw the rise of dictators – Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mussolini in Italy – and […]
2nd Sunday before Advent
Our daughter was visiting Nice and we went to see the Lego exhibition at the Musée Massena. There were some amazing exhibits made from Lego: portraits of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine, a desk and a harp. But what most caught my attention was the excellent collection of […]
Centenary of Armistice that ended WW1
Sunday, November 11, Remembrance Sunday, Sung Eucharist at 11 am. The Act of Remembrance will begin at 11 am – be sure to arrive in good time. Commemoration at the Monument aux Morts, at 3 pm. Concert at Holy Trinity: Dvorak’s 9th Symphony, From the New World, conducted by Matthieu Peyregne, 4 pm. […]
All Saints’ Sunday
There is a Marathon on Sunday morning between Nice and Cannes. If you normally use the Promenade to drive to church, you will need to take an alternate route. Sunday, November 4, All Saints & All Souls (transferred) Sung Eucharist at 11 a.m. Names of those to be remembered will […]
Trinity XXII
Election of Bishop Pierre Whalon’s successor I was at Waterloo a week ago for the Bishop Election Convention of the Episcopal Church parishes in Europe. I had an unusually close view of proceedings. As I was not entitled to be an elector, I was invited to be a teller for […]
Trinity XXI
Convention of the Episcopal Church Europe This year the Convention is at All Saints Church Waterloo and its prinicpal business will be to elect the successor to Bishop Pierre Whalon. Follow the election. Once the result is known, I’ll send a further email. Father Peter Jackson