Huguenot Society of South Carolina

10/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our annual Fall Family Day at St Thomas / St Denis. We had a lovely service followed by a delicious lunch and the weather was just perfect. Above all, the time for fellowship, greeting members and seeing old friends was the great enjoyment of the day. Oh, and the desserts!

More photos to share next week.

10/04/2025

Today is the day! Come join us for worship and fellowship. 1513 Cainhoy Road at St Thomas St Denis church. Service at 11am followed by potluck picnic. Bring your chair!

Members check your postal mail... reminders and sign up for the Fall Family Day have mailed. We hope to see as many as can be with us to enjoy the French service and picnic to follow. Refer to our Events for more info: Sat, Oct 4 at 11 AM Fall Family Day at St Thomas St Denis.

10/03/2025

Our Orange Quarter French Protestant families share deep connections with this parish. We look forward to our family day at St Thomas tomorrow and a remembrance of our ancestors. We will have a nice historic exhibit as well.

09/29/2025

Bonjour! We visited Henry IV’s statue today in Paris and gave him a moment of praise. Read more at the link provided.

https://equestrianstatue.org/henri-lv/

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09/28/2025

A happy Sunday morning to all from the Église Réformé de France in Dijon. Our tour has concluded and all are heading home to Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Austria, France and USA and more. A marvelous tour for all.

09/28/2025

Hôtel-Dieu de Hospices

A hospital founded in 1413 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy, as well as his wife Guignone de Salins. It is a jewel of Burgundian architecture, recognizable throughout the world by its glazed tile roof. In 1862 it was classified a historical monument. The colorful roof is achieved by brushing the clay tiles with copper, iron, or lead and then in the glazing process the color appears on the tile. The tiles are remarkably vibrant - the photo does not really do them justice. The care here was free and there was one building for paying "guests." There was also an apothecary, a surgery, a chapel and other services.

09/27/2025

While some of the team is in France, we are also at Colonial Day in Berkeley today with an information table. Visitors can review Huguenot history, ask questions and explore membership. Our thanks to the museum for organizing this great day. Our team is busy keeping our mission alive to preserve the memory of the Huguenots!

09/27/2025

The Saturday market in Dijon offers every delight one could want. The cheese cases were especially tempting. The heirloom tomatoes looked delicious too.

09/27/2025

Today we are visiting…
Église protestante unie de Dijon, Beaune et Côte-d'Or

Notice again the timber ceiling and simplicity of the interior. A very beautiful and peaceful space with an educational presentation by the church. 17th c.

09/27/2025

A spontaneous experience of pure musical joy this morning walking to the market in Dijon. Enjoy this happy performance ... it's the little things that make life grand.

09/27/2025

Our tour included this amazing architectural example...an open staircase which we find so commonplace today was a wonder in the 17th c. Built by architects Guillaume Tabourot (Catholic) and Jacques Gentillâtre (Protestant) for Antoine de Blé a former member of the League who rallied to Henry IV. Considered to be the second ever built open staircase in France.

"The grand staircase, in the centre of the north wing, is the largest surviving example of a square stair around a central well. Commissioned by a contract signed in Paris in January 1624, built in stone on four levels, and completed in ten months, it follows the layout of the staircase of the Luxembourg Palace, built by Salomon de Brosse in the year 1623 (destroyed in the early nineteenth century). It is particularly noteworthy for its wide sweeping arches supporting flights of stone and for the magnificent balustrades ‘laid out in the same dimensions and of similar architecture to those of the Luxembourg hotel’ (1624 contract)." (https://chateaudecormatin.com/en/the-chateau/architecture)