Better-then-ever Carol Service. Our annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols took place on 21 December.

Children's Crib Service. An enthusiastic group of children including both parish children and visitors helped build the crib and decorate the tree on Christmas Eve afternoon.

Gearing up for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. As usual All Saints calendar for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is fast filling up. The week starts on 18 January with a 4 pm service at Ponte Sant'Angelo Methodist Church.

Piano Restored. Our upright Zimmermann piano has been expertly restored by piano restorer Silvio Fabro.

Celebrations galore for All Saints Day. Our first service over the All Saints-All Souls weekend was an ecumenical celebration of the Eucharist in the chapel at the Protestant Cemetery in Testaccio on Saturday 1 November.

Remembrance Sunday. Remembrance Sunday itself included the full schedule of traditional events: two Eucharists at All Saints, and in between a service of Remembrance at the War Cemetery in Testaccio at which the chaplains from the British churches in Rome participated.

The chaplain's Salt. I don't know that we are in danger of seeing Jonathan on a horse, however much our junior warden might like the idea, but it is possible that he will call a gathering of the dogs, now that he has become the proud owner of a tiny dog called 'Sale'.

Rowen William's Visit. 5 November was an exciting day for All Saints Church, when Archbishop Rowen Williams came to preside and preach at our 10.30 service. St Paul's within the Walls and the Swedish Church had both closed down for the day so that their parishioners could join us.

 

- News a cura di Sara MacVane