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Giorgio Bouchard: with sorrow I announce the passing away in Torre Pellice of pastor Giorgio Bouchard on 27 July, four days before his 91st birthday. A man of great culture and fine intellect, he was an entertaining speaker, a lively writer and was extremely active in all the directions his vocation and mission took him: Moderator of the Board of the Waldensian Church, President of the Federation of the Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI), and much more. He left a deep mark in every field he ventured into. Above all, though, he was an excellent minister and preacher and a man of unwavering faith. Believers and Giorgio Bouchard 1929–2020. Photo P. Romeo/Riforma non-believers, members of all Christian denominations and of other faiths in Italy and abroad joined the Waldensians and Methodists in their mourning. Giovanni Bernardini: our plan regarding his spending the compulsory ‘Year of study abroad’ in Cambridge has been affected by the Coronavirus and the future is not quite clear yet. More news in the Winter issue. WALDENSIAN CALENDARS 2021 LE VALLI VALDESI 2021 Calendario delle Valli valdesi con foto di Ernesto e Stefano Corsani 1 First pictures taken by drone! Bible verses also in English; available from October. Please order on line at: www.waldensian.org.uk or send a cheque for £15 (payable to Waldensian Church Mission) to: Erica Newbury 85 St Andrew’s Road Cambridge CB4 1DH