PULSE NEWS MEXICO Christ Church Anglican Parish will hold a sale of thousands of pre-loved books on Thursday, June 16 through Sunday, June 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at its premises in Monte Escandinavos 405 in Mexico City’s Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The sale will include a wide range of books in both English and Spanish, including
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The American Benevolent Society (ABS) of Mexico hosted a belated Mother’s Day luncheon Wednesday, May 18, at Christ Church Anglican Parish. Nearly 50 ABS members and their families showed up for the lavish event, which included a succulent meal of garden salad, homemade meatloaf with green beans and mashed potatoes, and a choice of fruit-layered sponge cake
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After skipping its 2020 edition due to the covid-19 pandemic, Mexico City’s Christ Church Anglican Parish hosted its annual Christmas bazaar inside the gardens and auditorium of its Lomas de Chapultepec installations on Saturday, Dec. 4. As always, the community-oriented event was open with a gala parade of pipe music by the Saint Patrick’s Battalion Pipe and
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By MATT SEDDON The last thing the world needs right now is bad theology. We need theology that gives us hope and shows us how to be good neighbors in scary and uncertain times. Theology is not God, nor is theology God’s words. Theology is like a finger pointing at the moon. It is not the moon, but it helps
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By MATT SEDDON Well, everyone, we are now in uncharted waters, and it ain’t much fun. Covid-19 is spreading, and it already seems to be taking so much away from us. At the church I serve, Christ Church, per Mexico City government order, we’ve had to suspend Sunday in-person services and go to online services. Many people are self-quarantining, some
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By MATT SEDDON Christ Church, the only English-language Anglican Church in Mexico City, will hold its annual Festival of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 6:00 pm. Lessons and Carols is a beloved Christmas tradition in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Although its origins are almost mythical, what is known is that the first service
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Once again, Christ Church is offering a chance to jumpstart your holiday shopping with its annual Christmas bazaar, slated for Saturday, Dec. 7. The bazaar, which has been a tradition at Mexico’s oldest Anglican church in Mexico for more than a century, will include an array of handmade and artisan Mexican crafts, as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Christ Church Anglican Parish will host a piano concert by Sadám Alan Rabadán Trejo on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m. Rabadán Trejo is part of the international Young Pianists Program and is a graduate of Mexico’s National Conservatory of Music,. He was recently admitted to study Mandarin and a Master Degree in piano
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By MATT SEDDON As I began finalizing preparations for Holy Week in the church I serve, Denis Hernández Barona crucified himself. The Cuban immigrant chained himself to a cross on the Mexican border with Guatemala to protest against a recent wave of deportations of Cuban migrants. The story caught my eye as I readied my church to remember Jesus carrying
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While most Mexicans were glued to their seats watching the unprecedented swearing-in ceremony of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, Dec. 1, members and friends of Christ Church Anglican Parish were busy getting a head start on their holiday shopping at the chapel’s annual Christmas bazaar in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The
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