Next Sunday is Remembrance Sunday. The Act of Remembrance will be at the beginning of the service this Sunday. Please be sure to arrive in good time. How we rememberThe way we view the two world wars depends on our upbringing and family circumstances. My mother and father were eighteen […]
Curry lunch
Jill PIrdas would like to thank everyone who attended the Curry lunch last Sunday, November 3. Over 1000 euros were raised, including donations. This is definitely a record and will greatly benefit the charity for children living with HIV.
November 1, All Saints’
We attended the Episcopal Church Convention last week. This year it was hosted by St Emmanuel Church, Geneva. The business parts of the meeting were held at the Chateau de Bossey, which is where many of us also stayed. It was Bishop Mark Edington’s first Convention (synod) and he showed […]
Trinity XVIII, October 20
The Newsletter was a day late this week because I was away for part of the week at the Bishop’s Council meeting in Brussels. The Bishop’s Council meets once a year and its principal role is to advise the bishop. However, its members are also directors of the Diocesan Board […]
Trinity XV
It is very difficult to walk through any large city without encountering poor people begging. People in need frequently come to Holy Trinity in Nice or to the priest’s house – literally to my gate – asking for help or for money. Here in the South of France, there is […]
Trinity XIV
Rich people can be very generous. Take for instance, how much well-known people tip in restaurants or bars. It appears that Johnny Depp, the star of Pirates of the Caribbean left a tip almost as great as his bill. He left a tip of $4000 in a restaurant where he […]
Trinity XIII
Have you noticed how the press and television manipulate images of well-known people? Some, like Pope Francis, are depicted as smiling. Others are given a more severe treatment or just caricatured – the hair styles of the present British PM and US President feature largely in cartoons. Happiness and severity […]
Requiem for those who died in air accident
Last Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the plane crash off Nice which claimed the lives of ten men.The widow and sons of Terence Flitcroft came to Nice with their spouses and children for a requiem. We remembered all those who died: Bengt AnderssonDonald Ernest ChaseTerence FlitcroftNorman Kenneth GoodenHenrik Finn HenriksonUlf ÖbergIan […]
40th anniversary of air accident
Next Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the plane crash off Nice which claimed the lives of ten men. Just after I came to Nice, I met Jim Gooden, the son of one of those who perished, Norman Gooden. The sons of Terence Flitcroft have come to Nice with their […]
Assumption Day
There were fireworks on the evening of Assumption Day. It was good to see a large crowd gathered to watch them. As on July 14 this year, the display was mounted at a point opposite the Opera, to distance it from the site used on the night of the attack […]