ST. JAMES IN FLORENCE - St James Church

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Among Friends, by Tad Bartimus
Celebrating 100 Years,
by Christina N. Caughlan
ST. JAMES IN FLORENCE
Welcome, Mother Barbara!
On behalf of the Vestry, it is my
great pleasure to announce the Rev.
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton will be
serving as the interim rector of St.
James Church, Florence for a period
of one year starting August 6, 2008.
She and her husband, Richard
Quaintance, an emeritus professor at
Rutgers University, have come to join
us from New Jersey where Mo.
Barbara founded and has been the
director of the Geranium Farm,
(www.geraniumfarm.org) an institute
for the promotion of spiritual practice
and community. She is also the author
of many books, as well as of the
celebrated Almost-Daily eMo, read
by thousands of people in 68 countries
worldwide. In her own words, she
brings strong preaching, devotion to
the spiritual life and enthusiasm for
people.
Food Bank, by Jocelyn Fitzgerald
Mother Crafton s experience includes
leadership roles in a variety of church
settings, including ministries at St.
Clement s Episcopal Church, New
York City, a parish noted for its
ministry to and with the theatre
community; at Trinity Wall Street,
NYC, where she served the
congregation with a special emphasis
on its work with people in need; and as
the Director of Seafarers Services,
Seamen s Church Institute of New
York and New Jersey, the oldest urban
industrial mission in the Anglican
Communion, where she was a port
chaplain. Her ministry as port chaplain
will undoubtedly help both her and us
in our ministry to all the visitors that
St. James welcomes every week. Since
2004, Barbara has also taught
preaching and the art of leading retreats
and quiet days at the General
Theological Seminary in New York. Her
work on the Diocese of New York
Commission on Campus Ministry will be
an asset to the International Youth (IY)
program at St. James.
An actress, director and producer, she
has worked for many years in combining
the lively arts and the life of faith. Her
books, articles, and radio scripts have
won many awards, including numerous
Polly Bond Awards from Episcopal
Communicators and the coveted Gabriel
Award for religious broadcasting. She is
seen frequently on television both as a
preacher and as a commentator on
Hallmark s New Morning and
America at Worship, and has been
profiled extensively in electronic and
print media throughout the world.
We are looking forward to getting to
know both Barbara and her husband,
Richard, sometimes better known simply
as Q, who has been known to share his
Fall 2008
passion for English literature in other parishes
where she has served. His parents were
devoted to St. James for many years, yet
another way our small parish has touched the
lives of many.
An interim period is always difficult for
any church. It is a time of reflection and
sorting out of issues and weaknesses within
our community as we prepare for a new rector.
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is, in the words of
our bishop, Pierre Whalon, one of the most
respected priests in the Episcopal Church and
the St. James Vestry is very thankful that she
has accepted to be our interim. We look
forward to a fruitful interim period with her
and Q.
I hope you all will join me in giving them a
warm St. James welcome as they make this
their new home.
Elizabeth Chard
Senior Warden
Above: Mother Barbara accepts the keys of the
parish from Elizabeth Chard, with Bishop Whalon
looking on.

ARE YOU ON THE FARM?
The Geranium Farm is an online institute for the
encouragement of spiritual growth for parishes and
individuals. Its founder and director is our interim rector,
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. The Farm s main product is
The Almost-Daily eMos, daily -- well, almost daily --
meditations to give a spiritual lift to your day. The eMos are
read by tens of thousands of people worldwide. You can
receive the eMos by visiting www.geraniumfarm.org and
clicking on Get E-Mail Subscriptions. While you re on the
Farm, look around a bit: browse through the bookstore or the
archived eMos, listen to an audio eMo, light a virtual prayer
candle, watch Fr. Matthew Presents on YouTube, read a
few other good writers and much more.
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AMONG FRIENDS
Home is where we make it
-- by Tad Bartimus
As with most miracles, this one began with yes.
Making plans for a long-anticipated first trip to Italy, we
were overwhelmed by Internet options that became a blur of
Web sites without insight.
Coincidentally (is there really such a thing?) I d been
receiving for several years The Almost-Daily eMo of the
Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, a spiritual director and
author who d just moved to Florence as interim rector of St.
