Luminaria: JS Bach: The Goldberg Variations
2024-02-25 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/Rome) | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Johannes Skudlik, Piano

Luminaria: Christian Almada, Organ
2024-03-03 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Christian Almada, Organ
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Alexander Guilmant, Louis Vierne

Annual Meeting 2024
2024-03-10 12:30 - 14:00
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FOR THE CALL TO THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
OF ST PAUL’S WITHIN THE WALLS, ROME, ITALY.
It will be held in the Church following a Bilingual Eucharist at 10.30 on Sunday 10th March 2024.
Time for the meeting is approximately 12.30.

There will be a Parish Luncheon in the Crypt after the meeting.

Eligibility for Voting:
Those eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting of the parish shall be:

Baptized and communicant members of the Episcopal/Anglican Church and of the Parish;
Sixteen (16) years and above in age;
Have been attending St Paul’s for not less than three (3) months;
Are pledging members of the congregation or regular contributors to the church’s ministry and life.

The Vestry may at their discretion also allow the vote to those who have expressed a desire to become full members of the Anglican Communion and the Parish, but have not yet been formally received.
The list of members eligible to vote shall be displayed at least two Sundays before the Parish meeting and closed one week in advance of the meeting.
Parish Nominating Committee:
The Vestry is the Nominating Committee.
Positions Open For Nominating:
One position as Warden (2 years) and three positions on Vestry (1 for 1 year, 2 for 2 years). Any St Paul’s Church communicant in good standing wishing to run for any of these positions, or wishing to make recommendations, is asked to speak to a member of the Vestry.

Luminaria: G. Fauré: Requiem
2024-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
Texas Diocesan Choir
Linda Patterson, Organ

Luminaria: Goodnight, Mr. Purcell- Life and Death of the Greatest British Composer
2024-03-17 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
“Good night Mr. Purcell” Musical fantasy about the life and work of Henry Purcell
Vocal – instrumental ensemble “Il Diletto”
Sergio Siminovich, Director

My Friends
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30
Come and join friends around the world as we meet online for the monthly St. Paul’s Book Club! In March we are reading My Friends by Hisham Matar.
One evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being eaten alive by a cat, and has the sense that his life has been changed forever. Obsessed by the power of those words—and by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zowa—Khaled eventually embarks on a journey that will take him far from home, to pursue a life of the mind at the University of Edinburgh.
There, thrust into an open society that is miles away from the world he knew in Libya, Khaled begins to change. He attends a protest against the Qaddafi regime in London, only to watch it explode into tragedy. In a flash, Khaled finds himself injured, clinging to life, unable to leave Britain, much less return to the country of his birth. To even tell his mother and father back home what he has done, on tapped phone lines, would expose them to danger.
When a chance encounter in a hotel brings Khaled face-to-face with Hosam Zowa, the author of the fateful short story, he is subsumed into the deepest friendship of his life. It is a friendship that not only sustains him but eventually forces him, as the Arab Spring erupts, to confront agonizing tensions between revolution and safety, family and exile, and how to define his own sense of self against those closest to him.
A devastating meditation on friendship and family, and the ways in which time tests—and frays—those bonds, My Friends is an achingly beautiful work of literature by an author working at the peak of his powers. (Goodreads)
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Palm Sunday
2024-03-24 09:45 - 11:30
This day the service begins with an Ecumenical Procession starting with the Liturgy of the Palms at San Lorenzo in Panisperna. We gather at 09.45 (Via S. Lorenzo in Panisperna 90) and process with our brothers and sisters from S. Vitale up via Nazionale to St. Paul’s.
Today the Palm Sunday Gospel is read in which we hear about Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
The people cry Hosanna (an exclamation or shout of praise to God) and spread Palms and garments in the path of Jesus. We process into the church with Palms and olive branches in joy and excitement.
At the Eucharist the mood changes and focuses on the Passion of Christ. The somber nature is reflected
in the Passion Gospel. We are all part of this great drama. The truth of this day is that we are all responsible through our sins for the Passion and Death of our Lord. The glory of the day is that we know by faith the truth of the Resurrection and the promise of everlasting life “with him who suffered and died for us, and rose again”.

