Sunday, November 11, 2018 marks the centennial of the end of World War I.  Fighting stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. We are having a very special service here at the Cathedral to mark the occasion, beginning at 10:45.  At 11:00 am, bells will ring out across Paris, and we will pause to keep silence and to remember.  So please be here promptly at 10:45 so we can begin and have prayers and music before the silence.  Veterans and currently-serving military are invited to come in uniform. 

Please save the following dates for Thanksgiving at the Cathedral:

Thursday, November 22: Ecumenical Service at 12:15pm

Friday, November 23: Thanksgiving Evensong at 6pm (entrance free)

Sunday, November 25: Thanksgiving Lunch, after 11am service (RSVP required)

The Junior Guild will hold its annual Christmas Fair on the weekend of November 17-18.  This is the once-a-year event when we try to raise as much money as we can for our charities benefiting women and children.  Could you help us?  We need items for the Silent Auction, for the Boutique (including either designer clothes or good quality clean clothes), and for the bric-a-brac table.

The Rev. Mark D.W. Edington of the Diocese of Massachusetts has been elected the next Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. He was elected on the eighth ballot on October 20, 2018. The election took place during the annual Convention of the Convocation in All Saints Church in Waterloo Belgium. He will be preaching at the WWI Memorial Service held at the American Cathedral in Paris on November 11 at 10:45am.

We call it the Annual Call to Membership (ACTM) because making a pledge to the Cathedral officially makes you a member, by French law, of the Association.  But it’s much, much more.

 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Click Read More for all the Annual Call to Membership 2018 dates.

The Cathedral’s Mission & Outreach Committee will begin discerning potential projects and initiatives for 2019. One objective is to increase engagement with local associations in Paris in need of volunteers. Are you currently volunteering your time or talents to a local charity or association here in Paris? Could your association use additional volunteers and a possible partnership with the Cathedral?

Message from the Dean: Thanks to all of you who came to the Town Hall meeting on Thursday night to meet and hear from our four candidates for Bishop. Paul-Gordon Chandler, Mark Edington, Steven Paulikas and Ben Shambaugh are all excellent candidates and I think we can’t go wrong!