AGM News

The Annual General Meeting for Holy Trinity was held on Sunday, 27 April. At that time five new council members were elected: Ted Dexter, Ann Hyde, Pat Fortune, Liam Ginn, and Catherine Gardie. Congratulations to each and all good wishes as you join a fine group of folks working very hard to support the church community.

Also at the meeting, Peter Vancanah finished and retired from his term as Church Warden. He worked diligently and devotedly for Holy Trinity during his tenure. Many thanks go to him for all of his efforts. And elected as new Church Warden was Geoff Treloar. Geoff has been on the Council for several years and will make an excellent Warden as well. Congratulations, Geoff.

Many thanks to all of these folks willing to work with and for Holy Trinity in so many ways.

Bunty

On Thursday November 29, many friends and acquaintances gathered to take their farewell, within the context of the Requiem Eucharist, of Mrs Bunty Lepage. Bunty had died very peacefully on the Feast of Christ the King, and four days later tribute was paid to her by her family and friends in the church in which she played such a central part. Also remembered were her many works: with UNICEF, with the Hospital Visitors’ Programme, with Action des Chrétiens contre la Torture, were among the many things cited. But more than the things that she did was the person she was: faithful, loving, generous, guileless. For this, the appropriate response is thankfulness, and even at the grave, our song remains Alleluia.

Rest eternal grant + her, good Lord, and let everlasting light shine upon her.

Children’s Corner to open 2 December

The Chaplain and members of Holy Trinity Anglican church in Nice are delighted to be able to invite parents of young children to bring them along on Sunday mornings when a special CHILDREN’S CORNER will be held in the Church Hall during the Sunday service. The Corner will be led by teams of accredited members of the church for age groups 3-5 years and 6-8 years and will commence on Sunday morning at 10.50 a.m.

The team will be telling the well-known Bible stories and using excellent material from various church publishers. These materials are used by many Christians throughout the English-speaking world and include songs, pictures, pasting, games, colouring, etc. Children will be accompanied to join their parents in church at around 11.30 a.m.

Transformed by Stories conference to come to Nice

Next weekend, 21-23 September, the Convocation of American Churches in Europe will hold the second in a series of three conferences collectively called, Transformed by Stories. This meeting is entitled “Telling God’s Story as My Story.” Representatives from churches around Europe will meet at the Maison du Séminaire for a series of presentations and small group sessions. Presenters include Anne Rowthorn, Bud Holland, and Anne Doyle with Bill Franklin as Weaver. The program is supported by funds from the Office of Ministry in the Episcopal Church Center in New York. Father Ken will serve as chaplain during the program.

You can read more about the program by clicking here.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate

On Trinity Sunday, 3 June 2007, the Dismissal Song was a hymn written by St. Patrick. The words are:

I bind unto myself today
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same
The Three in One and One in Three.

I bind this today to me forever
By power of faith, Christ’s Incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan River,
His death on Cross for my salvation;
His bursting from the spicèd tomb,
His riding up the heavenly way,
His coming at the day of doom
I bind unto myself today.

I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward;
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.

I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
By Whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.

To hear the melody for these words, you can visit this site.

Remember that before St. Patrick went to do his great works in Ireland, he prepared for the priesthood in the monastery on Ile Saint Honorat just off the coast at Cannes.

Fourneau Economique: Please bring non-perishable foods the first Sunday of each month

The first Sunday of each month parishioners at Holy Trinity bring non-perishable food items to church to share with the Fourneau Economique in the Old Town of Nice. The Sisters there use the foods to prepare lunches four times each week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at noon) for between 70 and 80 persons each day who need a hot meal. We also give to the Fourneau the produce and collection from our Harvest Festival, as well as the proceeds from the Community Lunch following it.

When asked what sorts of food stuffs are most needed to prepare the meals, the Sister receiving the food from our parish said, “All non-perishable foods are welcome, though it is best not to send pork.”

Here is a short photo tour of the Fourneau Economique, a place of service to those in need. The address is 1, Rue Choeur, 06300 Nice.

Weekly Radio Show

Every Monday morning at 8:15 a.m. Father Ken sets off for the Maison du Séminaire to record a weekly radio show hosted by the Radio Chrétienne de France (RCF). The show is aired at 12h03 on Monday each week at 96.8 FM. Consisting of reports of recent events, commentary or interview, interspersed with selected music, the programme, conducted in French, lasts about 27 minutes.

Holy Trinity featured in news article

The Guardian Unlimited, the online version of the the Guardian newspaper of England, published a comment by Carolyn Reynier in the Face to faith section called, “The opening up of Nice’s Anglican church has had an enormous impact.” Read it by clicking here.

Schedule modifications week of April 30

There will be no Easter Study Group meeting on Friday, 4 May. They will resume next week on 11 May.

The Liturgy of Light will be held Saturday night from 6:30-7 p.m.

The only weekday Eucharist the week of 29 April will be on Wednesday, 3 May. The next Eucharist will be on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Mingling in the garden

Each Sunday after the Eucharist guests and regular church goers meet for a glass of wine or cup of coffee in the church hall or, now that the weather is so beautiful, in the garden. It provides a wonderful atmosphere to visit and to get to know one another. As Holy Trinity serves an international community, folks from around the world gather together to worship and to get to know one another.

Church members work hard to make this opportunity possible–a very special “thank you” to them.