Luminaria: J. S. Bach, The Passion According to Matthew
2024-03-24 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra: J. S. Bach, The Passion According to Matthew
Extraordinary concert with paid entry

Tenebrae
2024-03-27 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
This ancient service was used throughout the Catholic monastic world for many, many centuries during Holy Week. Consisting almost entirely of Scriptural readings, it is a meditation on the sorrows, the profundity and the hopes involved in the Passion of Christ. It is in this way that we too, in a shortened form of the original service, have decided to use it.
The Antiphons (fragments of the readings meant to pinpoint an aspect of its spiritual message) and the psalms are read by all, while the Officiant and the Cantors read or sing certain passages as the candles are gradually put out until total darkness prevails; after which a dramatic reminder of the Resurrection is given.
There are no scheduled readers for this service; we invite you to join in as fully as possible, and to read and come forward to extinguish candles as you feel the spirit move.

Maundy Thursday
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Maundy Thursday, three days before Easter, is when we celebrate the Institution of the Eucharist (the Last Supper) and the washing of feet as a sign of humility. The word ‘Maundy’ comes from the Latin ‘mandatum novum’, (new commandment) from John 13:34.
At the end of the service the altar is stripped and all decorative furnishings are removed from the church. The church will remain open for prayer until 10pm.
Join us at 7pm: all are welcome.

Stations of the Cross
2024-03-29 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
12pm – Stations of the Cross
On Good Friday we take up the Cross and follow Jesus’ footsteps through the events of his Passion in a series of meditations and prayers. For the Stations we use a series of pictures by Peter Rockwell.

Good Friday Liturgy
2024-03-29 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
At the Good Friday Liturgy we come together to hear Saint John’s record of the Passion. We pray for the church and for the world in the Solemn Collects. We contemplate the mysteries of the cross, and are invited to approach the foot of the Cross in Adoration. The Holy Eucharist is not celebrated today.
We maintain silence as we come and go. Jesus has been crucified and is brought to the tomb.

The Great Vigil of Easter
2024-03-30 20:30 - 22:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
On the Eve of Easter, we kindle a fire, light the Paschal Candle, remember the Passover of the Lord and celebrate his victory over death. Join us at 8.30pm in the garden.

MCGILL-TOOLEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND
2024-04-16 16:00 - 17:00
Please join us on Tuesday 16 April at 16:00 for a performance by an outstanding youth band from the USA.
Directed by Sean C Noah, the McGill-Toolen High School Band is one of Alabama’s oldest musical organisations, established in 1896. The band performs at football games, marching festivals, school pep rallies, assemblies, Mass, parades, and concert festivals, and performs several concerts throughout the school year. The band includes a Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Color Guard, and Winter Guard. The band performs locally in Alabama and has performed in Mexico, Italy, Chicago, and Ireland. In 2016, the McGill–Toolen Catholic High School Band travelled to New York City and made their Carnegie Hall premier.
The McGill-Toolen Catholica High School Band will give a unique performance at the Chiesa di San Paolo entre le mura on Tuesday 16 April at 16:00. The band will be performing works by Shostakovich, Sousa, Grainger and many others. An event not to be missed!