James Episcopal Church, the American church.
Long an admirer of her user-friendly, we re all in this
together meditations on life and faith, I d come to view her as
a faraway friend I d never actually met who was a more
faithful correspondent than I was.
Great, I thought: I ll e-mail Barbara and ask her for
lodging suggestions.
I am constantly wracked by anxiety. If the cat has a
weepy eye, I rush her to the vet instead of wiping it with a
tissue. I insist my husband take his cell phone when he goes
for a walk. I never let the gas tank get below half full. To
make sure I got my point across, I wrote a much-too-detailed
letter. Within an hour, despite our 12-hour time difference,
Barbara replied: Stay with us.
Certainly not, I responded. How could we? Yes, we have
a mutual friend, but like the life of the party who wakes up the
next morning with a chagrined hangover, I realized I d
overreached.
You will surely be booked up all year with friends and
relatives, I e-mailed. We can t possibly impose.
Stay with us, she shot back again fewer than 15 minutes
later, even though it was past midnight in Florence.
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ASK BEN
Here is one artist s portrait of Benito,
the new rectory cat at St. James.
Ben has already charmed parishioners
with his attentive presence at Bible
Study and worship, and his...um, unique
voice: Ben s meow bears a distinct and
largely unfortunate resemblance to
the quacking of a duck.
Have a liturgical question? Keep
forgetting the difference between
a rector and a ciborium? Drawing a
blank on the Seven Deadly Sins?
Can t tell a bishop from a pope? Ben
knows all about these things and more,
and will be happy to answer your
questions.
ASK BEN! Email your churchy question
to Ben at info@stjames.it.

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After months of to-ing and fro-ing,
of repeatedly assuring her it would be
fine if she changed her mind (and her
assuring us we were welcome), we piled
off a train and onto her doorstep at 10
p.m. on a starry autumn night in the
ancient city of the Medici.
Tea or wine? she asked,
introducing us to Q, as she referred to
her husband both in life and her eMos,
and to a New Jersey friend who d arrived
the day before for a week s stay.
American cats Ben and Santi, already
well-adjusted to the Florentine couches,
settled into our laps. In mere minutes, we
were home.
My presumption sank in the next
day, when I learned Barbara s almostdaily
meditations on life and faith from
her virtual Geranium Farm
(www.geraniumfarm.org) are read by
hundreds of thousands of people in 68
countries.
Too late: We were already swept up
in St. James vibrant secular and spiritual
life, segueing through a whirlwind of
events manifesting from the needs and
wants of a church community that
embraces many denominations,
backgrounds and cultures.
A confession: I am not a
traditionally religious person. I have a
spiritual life, but I shy away from the
dogma, political infighting and oneupmanship
I experienced in the church of
my childhood.
Half a life down the road, I realized
St. James has a wide embrace based on
its century-old traditions of welcoming
everyone without judgment.
Barely awake the next day, we
crashed a Bible-study class to hear a
parishioner from Malawi detail the AIDS
crisis in his native country; several
American women long-married to Italian
men explained the formal protocols of
their relationship with their in-laws, and
Barbara skillfully steered the discussion
around to how ancient scripture informs
our 21st-century lives.
That evening, we joined nearly 40
American college students studying in
Florence who come weekly to the church
basement for a $7 Italian feast and
insights from a local speaker. Begun 20
years ago, the student dinners give kids
from the nearly 50 U.S. universities and
colleges a chance to meet one another
and longtime ex-patriot [sic] residents.
Many wind up coming to Sunday
services and participating in church life
during their months in Florence.
Upstairs in the chancery after dinner,
one of two gospel choirs was starting
rehearsal at 9:30pm, everybody speaking
in Italian and singing in English. My
normally reserved husband eagerly
joined the tenor section, swaying and
clapping until the last singers drifted out
into the night singing Oh Happy Day!
as we tiptoed into the sleeping rectory.
We had been in Florence barely 24
hours, but it felt like weeks.
