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Pico Iyer is an author, journalist, and travel writer.
Faith Education September 11, 2024

Author Pico Iyer on Finding Peace in Our Divided World

In an exclusive interview, the renowned writer Pico Iyer reflects on his quest to hold onto hope in even the most difficult times. Iyer will open the 2024-25 season of Trinity Talks on September 22.
Melissa Music Press Release
Press Releases September 3, 2024

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

Trinity Church announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring programming encompassing social, political, personal, and spiritual themes, and music from the medieval era to the modern day.
family service
Featured September 3, 2024

A Letter from Father Phil

How our downtown community is making a difference for children and families in District 1 schools.
The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles
Parish Life July 25, 2024

The Rev. Kristin Miles Reflects on 50 Years of Women’s Ordination

Fifty years ago, on July 29, 1974, eleven women were ordained as Episcopal priests at Philadelphia’s Church of the Advocate. The “Philadelphia Eleven” paved the way for The Episcopal Church’s approval of women’s ordination two years later. The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles, Trinity Church’s director of Parish Life, reflects on what this anniversary means to her.

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An overhead shot of the New York City skyline with a blue overlay, with the following text: "CUNY The City University of New York"
FeaturedJune 6, 2023

Grantee Spotlight: City University of New York (CUNY)

Since 2019, Trinity has supported and accelerated a network of CUNY programs and initiatives that provide mentorship and support services developed specifically for students whose lives have been impacted by the criminal legal system and engage in research and advocacy around rights historically denied to justice-involved people.
Engraving of Robert Fulton; New York Public Library
FeaturedJames MelchiorreJune 2, 2023

Robert Fulton: More than the Steamboat

Robert Fulton, an engineer, technologist, and businessman known for his commercial steamboat business, is one of the famous persons whose final resting place is the Trinity Churchyard.
Bird on a branch against a blue sky
ClassesLisa JaycoxJune 2, 2023

The Mindful Practice of Birdwatching

Spending time at the Trinity Retreat Center for a birdwatching retreat, with our eyes, binoculars, and Merlin apps fixated on the skies above, bird songs and questions swirled: What do birds tell us about the world? How many species will we spot? What can we learn?
An arrangement of bright yellow and orange flowers in front of the Astor reredos in Trinity Church
Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJune 1, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Enhancing the Sacredness of Everyone

What matters about the Trinity is that God is a relationship. God is a relationship within Godself: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer). Just as God is relational within Godself, we are called to be in loving relationship with God and one another.
Phiippine Madrigal Singers
MusicJim MelchiorreMay 28, 2023

The Philippine Madrigal Singers at St. Paul's Chapel

The Philippine Madrigal Singers will perform at St. Paul's Chapel on May 30, 2023. Get a preview of the event from Leo Paolo Leal, manager of the ensemble, and Enrico Lagasca of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
A close-up photo of vividly green leaves in bright sunshine in Trinity churchyard in late spring
Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationMay 25, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Our Shared Spiritual Memory

Perhaps our shared spiritual memory is what endures beyond death. The evidence that was both indescribable in human terms and undeniably real was the presence of the inexhaustible Holy Spirit which transcended all barriers and boundaries, including time, place, language, and human condition, and continues to animate the breath, voice, and body of Christ, the Church.
A child smiles as they perch on the edge of a keyboard in Trinity Church
Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationMay 25, 2023

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Pentecost

This Sunday is Pentecost, which is celebrated 50 days after Easter every year. The story of the events of the day is just as dramatic as the accounts of the nativity and the resurrection.
Panelists from the May 11, 2023 Mental Health Symposium address audience members in Parish Hall.
FeaturedJessica AthensMay 22, 2023

Combatting the Diseases of Despair

On May 11, 2023—the same day the federal government declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency—Trinity Church Wall Street hosted its third symposium on mental health, “Intersections Between Spirituality and Mental Health.”