The Chaplain goes on Leave 11-29 August
After Holy Communion on August 11th Hugh and Alison will depart for a well-earned break. In Hugh’s absence we warmly welcome the Reverand Andrew Taylor who will be known to many as a locum at St Paul’s in years past.
For those who don’t yet know Andrew, he is the Chaplain at Regents Park College Oxford and has a great interest in GB Olympic rowing.
During the service a new Branch Standard will be dedicated, and the Branch Standard Bearer charged with its safekeeping. There will be hymns, readings along with the Exhortation, Last Post and Reveille.
Refreshments will be served afterwards in the English Library. Everyone is welcome to the service and the Chaplain would be very happy to talk to anyone interested in joining the Nice -Monaco Branch of the Royal British Legion.
30th June Choral Evensong – Feast of St Peter & St Paul
Starting at 6pm, this special service will packed with beautiful sacred music spanning more than 250 years. Come and see why St Paul’s has such an enviable reputation for music that moves and refreshes the soul.
The programme includes pieces arranged by our Musical Director, Errol Girdlestone:
Preces and Responses sung to a setting by Richard Ayleward (1665-1669)
Psalms 149 and 150 sung to chants by Errol Girdlestone
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Robert Cooke (1768-1814)
Anthem “Happy & Blest Are They” from the Oratorio St Paul by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
During the service a new Branch Standard will be dedicated, and the Branch Standard Bearer charged with its safekeeping. There will be hymns, readings along with the Exhortation, Last Post and Reveille.
Refreshments will be served afterwards in the English Library. Everyone is welcome to the service and the Chaplain would be very happy to talk to anyone interested in joining the Nice -Monaco Branch of the Royal British Legion.
22nd June Laying Up of Old Royal British Legion Branch Standard
At 3.00pm on Saturday 22nd June a unique service will take place at St Paul’s – the ceremonial Laying Up of the old Nice-Monaco Branch Standard of the Royal British Legion. Nothing similar will have taken place in the region since 1929 when the standard was first dedicated only ten years after the end of World War One.
During the service a new Branch Standard will be dedicated, and the Branch Standard Bearer charged with its safekeeping. There will be hymns, readings along with the Exhortation, Last Post and Reveille.
Refreshments will be served afterwards in the English Library. Everyone is welcome to the service and the Chaplain would be very happy to talk to anyone interested in joining the Nice -Monaco Branch of the Royal British Legion.
Visit to the Glass Artisan Studio
The work on the Lady Chapel window is in the capable hands of expert artisans who have worked on very prestigious projects at religious sites across France. A recent visit to their studio revealed the care and thought that goes into each restoration, as well as their skills in glass cutting, painting, aging, and creating the framework to hold each piece in place. The Chaplain was thrilled to try his hand at glass cutting!
21st April Guest Preacher – Archbishop Ivan Elko of the Lutheran Evangelical Church of the augsburg Confession
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Easter Sunday Services, March 31st
He is Risen! Join us for our celebration services on this special day.
The events of Holy Week, Jesus’ bitter agony in the garden of Gethsemane, his betrayal, denial, mock trial, scourging, his progress along the Via Dolorosa and his Crucifixion are all eclipsed by the Resurrection on Easter Day.
Good Friday Holy Hour, 2pm on March 29th
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Reflection #9 – The Lantern
Gospel of John Chapter 18: 3-5 So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. And Jesus came forward and said, “Whom do you seek?” Reflection: Jesus often asked the question “whom do you seek.” He asked it of […]
Maundy Thursday, 6.30pm March 28th
A special moment of preparation and Solemn Evensong Maundy Thursday is the holy day upon which we recount the events around Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples and the institution of Holy Communion, recalling his words: “Do this in remembrance of me.” Not only this, but we remember how Jesus took the form of a […]
Reflection #8 – The Spear
Gospel of John Chapter 19: 34 One of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. Reflection: The Church is the Body of Christ. Around the world it continues to be pierced. Our brothers and sisters in faith suffer for the sake of the name “Christian.” […]