And so our days passed in a blur of
history, art, music and monuments. We
were present at the christening of
identical twin baby girls, a concert
commemorating the 10th anniversary of
the death of an African bishop, a
Cameroon luncheon, a Filipino study
group and a blessing by Barbara at the
Sunday service of barking dogs,
meowing cats and all other animals in
honor of St. Francis of Assisi s special
day.
As one young American student in
Florence put it, This isn t like any
church I ve ever been in before. No,
indeed.
We were on sensory overload, our
synapses firing fast, our overworked feet
feeling ready to fall off, our taste buds in
heaven, our souls filling up. We thought
we d come to see the Florence of history
and the Renaissance. We got that, but we
also experienced the energy, community
and fellowship of the American church
in a foreign country where all strangers
are welcomed and embraced.
What we found in Florence, thanks
to Barbara s generosity, was the
universality of fellow travelers. There is
no way to thank her and Q for such
kindness, but we can pass it on.
ADULT FORUMS: Christian
Education at St. James
Every Sunday morning at 10am in
the undercroft. Refreshments will
be served, and childcare provided.
A Closer Walk With God
For People on the Run Barbara
Cawthorne Crafton, September
28, October 5 & 12
Many modern people feel a little
less than confident about prayer:
not sure they do it right. And most
people are far busier than they wish
they were. Those two facts about
us can make it hard to have a lifegiving
personal prayer life. There
are many ways of praying, and
some of them have your name on
them. Together, we will explore
building a life of prayer that feeds
your soul and connects you to God.
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is
interim rector of St. James
Who Would Paul Vote For?
Government and Politics
in the Letter to the Romans -
Camela Bryan, October 19 & 26.
St. Paul s letter to the church in
Rome written about 58 A.D. and
perhaps the most famous of his
letters contains a number of ideas
about the way in which society is
organized and the way Christians
should behave within it. How do we
approach this ancient document?
How does your faith inform your
citizenship? This will not be a
partisan event Democrats,
Republicans, Independents,
Greens and everyone else are
warmly welcomed.
Camela Bryan was an elder at
Westminster Presbyterian Church
in South Carolina. She directs adult
education at St. James.
Secret Messages of Faith:
Fra Angelico s Frescoes for
the Convent of San Marco -
John Spike, November 2.
Some of Christianity's best-known
images can be found in the
monastic cells at San Marco. We
will explore their symbolism while
enjoying their great beauty -- and
your next visit to San Marco will be
greatly enriched!
John Spike is an art historian,
critic, and author

Celebrating 100 Years in Via Rucellai
On April 23, 1908, the cornerstone was
laid of what would become the sanctuary
of St. James, la chiesa americana (or
American Church ) in Florence, Italy.
This spring, in friendly cooperation with
the City of Florence and the U.S.
Consulate, the parish hosted a series of
events to commemorate its first hundred
years of ministry in Via Rucellai.
Festivities commenced on Tuesday,
April 22 nd with an open house to greet
the many Americans who braved the all-
time low dollar and traveled to Florence
specifically to take part in the
celebrations. A newly-released
promotional DVD about St. James
provided an audiovisual backdrop, and
an in-depth tour of the church and
grounds was led by Andrea Maggi, the
architect who supervised the massive
renovation project launched in 2000
and completed in 2004.
The next day, visitors were
treated to a walking tour of
Florence led by Luciano Niccolai.
That evening, some 150 people
mingled in the rectory and garden
for cocktails, and then proceeded
into the sanctuary, transformed for
the occasion into a magnificent
banquet hall. Guests enjoyed
musical offerings by the Merry
Maidens, a female a cappella choir
directed by Kathryn Rakich that
specializes in Renaissance and Baroque
madrigals. The event was marked by
painstaking attention to detail, from the
calligraphy of the place markers, floral
arrangements (with colors chosen to
match the stained glass windows) and
menu (classic and well-executed Tuscan
fare, served by an elegant and discreet
squadron of waiters). The
evening was graced by
reflections and anecdotes
delivered by the Right
Reverend Edward L. Lee,
Jr. (Bishop of Western
Michigan and rector of St.
James from 1973-1982),
and Horace Gibson (co-
founder of the American
International School of Florence, pillar
of the church community since 1963, and
co-author with the Reverend Clement
Welsh
of St. James Church: A History
of the American Church in Florence
officially unveiled for the occasion.)
