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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.

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.

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.

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.

A masked woman with red hair holds a child in the air.

FeaturedJanuary 24, 2022

Grantee Spotlight: Housing Plus Solutions

By providing access to community-based housing and comprehensive services, such as employment support and mental health therapy, Housing Plus Solutions enables women to reclaim their lives. Housing Plus Solutions is one of five peer providers that form Project SHERO.

Parishioners in the pews during worship service

Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationJanuary 24, 2022

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: God Loves Everyone the Same

The Holy Spirit had filled Jesus with a clear vision of the ways he could show and share the good news of God’s loving “kin-dom.” He committed to his mission by pronouncing himself and his purpose in public in front of people who had known him as an ordinary child. But Jesus knew that God loved him and everyone the same; and everyone is special and beloved.

A mosaic depiction of a lamb on the altar in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJanuary 20, 2022

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Year of the Lord’s Favor Is Here and Now

The work of discipleship — the work of following Jesus — thus reorients us towards assisting those in need in tangible ways, allowing God to speak through us, so that “the year of the Lord’s favor” extends to the here and now.

FeaturedJames MelchiorreJanuary 18, 2022

The Creation: The Responsibility is Ours

Trinity Movement Choir performs all three parts of the sacred dance titled "The Creation," online, on Friday, February 4, 2022.

Trinity Church exterior lit up in orange and yellow

January 17, 2022

2022-2023 Discernment Process for the Election of Trinity Church Wall Street Vestry Members

Stained glass and plaster work in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJanuary 13, 2022

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Jesus Wants to Fill You Up, Too

The miracle of water-into-wine calls to mind the Spirit of God moving over the waters of creation, as well as God’s ongoing gift of new life. Jesus’ miracle is the life-giving continuation of God’s work, in which the Spirit continues to move, revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

The Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, Priest-in-Charge

January 11, 2022

Trinity Church Wall Street Calls the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson as Its 19th Rector

The Vestry of Trinity Church Wall Street announced today that the parish has called the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson as its next Rector. Jackson, who currently serves as Trinity’s Priest-in-charge, will be the historic church’s 19th Rector.

The exterior of the Trano Kambana commercial office building in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

FeaturedJanuary 11, 2022

Grantee Spotlight: Diocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Serving 65,000 parishioners, the Diocese of Antananarivo is actively engaged in the social and economic life of Madagascar, which is ranked one of the ten poorest countries in the world. By developing a three-story commercial building, the diocese was able to increase its financial capacity by 75%.

FeaturedJames MelchiorreJanuary 10, 2022

The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle to Preach on Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday

Trinity Church Wall Street has invited the Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle to be the Guest Preacher at the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday, January 16, 2022.

Trinity Church and Churchyard with a view north on Broadway

FeaturedJanuary 9, 2022

A Message From the Trinity Vestry

Trinity's Vestry shares the joyous news that the Vestry has elected the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson as the 19th Rector of Trinity Church Wall Street. A note from Father Phil follows.