A Shining
2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:30
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and finally he gets stuck at the end of a forest road. Soon it gets dark and starts to snow, but instead of going back to find help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest work of fiction by Jon Fosse, ‘the Beckett of the twenty-first century’ (Le Monde). (Goodreads)
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Spring Concerts: Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
2024-05-12 20:30 - 22:00
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A Minor for Violin & Orchestra
George Frederick Handel
Concerto in Bb Major op. 4 no. 2 for Organ and Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria, for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
Francesco Malatesta: Violin
Alessio Pacchiarotti, Organ
Andrea Manchée, Eleonora Aleotti, Teresa Notaro, Soprani
Federico Mauro Marcucci, Alto
St. Paul’s Choir & Orchestra
Stefano Vasselli, Conductor

The Great Divide
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:30
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.
It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection.
Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources, she is determined to find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister’s surgery. When she sees a young man—Omar—who has collapsed after a grueling shift, she is the only one who rushes to his aid.
John Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now, his wife, Marian, has fallen ill herself, and when he witnesses Ada’s bravery and compassion, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice.
Searing and empathetic, The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers—those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.(Goodreads)
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JNRC Fundraising Dinner
2024-05-24 19:30 - 22:30
Join us for a fundraising dinner to support the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC). Food will be provided by HummusTown.
Enjoy a delicious meal, wine, and entertainment!
Tickets are €30 for general admission and €20 for children and students. Please register on Eventbrite
Payment should be made on PayPal , with the memo “May 24th Fundraising Dinner (insert surname here)”.

Mendelssohn & Beethoven
2024-05-26 20:30 - 22:00
Orchestra Sinfonica Citta’ Di Roma
Gala concert for the end of the conducting course held by M° Ennio Nicotra

PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Scottish Symphony, no. 3 in A Major
Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato
Vivace non troppo
Allegro vivacissimo
Allegro maestoso assai
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 4 in B Flat Major op.60
Adagio – Allegro Vivace
Adagio
Menuettto – Allegro vivace
Allegro non troppo
Conductors:
Enrico Finotello, Flaminia Zanelli, Andrea Mura, Stephan Smoktunowicz, Simone Delbene, Daniel Torres, Vittoria Lenzi,
Puya Firouzbakhsh

Prayers for Healing
2024-06-02 11:30 - 12:00
After the 10.30 Eucharist on the first Sunday of the month our clergy and prayer teams offer prayers for healing during the Postlude. If you would like prayers for yourself or someone else, please just approach one of the teams and tell them your name and your request.

My God is a Rock, a Celebration of Gospel and Spirituals
2024-06-02 20:30 - 22:00
A Celebration of Gospel and Spirituals
by St. Paul’s Choir
with Joseph Draycott, Piano
conducted by Stefano Vasselli

I’m gonna sing
Take me to the water
Let us break bread together
Go tell it on the mountain
Deep river
My Lord, what a morning
Ain’t got time to die
Ride on, King Jesus
My God is a rock
There is a balm in Gilead
Ezekiel saw the wheel
Swingin’ with the saints
Every time I feel the Spirit

and improvisations by Joseph Draycott

Requiem: UAB Concert Choir
2024-06-10 17:00 - 18:00
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Concert Choir
Brian Kittredge, conductor
Gorman Jones, organist
Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, soprano
Laral Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Won Cho, bass
Requiem Michael John Trotta (b. 1978)
Introit and Kyrie
Dies Irae
Offertory/Hostias
Sanctus
Pie Jesu
Agnus Dei
Lux Aeterna
Libera Me
Et Mor Ultra Non Erit
In Paradisum
The UAB Concert Choir is the select choral ensemble at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The choir maintains a rigorous performance schedule, giving multiple concerts locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Most recent activities include the 2023 World Premiere of Michael Trotta’s Requiem, invitational performances for the 2023 AMEA In-Service Conference, and the 2020 ACDA Southern Region Conference. Additional performances include the 2018 Gotham Sings Performance Series in Carnegie Hall, the 2017 Cante Rode and London Sangerstevne Choral Festivals in The Netherlands and England, the 2020, 2016, and 2012 AMEA In-Service Conferences, and the 2014 Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, where the choir won gold and silver medals in three categories (Youth Mixed, Musica sacra with accompaniment, and Spiritual). The choir’s 2012 CD project, “Unceasing Love,” is available at digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon, and via the department’s online store. Additional activities include world premiere performances by prominent choral composers such as Glenn McClure, Michael Trotta, Richard Burchard, K. Lee Scott, and Stacey V. Gibbs. The choir has built a strong reputation of choral excellence, and has performed at past conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and in international choral competitions, including the Fleischman International Trophy Competition in Cork, Ireland and the 34th annual Florilege Vocal de Tours in Tours, France. Performing activities have also included invitational concerts throughout the United States and Europe, and regular performances of masterworks with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. The choir is selected by audition, and is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from across the university, including music majors and non-music majors.