The next evening, out-of-towners,
vestry and former vestry were invited to
a reception at Palazzo Canevaro, better
known as the U.S. Consulate a majestic
and well-appointed venue overlooking
the River Arno. Baroque oboist Sand
Dalton, accompanied by St. James
organist and pianist Riccardo Foti,
provided the music; and Nora Dempsey,
U.S. Consul General, graciously
introduced the open-mike session, where
former rectors and friends of St. James
shared memories of the parish.
The festivities culminated on
Sunday, April 27 th with the Centennial
Rededication Ceremony and Holy
Eucharist. In recognition of the role that
St. James has played in the life of the
broader community, the Gonfalone
(heraldic flag of the City of Florence)
arrived well before the service began,
accompanied by the chiarine, gaily-clad

traditional standard bearers and trumpets.
More than 350 parishioners and friends
gathered to witness the proceedings, and
the event drew considerable attention
from the local media.
With the assistance of interpreter
Timothy Chaplin, Fr. Featherston
opened with introductions and thanks to
the visiting clergy and civic dignitaries
Gianni Biagi, representing the mayor of
Florence, Valerio Valenti from the
Prefect s Office, Francesco Tagliente,
Questore (Chief of Police) and Nora
Dempsey. The ceremony continued with
comments from the Rt. Rev. Pierre
Whalon (Bishop-in-Charge of the
Convocation of American Churches in
Europe). Ms. Dempsey then spoke for
many in her address: Florence is a
beautiful city, and I feel honored to live
here. Like many of my predecessors,
Florence became that much more
beautiful when it started to feel like
home. And it started to feel like home
when I found St. James. Dr. Biagi was
next to speak, remembering the important
role that the parish played in Florence
after the devastating 1966 flood, when
the community helped to raise $425,000
in flood relief and then coordinated the
distribution of the funds into weekly
grants for families and businesses. He
also thanked St. James for its ongoing
service to the city, especially in the form
of the Food Bank (which distributes free
staple foods and clothing every
Thursday) and the Interyouth dinner
program, which serves as a point of
reference for
university students
from the more than
forty American study
abroad programs
operating in Florence.
After the
dignitaries were
presented with a copy
of the History of St.
James, prayers were recited in a
sampling of the languages represented in
this international, multiethnic parish:
English, Italian, Ibo language (spoken in
parts of Nigeria), Philippine Tagalog,
French and Spanish. The trumpets
announced the departure of the
Gonfalone, and a procession of Sunday
School children led the congregation into
the sanctuary to the strains of This little
light of mine.
There followed what was, by all
accounts, a most extraordinary
celebration of the Holy Eucharist,
officiated by Bp. Whalon, with Fr.
Featherston preaching. Assisting were,
with the exception of The Rev. Ledlie
Laughlin, Jr., all of the living rectors of
St. James, representing more than forty
years of clerical leadership: The Rev.
John P. Tederstrom (Rector from 1967-
72); The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Lee, Jr.
(Bishop of Western Michigan, Rector
from 1973-1982); The Rev. Clement W.
Welsh (Interim Rector from 1982-1983
and author of St. James Church: A
History of the American Church in
Florence); The Rev. Samuel Hartman
(Rector from 1983-1990); The Rev.
Peter F. Casparian (Rector from 1995-
2004); The Rev. Roger Featherston,
(Rector from 2005-2008). Also
celebrated were the clergy s respective
spouses: Kathryn Lee, Judith
Hartman, Margherite Casparian and
Finola Featherston. The ceremony was
dignified by the presence of the Rev.
Canon C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., Canon
to the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts
Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of
the Episcopal Church. Canon Robertson
brought warm greetings and solidarity
from the national Church, as well as the
delightful confirmation of the Presiding
Bishop s intention to join St. James for
the closing ceremony of its centennial
year in April 2009. He also presented the
parish with a lovely Native American
rendition of the Good Shepherd.
