Lent Crossword
Crossword N°14 – by Patricia Cerrone We’re now well into the season of Lent and that is the underlying theme of this puzzle. There are quite a few anagrams here, so look out for words that indicate movement, change, deterioration etc. As a reminder, cryptic clues contain a definition AND an explanation. For example, 19 […]
It’s All Monk….y Business
On Saturday the 28th of February all four members of the Bearn chaplaincy family were delighted to host Afternoon English Tea for seven members of the Order of Preachers (or Dominicans as they are more popularly known) from St Charles Catholic Church in Monaco. It was an equal delight to have in our company a […]
March music agenda
Music for March Sunday 1st 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Missa in tempore alligatum (Girdlestone) Hymn 116, 658, 621, 702 Motet Not unto us, O Lord (Walmisley) Sunday 8th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Batten Short Service Hymn 147, 602, 669, 784 Motet Come, Holy Ghost (Atwood) Sunday 15th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Merbecke Hymn 537, 566, […]
Six Nations Comes to St Paul’s – And We Nearly Needed a Scrum Cap
If Carlsberg did parish libraries, they might look suspiciously like the English Library at St Paul’s Church last Saturday. England v Ireland. Scotland v Wales. And, for the first official outing of our rather fabulous new projector and sound system, a congregation of rugby enthusiasts who briefly forgot they were indoors. Let us begin with […]
WWI – Commemoration Appeal
It has recently come to light that there are two British WWI casualties whose remains are interred in the ossuary and recorded on the war memorial in the cemetery in Monaco. They are :- Private Arthur C V DYER R.A.M.C A victim of the torpedoing of SS Transylvania off Savona on 4 May 1917, transporting […]
Sung Vespers and Compline
St Paul’s has been invited to attend Sung Vespers and Compline at 7.00pm on every Thursday of Lent in St Charles’ Catholic Church in Monte Carlo.
February music agenda
Music for February Sunday 1st 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Darke in F Hymn 721, 396, 787, 506 Motet Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré) Sunday 8th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Merbecke Hymn 357, 236, 664, 713 Motet Ave Regina (Gounod) Sunday 15th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Batten Short Service (Gloria – Girdlestone) Hymn 3, 246, 644, […]
Soupe de Nuit
St Paul’s supports life on the Riviera in many ways along side its regular services. Recently our chaplain presented the charity ‘Soupe de Nuit’ with €1500 to support its work. Soupe de Nuit collects food and clothes to distribute to those in need, particularly those who are homeless. The charity helps its recipients wherever they […]
Looking back in time # 3
Brownell Cornwallis was born in America in c.1886 and was the son of the writer Kinahan Cornwallis and his wife Elizabeth Holland.1 They had two older children, Frances (born c.1878) and Kinahan (born c.1883 and went on to be a British diplomat.2) By 1892, Kinahan and Elizabeth were separated, although I have not been able […]
January music agenda
Music for January Sunday 4th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Byrd – Three-Part Mass (Gloria – Girdlestone) Hymn 105, 96, 94, 99 Motet Not unto us (Walmisley) Sunday 11th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Merbecke Hymn 103, 692, 98, 104 Motet Three Kings (Cornelius) Sunday 18th 10.30am Holy Communion Setting Darke in F Hymn 763, 704, 403, […]