Brian Kittredge Short Bio
Dr. Brian Kittredge is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Under his direction, the UAB Choirs have gained a strong presence regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Kittredge has led the UAB Concert Choir in performances at the 2023, 2020, 2016, and 2012 Alabama Music Educators Conferences, the 2020 ACDA Southern Region Conference, the 2018 Gotham Sings Choral Festival in Carnegie Hall, the 2017 London Sangerstevne and Cante Rode International Choral Festivals in England and The Netherlands, and the 2014 Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia. Dr. Kittredge is an active clinician and guest conductor, and has appeared at choral festivals in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. He was the guest conductor of the 2016 Organization of American Kodaly Educators National Chamber Choir in Long Beach, CA. Dr. Kittredge holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University, a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Mansfield University.

UAB Concert Choir Personnel

Name
Major
Hometown

Callie Arnold
Biomedical Sciences
Hartselle, AL

Claire Belcher
Music
Leeds, AL

Kazarious Brown
Theatre
Tuscaloosa, AL

Deonte Charles
Computer Science
Bessemer, AL

Ella Cobb
Psychology
Trussville, AL

Logan Cobb
Anthropology
Trussville, AL

Maddie Dannelly
Music Technology
Montgomery, AL

Jenny Dick
Psychology
Huntsville, AL

Carter Dunaway
Computer Science
Birmingham, AL

Grant Earle
Music
Brookwood, AL

Hunter Ellenberger
Music
Hoover, AL

Sierra Frazier
Music
Madison, AL

Sydney Galloway
Psychology
Tuscaloosa, AL

McKenzie George
Psychology
Mobile, AL

Carys Gonzalez
Chemistry
Hoover, AL

Austin Green
Music
Brookwood, AL

Michael Grondin
Biomedical Sciences
Hoover, AL

Kaitlyn Hall
Nursing
Hoover, AL

Jackson Hanle
Physics
Irondale, AL

Bryson Harris
Biomedical Engineering
Mobile, AL

Taylor Hicks
Music Education
Huntsville, AL

Forrest Hilton
Mathematics
Hoover, AL

Camren Hubbard
Music
Decatur, AL

Anaiah Huggins
Psychology
Anniston, AL

Cameron Jackson
Music Technology
Hoover, AL

Veda Joshi
History
Dothan, AL

Christopher Killingsworth
Genetics and Genomic Sci.
Alabaster, AL

Reagan Martin
Music
Cullman, AL

Eric Norman
Secondary English Education
Birmingham, AL

Adrian Parker
Biomedical Sciences
Florence, AL

Conner Parsons
Psychology
Mobile, AL

Abby Sandlin
Music
Decatur, AL

Kaitlyn Savoie
Cancer Biology
Baton Rouge, LA

Charity Seltzer
General Studies
Odenville, AL

Connor Shaddix
Music Technology
Alabaster, AL

Turner Shaw
Music Education
Pinson, AL

Aniyah Smith
Music Education
Oxford, AL

Fred Song
Music
Birmingham, AL

Yifei Song
Digital Forensics
Hoover, AL

Carrie Stewart
English
Birmingham, AL

Gabriella Stovall
Biomedical Sciences
Huntsville, AL

Daven Threadgill
Biology
Tuscaloosa, AL

Sierra Tucker
Chemistry
Huntsville, AL

Soleil Wallen
Chemistry
Simpsonville, SC

Lena West
Music Education
Starkville, MS

St. Paul's & JNRC Pride
2024-06-15 14:30 - 17:00
Join St. Paul’s & JNRC Pride Parade Team on Saturday, 15 June. Meet in front of the church at 2:30pm.
The Rainbow Initiative of the Episcopal Church has provided two banners for us to carry in the parade.
We will also have an InfoPoint table in front of the church starting at 10:00am with literature about the church and refugees center.
Contact Madeline if you want a St. Paul’s T-Shirt to wear in the parade. (We will reserve one for you and you can get it at the InfoPoint table before the parade.