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Particularly touching moments of the
service include when the Bishop thanked
Fr. Featherston for his brief but
memorable tenure as rector (which ended
on May 5, 2008), followed by a standing
ovation from the congregation; and when
Judith Jones (then lay vicar for a
mission church in the Diocese of Texas),
described how she and her husband,
Lewis, happened to be traveling though
Florence during Centennial week, and
how they were so impressed by the
welcome they received at St. James that
they intended to make a sacrificial gift to
the parish s organ fund in thanksgiving.
The musical offerings that graced the
service were as diverse as the parish
community itself, and ranged from O
Sing Unto the Lord (Henry Purcell), and
Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven (W.K.
Stanton) interpreted by the classical
Chancel Choir directed by Elizabeth
Chard and Merry Maidens; to
contemporary gospel pieces offered by
Nehemiah H. Brown and the Florence
Gospel Choir, and Spirit of the Living
God, directed by Lucrezia Balatri.
The celebrations lasted well into the
afternoon, with fellowship, reminiscing
and general merrymaking over a lunch
catered by Jocelyn Fitzgerald and her
team of parish volunteers, topped off
with gelato from Vivoli (Florence s most
famous gelateria). To the delight of all
present, members of the parish s large
African community, in full festival
regalia, formed a procession and wove
through the gardens chanting and
dancing to traditional drums.
St. James looks forward in hope to its
next hundred years of ministry, and to
discerning how God intends to use this
modest but
in its own quirky way
remarkable church in a beautiful corner
of God s kingdom.
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MANY FINE PEOPLE WERE
INVOLVED IN MAKING OUR APRIL
CELEBRATIONS SUCH
A SUCESS. IF YOU WERE AMONG
THEM, WE THANK YOU. WE ALSO
WISH TO THANK OUR KIND
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Get your copy NOW!
St. James Church: A History of
the American Church in Florence,
by the Reverend Clement W. Welsh
and Horace Gibson
Clement Welsh did a mammoth
job of research, exploring the history
of St. James from its shadowy
beginnings in the Italy of the
tumultuous period of the prohibition
of non-Roman Catholic churches in
Italy, the Risorgimento, the exile of
the Tuscan Grand-Duke, the creation
of Florence as the first capital united
Italy, the Civil War in the United
States. His manuscript concludes
with the First World War. In the
epilogue, Horace Gibson brings us
up to the 21 st Century, recalling
pivotal moments in the parish s more
recent past, as well as the leaders
both clerical and lay who have
helped to make St. James what it is
today.
Copies are available upon
request to julia.wright@mac.com.
Your donation of $40 will help us
defray production and postal
charges, as well as support the
mission and ministry of St. James.
TRATTORIA
13 GOBBI

Food Bank by Jocelyn Fitzgerald
Food Bank Volunteer
Anyone going along Via Rucellai
early on a Thursday morning might
wonder about the group of people
hanging around outside the gates of the
St. James American Church, writing their
names on a clipboard hanging off the
railings.
Well, these are the customers of the
weekly Food Bank of St. James and the
names are listed in order of arrival and
thereafter of admission through the gate to
pick up their weekly parcel of groceries,
the same as any number system you will
find at a supermarket deli stand.
While these people are waiting
patiently for the gates to open at 10 am, in
the undercroft the volunteers are
preparing the bags of food, one type for
the people who have a home the kitchen
bags and another for the homeless the
street bags.
Standing in the need of prayer?
A typical kitchen bag will contain pasta,
rice, beans, tomatoes and occasionally,
butter, oil, cheese or coffee and sugar. It
all depends on what is available that day.
The street bag will be made up of
food that does not require cooking, so
crackers, biscuits, tuna fish, fruit juice,
cheese and fresh fruit from the market.
Another group of volunteers will be
preparing the clothes, which are all
donated or left over from the monthly
Thrift shop sale, and laying these out by
gender, Men , Women and Children
on the tables under the church porch so
that once the food bag is given out then
the clothes can be inspected and chosen
by the people who need them.
Who are these people who come
regularly to pick up the food and clothing
from the St. James Food bank? Well, first
there are the pensioners who are living on
a pension so low that anything extra is
very welcome ; the people in temporary
difficulty who are finding it very hard to
make ends meet through unemployment
or low salaries; the ever-changing army of
extracomunitari
who have come to Italy
to make a better life for themselves and
are very often stunned by the hardship
they find here.
