We are allowed to go to church during confinement. However, we are not allowed to do so during curfew. Therefore, exceptionally, the Holy Week services in Nice are in the afternoon on Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday. At Vence, the Maundy Thursday service is in the morning for the same […]
Palm Sunday, March 28
CLOCKS GO FORWARD ONE HOUR THIS WEEKEND Sunday, March 28, Palm Sunday, Eucharist at 11 a.m. GOOD NEWS – we continue to be allowed to go to church during the third confinement which began last weekend. To do so, you need to tick box 4 on the new Attestation form (motif de journée […]
Sunday, March 21st, Fifth Sunday of Lent, Passion Sunday
Eucharist at 11 a.m. GOOD NEWS – we continue to be allowed to go to church during third confinement which begins at midnight tonight (‘Dans les lieux de culte, les règles restent inchangées.’). To do so, you need to tick box 11 on the present Attestation form. It’s worth checking […]
Epiphany 2021
The three kings have now reached church crib scenes. But if you look at the words of Matthew’s Gospel from which the story comes, there aren’t any kings, just three gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh. It’s the number of the gifts that gives rise to the idea of three wise men (Greek: […]
March 29 – joining the Eucharist online
TAKING PART IN SUNDAY’S EUCHARIST FROM HOME LENT V, MARCH 29 REMEMBER THAT CLOCKS GO FORWARD THIS WEEKEND. Join us (on your computer) for church this Sunday! Over 600 followed last Sunday’s broadcast service and over 300 watched. Holy Trinity Nice will again stream Sunday’s Eucharist at 11 am (Central European […]
BISHOPS’ INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT COMMUNION
Bishop David and Bishop Robert have updated the safety advice that I advertised last week. The essential difference is that both bread and wine will be consecrated but WE WILL ONLY RECEIVE THE BREAD (HOST). Click to download their letter. Every Sunday Sung Eucharist at 11 am. Sunday, March 8, […]
Retreat in Lisbon
I went on a Episcopal Church clergy retreat in Lisbon from Monday to Wednesday. The theme of the retreat addresses, given by The Revd Stuart Hoke, a retired priest who had been a professor at General Theological Seminary in New York, was addiction. He spoke about growing up in the […]
Episcopal Church Council of Advice
The Sunday before last, the Canterbury Cross arrived in Holy Trinity Nice in preparation for the Episcopal Church Convention (synod) which will take place in Nice from Thursday, October 22 to Sunday, October 25. We have done much of the preparation for the Convention but the arrival of the Council […]
Reception of the Canterbury Cross
Helena Mbele-Mbong writes Last Sunday, the Canterbury Cross was presented to the congregation of Holy Trinity Nice, France, during their service.. The organizing team of the next Convocation Convention came forward to receive the Cross from Samuel and Helena Mbele-Mbong of Emmanuel Episcopal Church Geneva Switzerland. It was well received, and […]
The Canterbury Cross
Next October the Episcopal Church Convention comes to Nice and Holy Trinity. The Church which hosts the Convention has custody of the Canterbury Cross, made from timbers from Canterbury Cathedral, until the end of the Convention. Last Sunday, we received the Cross, which Helena and Samuel brought from Geneva, where […]