James
2024-06-20 19:00 - 20:30
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. (Goodreads)
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Holy Eucharist in Spanish
2024-06-30 12:00 - 13:00
The Latinamerican community meets each Sunday at 12pm to celebrate Holy Eucharist in Spanish. We follow Rite II of the Libro de Oración Común, in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. Coffee and cornetti are available in the garden before and after the service. All are welcome!

St. John's School, Leatherhead
2024-07-03 17:00 - 18:00
St John’s School Leatherhead
Choir, Schola Cantorum and Chamber Ensemble
St John’s School Leatherhead was founded in 1851 and the school’s sacred choral tradition underlies its foundation, having been established to educate the children of poor clergy. Today the school offers an excellent range of artistic disciplines to a student body of over 850 children.
The St John’s School Leatherhead Choir is the school’s largest choral group. The school choir sings a wide variety of repertoire ranging from sacred choral works to ABBA songs. The choir has performed at venues including London’s Cadogan Hall, G-Live and the Leatherhead Theatre.
The Schola Cantorum is the school’s chamber choir and has achieved success in national choral competitions. In 2017 Schola Cantorum toured Belgium.
The chamber ensemble features musicians drawn from the school’s top ensembles who regularly perform in major concerts and events.
Todays concert features:
Extracts from Eternal Light (Howard Goodall), Requiem (Gabriel Faure) and Little Jazz Mass (Bob Chilcott)
Be thou my vision (Bob Chilcott)
View me Lord (Richard Lloyd)
Locus iste (Anton Bruckner)
Jubilate in Bb (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Bluebird (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Mother of God (John Tavener)
Lullaby (Daniel Elder)
The long day closes (Arthur Sullivan)
Andante from Piano Trio No.1 (Felix Mendelssohn)
The Swan (Camille Saint-Saens)
Elegie (Gabriel Faure)

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
2024-07-18 19:00 - 20:30
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient.
From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus , they tell from adversity beauty can bloom.
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.
How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today. (Goodreads)
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Anglicanism in European Perspective
2024-07-21 08:00 - 2024-07-26 17:00
This course is intended for any student of Christian traditions, whether living or simply visiting in Europe, interested in seeing this historic Christian tradition through the lens of its centuries-long presence on the European Continent.
With the Anglican Centre in Rome as principal organizer, and in partnership with the Virginia Theological Seminary (Alexandria VA, USA), the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Trinity Church Wall Street (New York), and the Utrecht Summer School, “Anglicanism in European Perspective” is intended for any student of Christian traditions, whether living or simply visiting in Europe, interested in seeing this historic Christian tradition through the lens of its centuries-long presence on the European Continent.
All those considering an ordained vocation in the Episcopal Church from among our congregations are encouraged to participate in the course, and those accepted as postulants are required to have done so.
For more information and to register, please click here.

Kairos
2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:30
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power. And the world around them is changing as the GDR begins to crumble, so too do all the old certainties and the old loyalties, ushering in a new era whose great gains also involve profound loss.
From a prize-winning German writer, this is the intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history. (Goodreads)
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Training for Chalice Bearers
2024-09-01 09:30 - 10:15
If you are currently a Chalice bearer or you would like to be, Fr. John will be offering training sessions on Sunday 1st September and Sunday 8th September at 09.30 before the Eucharist service. The program will cover the meaning of the Sacraments; how they are consecrated and how to handle them; as well as tips and tricks for Chalice bearers.
If you are interested in joining the group, or finding out more, please speak to Fr. John or call the Parish Office.