No questions are asked of the people
who present themselves at the gates, and
there is a bag of food for everyone who
wants it.
Healing Eucharist and Bible Study every Wednesday morning at 10:00am in
the side chapel. Optional laying on of hands. Bible study and coffee
immediately following in the rectory.
If you cannot come but desire our prayers, please call 055 29 44 17, email
info@stjames.it or write the name on the intercession list Sunday morning.
And remember Our prayer team is standing by to pray with and for you in
the side chapel every Sunday after Communion. No previous prayer
experience required!
Much of the food is provided by the
very excellent Banco Alimentare,
the
Italian national food bank, run on a
volunteer basis
which collects, stores
and redistributes a massive amount of
foodstuff every year. The rest is bought
by the Food Bank using the funds raised
by the Thrift Shop at the church, or from
other donations.
The number of people coming
through the gate on Thursday morning
varies, but come rain or shine we can
have from 90 140 people.
The Food Bank cannot solve the
problem of poverty and need but it can
alleviate the feelings of discomfort in
those less fortunate than us, a smile and a
kind word together with the bag of food
can help our customer leave with a
smile instead of the worried frown he or
she arrived with.
below: This lovely stained glass window,
situated in the side chapel to the right of
the high altar, has been obscured by
organ pipes for nearly 80 years. Brought
from our former location at Santa Maria
del Carmine, it is the oldest stained glass
window in the sanctuary, dating from
1882. The window will be restored, and
should remain partially visibile after our
new organ is installed in mid-November.

Rejoice, Always!
OUR MINISTRY IS SUSTAINED
WITH GOD S GRACE AND
WITH THE KIND HELP OF OUR
PLEDGING MEMBERS,
ANONYMOUS DONORS, AND THE
FOLLOWING BENEFACTORS:
Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Adams
Mrs. William J. Barnsdale, in memory
of William Barnsdale, Consul General
in Florence and Vestry member at St.
James Church Mrs. Floyd G. Betts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F.
Brown Ms. Karen Christian and Mr. John Freeman Mr. and Mrs.
Clive Clinton, in honor of Betty and Cesare Nadalini and Roger Featherston
Dr. and Mrs. William Cristo Mr. and Mrs. Henry Darlington Mr.
Dan Eesley and Ms. Susan Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Conner M. Fay Ms.
Anne R. Fayssoux Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fowler Dr. and Mrs. Marc
Hedrick The Rev. and Mrs. Donald T. Isaac Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Jefferson The Very Rev. and Mrs. Alan Jones Ms. Kathleen L. Kaasch
The Rev. and Mrs. Ledlie Laughlin, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Lawrence Ms. Judith T. Milone Mr. and Mrs. Cesare Nadalini Mr.
and Mrs. Paul F. Ogden Mr. and Mrs. Mel Ohrbach Ms. Pamela
Parrott Dr. and Mrs. Gary Radke Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Linda
Ruark Dr. Mary Sharp, in honor of the faithful parishioners of St. James
Mrs. Helene Spurrier, in memory the Reverend William A. Spurrier, III
The Rev. John Tederstrom, in honor of all who made the beginning week
of the Centennial celebration such a joyous event. Many thanks to the
Wardens and Vestry and to Fr. Featherston and Christina Caughlan Ms.
Donna H. Tillotson Miss Jean Ann Tomzik Mrs. Jane E. Vacho Ms.
Laura K. Varrichio-Dougherty Drs. Harry Antrim and Mary Volkansek
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walsh Mr. and Mrs. William Wasch Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Webb
Paul Zweifel
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Winchester Dr. and Mrs.
GIFTS TO OUR ORGAN FUND, MANY OF WHICH GIVEN IN HONOR
OF HORACE GIBSON AND IN CELEBRATION OF HIS 90 TH
BIRTHDAY, WERE GIVEN BY
At a glance
St. James is an Episcopal Church, the
American branch of the worldwide Anglican
Communion, and a member of the Convocation of
American Churches in Europe. We rejoice in a
diverse and international parish family, and serve
people from many denominations, backgrounds
and cultures.
