THE NEWS BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY IN SÃO PAULO
Let’s spare a thought for the people suffering from the various tragic events which have occurred during the last few weeks. If you want your event to be a success you need to let your public know about it, and what better place than the Spotlight Calendar. It is free and avoids clashes with other events.
Read MoreWe have reached the end of 2018, an incredible year for the Fundação Britânica and British Society!
Read MoreThe Conviviality Centre, our new project for the elderly, is back again in 2019! The evaluation we received from the elderly, users of our Conviviality Centre, was extremely positive. The project that we inaugurated in October 2018 received an overall rating of 4.92 on a scale from 1 to 5. This was the same score received by the Fundação Britânica staff that was responsible for managing the activities.
Read MoreThe SASPD Pipe Band continues as active as ever. We had our last event for 2018 at the Prize Giving Party of The São Fernando Golf Club in Cotia early in December, which is one of our traditional events for the band. We have the following events on our schedule.
Read MoreOld man Schweitzer, 88, with tears rolling from his eyes watched his over forty years of work being partially destroyed by the insurgents. He thanked God that his beloved wife Helène Breslau Schweitzer (1879-1957) had left this earth six years before, after forty-four years of hard dedication and tough times beside her husband, despite long and severe suffering due to the ailment that victimized her for years on end.
Read MoreDr. Michael Smith has begun this year with some optimistic news about a new drug that can delay and minimize the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. But, alas, Alzheimer’s can’t (yet?) be cured.
One of his suggestions: “getting plenty of exercise”, prompts me to remind readers of my recent “Walkie-Talkie” invitation. Although it has been very hot recently, I have already started walking with one friend on Wednesday mornings, and by the time you read this I hope the weather will have cooled down enough to encourage more of you to join us.
Read MoreAs most infectious diseases have been controlled after antibiotics were discovered, and the use of vaccines against viral diseases became widespread, the 21st century faces new challenges.
Read MoreIn past issues I wondered whatever happened to the Welsh in São Paulo and the once active St. David Society. Some years ago (and this is a true but unbelievable fact created by the highly paid European Bureaucrats, and this is well before anyone had thought of Brexit) and I guess it also explains why there is no more St David’s in São Paulo.
Read MoreWith the new fashion of people wanting to adopt dogs, and the flourishing businesses of pet shops and veterinary clinics, it might help those who have never had a dog to take some advice from a book called “May I Pet Your Dog?” by Stephanie Calmenson. The sub-title is The How-to Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs and Dogs Meeting Kids. Everyone hopes that the first encounter will be a pleasant one, and lead to a long and happy relationship.
Read MoreThere are two painting exhibitions on at Caixa Cultural, Praça da Sé, 111 T.: 3321-4400, until March 31st, Tue-Sun, 9h -19h – entrance free. Both are about immigration and how immigrants integrate into the new community or form ghettos.
Read MoreJohn Robert Mills, 80, passed away on December 24, 2018 in São Paulo. Beloved husband of Monica, father of Lawrence, Robert and Charles, and grandfather of Georgia, Nicholas, Alissa, Daphne, Chelsea, Emily and Oliver. Born on May 13th, 1938 in Vigo, Spain, of English and Basque heritage, he studied in Lima, Peru, and at Downside, in Somerset, before settling in São Paulo in 1967.
Read MoreBorn in Dorpat (now Tartu), Estonia August 06, 1922, Elisabeth was the second of three daughters of Baron Hans Woldemar von Tiesenhausen and Baroness Elisabeth Clara Maria von Tiesenhausen (née von Wissel).
Read MoreYes, let us not break faith with them who died for the freedom we know, but carry the torch of freedom flaming high and bring peace and goodwill to this troubled world so that they can peacefully sleep among the poppies in Flanders fields.
Read MoreThe Cathedral will hold some special services as we prepare ourselves for Easter. Thanks to modern technology all services in English or Portuguese are recorded on video and can be viewed on-line or at a later date.
Read MoreThe São Paulo Garden Club presents its 80th. Annual Flower Show will be on September 28th and 29th.
Read MoreThe British Society São Paulo provides support for British citizens who are proven to be eligible for assistance. Over the years many people have benefited from the care and the educational, medical, financial or other aid provided by the institution that was founded in 1940 by British citizens resident in São Paulo. A group of Committee members carefully and compassionately considers each application, at all times ensuring the highest levels of privacy and confidentiality.