On Sundays, we celebrate a small, spoken
Eucharist at 9:00 am; coffee and adult education
in the undercroft from 10:00 to 10:45; and a sung
Eucharist with sermon, music, childcare and
Sunday School at 11:00 am. The service is
followed by refreshments in the garden.
On Wednesdays, we hold a Healing Eucharist
with optional laying on of hands, followed by
coffee and Bible Study in the Rectory.
All people are welcome, and invited to
participate fully in our celebration of the Holy
Eucharist.
For more information about St. James or any
of its ministries, please contact us.
ST. JAMES CHURCH
Via Bernardo Rucellai, 9
50123 Florence Italy
telephone/fax: (+39) 055 29 44 17
e-mail: info@stjames.it
website: www.stjames.it
Office Hours: Tuesday Friday, 9:00am 1:00pm
The Reverend Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Interim Rector
interimrector@stjames.it or bccrafton@aol.com
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ST. JAMES
c/o Anne Bowen, P.O. Box 352
Salisbury, CT 06068 USA
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Antonucci Dr. and Mrs. Sergio Balatri Mrs. Judith Baragli Ms. Anne Barbetti Mrs. Aline H. Beckham,
in memory of Claud Beckham and Calvin Hampton The Rt. Rev. Larry Benfield Mr. and Mrs. Haswell Beni Mrs. Anne
Bowen Mrs. Robert H. Brodt Mrs. Fletcher Brown Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Brown Ms. Donna L. Brunsma Mrs. Belinda
Crawford Camiciottoli Ms. Christina N. Caughlan Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Caughlan Mr. Robert W. Caughlan, IV Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Chanon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Chaplin and Ms. Diane Lutz Mr. Timothy M. Cheek and Ms. Bohuslava Jelinkova
Mr. and Mrs. Maurizio Cocciarelli Mr. and Mrs. Henry Darlington Mr. George Eatman Mr. John Edwards Mr. and Mrs.
Umberto Fantacci Ms. Clare Featherston and Mr. Alessandro Batacchi The Rev. and Mrs. Roger Featherston Mr. and Mrs.
Fabrizio Fiumi Dr. and Mrs. Aubrey S. Garlington, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Gaus-Woollen Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gazzara
Mrs. Claire Gelli The Rev. John M. Gessell Mrs. Nancy S. Gordon Ms. and Mrs. Francisco Grijalva Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Hardman The Revs. Marshall and Victoria Hunt Dr. Leonard Johnson Mr. Lewis and The Rev. Judith Jones The Rt. Rev.
and Mrs. Edward Lee Ms. Sarah Brodt Lenz Ms. Tish Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Martini Mr. and Mrs. Mark Miani, in
honor of Horace Gibson and in memory of Kevin J. McIntyre Mrs. Elizabeth F. Morrill Mrs. Richard A. Nagelhout, in memory
of Richard A. Nagelhout (1932-2007) and in honor of Horace Gibson Mr. and Mrs. John Newton Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nichols
Ms. Sue H. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Amedeo Pinto, in memory of Cynthia Wilson D Alimonte s father Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Pinto Mr. and Mrs. Maurizio Poggi Mr. William Prizer Dr. Gene Qualls and Dr. Nancy Qualls-Corbett Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Ring Mr. and Mrs. William W. Roberts Dr. M.P.A. Sheaffer The Rev. John Tederstrom Mr. Jan Reint Van
Lohuizen and Sandra L. Tirey Ms. Jean Tomzik Mr. Peter C. Trent Ms. J. Elizabeth Verderosa, in memory of Amb. Harold
L. Horan, American Consul to Florence 1962-1967 Mrs. Anne Abernathy Wade, in memory of Susan Meissner Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dodsley Walker Ms. Sheila Ward Mr. and Mrs. William Wasch Mr. John Schnitker and Elizabeth Weaver, in
memory of Alice Ohlinger Weaver and Enid Clyton Schnitker The Rev. Clement W. Welsh Ms. Nancy N. West We are also
grateful to the Presiding Bishop s Discretionary Fund, the Julia Lee Taubert Foundation and the St. James Board of Trustees.